Last week my daughter's preschool class took a field trip to the library, which is about a block away, so we walked. On the way there, the kids decided that they no longer needed their jackets, so they removed them and stuck them in the van. They were in a hurry as to keep up with the line of children walking excitedly across the street as cars waited for us. But...my son's were in such a hurry that they shut their coats in the sliding door causing the door to keep opening as I was pushing the button to shut it. I, then, had to run over and see what was going on, as my son is watching and all I heard was, "sorry, mommy!" Of course, as much as I wanted to make him fix it, I ended up doing it, as it was a lot quicker to do so. Then as all that was going on, I had to say several times to make my boys wait for me...FINALLY we made it across the street and continued walking to the library. We had all the kids with us and most parents, so we had a nice little crowd. We made it to the library and went inside to the story room. Once there the kids were talked to about how the library worked, we then read some books and got some crafts to bring home, (no, we haven't done it yet...) During the library, which homeschool causes us:
- To be there far too often,
- Renting out far too many books and
- Unfortunately, pay far too many dues
Then, we walked back. As we were walking, I realized my boys holding hands by themselves in front of Elli and I. I then realized that as crazy as it was to cross the street and put a simple jacket in the car that it all diminished in a second of viewing a sweet moment between my children.
I then asked Elli if she wanted to walk with her brothers so I could take a picture and naturally, the boys seperated and the peanut was stuck into the middle. I find it so uplifting how I teach my children so much, but God still manages to show me teachable moments through them.
I pray that I keep my eyes open to those moments forever.
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