At least my kids think I'm cool!!!!!

So, to say that my life is a little crazy is probably an under statement! I don't work at a 9-5 job, but between girl scouts, gymnastics, cheer leading, PTA, grocery store trips, parent/teacher conferences, etc, I always have something to do! When I get the kids from school at 3:00, it's homework, dinner, bath, bed (in that order). It feels a little bit like a robotic motion sometimes. Everyday is different with kids though, because you never know what they will say and sometimes they throw up randomly, and different things like that. For the most part though, the schedule never changes. My most favorite time in my day is around 7:45pm when the kids are all clean and smell decent and I call them into my room one by one and they curl up in my bed with me and read me a book. During this time, they act different. Now that they are 7, they have reputations to uphold and they have to be cool all the time, but when it's just them and me alone, they don't have to do that and they are 3 years old again to me. They look into my eyes for approval when they sound out a really hard word, and their faces light up when I say "that's right!" I never realized, or even thought about how important I am to them until recently. I guess I never wanted to think about it, because it's a lot of pressure! If I say something wrong or hurt some one's feelings, I could have just potentially scarred them for life! These are the things you just don't think about from day to day. I always had this fantasy of how motherhood was all about wearing cute little aprons and going on walks in the park, until reality set in and the first time I wore an apron, I spilled grape juice all down the front of it, and then couldn't get it out in the wash! Usually, things don't go the way you envision them in your head. For instance, I'm a terrible cook, and it turns out that no matter how much laundry I can do in a day, I'm still behind. I always thought I would be really awesome at all that stuff. I guess that is what makes having kids so great. They don't judge you and they think you rock no matter how badly you ruined dinner. My kids are the best at making me feel like I do everything right. They tell me I'm cool and they still ask my opinion on which shoes they should wear with their outfit! I guess what I am trying to say is that we need our kids as much as they need us and even though some days you want to change your name from mommy to something explicit so they would just leave you alone, you can't function without them. It's funny because sometimes I will see a kid in the store or something and think to myself, "I'm glad that's not my kid," but someone is probably thinking the same thing about mine! Anyway, today is a random blog, but I was just feeling the love from my kids today and since Maizy is napping right now, I felt like writing about it!!!