"A house does not have to be perfect to be a home of joy, a child does not have to behave perfectly to love and be loved, and every moment of life does not have to be perfect to be of value. Too often, I realize, we fail to see the glorious reality of the simple joy that abounds in the seemingly mundane routine of day-to-day living. Instead, we tend to idolize the past, idealize the future, and devalue the present.... What better way to show our appreciation to Heavenly Father for what we have than to embrace our lives, albeit 'ordinary' and 'unexciting,' with joy?"

--Winnie Dalley; Ensign, March 1998

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Brother and Sister

Cooper and Chloe are four years apart in age. I have guilt over this large age gap since it causes such a big difference in playing/comunicating/everything... But, despite the age difference, they do come together everyonce in a while and play together, and they always enjoy each other's company (which makes me feel a little less guilt about the big age gap). I was in our bedroom tonight and I saw Chloe run down the hallway and into her room. Cooper followed, laughing, a moment later. Chloe's room lights were off, so he stopped in the doorway. I heard Chloe say, "Its OK Cooper, there is a light under here. Don't be scared!" He giggled and ran into her room and went under her bed with her.

I snuck around the corner and spied on them, to see what they were up to. Chloe had a donut and Cooper was eating a mini-muffin. Sneaky kids! (ok, they weren't so sneaky since Justin had given them those treats!)



Muffin and Donut Faces

1 comment:

Carissalayla said...

So precious! I feel so guilty too about our kids 4 year gap, but what can you do, life just happened that way for us.