A lot of my posts about the kids are tongue in cheek, I joke about how annoying they are as a coping mechanism. Luckily they throw me moments to be proud of too, just occasionally they must know I need a reminder it's not all chaos. If you're on the fence about adding another one to the mix then I'll tell you honestly that it's madness when they multiply. And it only gets madder as they get older and fight more and more. But there's also a whole lot more love to go around.
This wee event happened today and I'm sharing it partly for myself as a reminder of the nice moments but also for any mother who's recently added to her crazy or is thinking about it.
After pick up today I let the kids stay and play in the school playground for a bit. I'd been speaking to another parent when the 5 year old came up to me, tears streaming down her face. It transpires that she was distraught because she'd tried to stop some of the older boys from pushing another girl (this had apparently been a game but even my 5 year old could see it was "not a very nice game to play"). The boys hadn't listened to her and she was devestated, I don't think she was physically hurt by the ruckus, just upset that they wouldn't stop. This in itself obviously made my heart swell a fair bit but it's not why I'm sharing our afternoon.
It was her little sister's reaction that got me. The nearly 3 year old saw her sister crying, came over and said "don't worry I go get the bad boys for you, Sessa." She stomped across the field on a mission. about halfway across she had the sense to stop. But she stood there, staring the boys out, with her hands on her hips for a couple of minutes while I suppressed my giggles. Of course I didn't just laugh at her, I also beamed with pride seeing the middle child let the world know she had her sister's back.
I feel mediocre as a mum a lot, their actions this afternoon was a nice reminder to me that I'm not doing to bad. It was also a much needed relief from their bickering. They are at eachother like clawing, biting, spitting cats half the time. But when they are nice to eachother it's nice in a way no one else can be, they are part of the same unit and hands down the best gift I have ever and can ever give them is their siblings. They'll have eachother's backs when I can't.
Having multiple kids it crazy busy, even more so when they're close in age I think. Thanks for reminding me it's worth every remaining bit of my sanity if you already know when to look after one another!
Side note: My husband took this photo last week when they were being unusually sweet to eachother in front of the telly - normally that's the biggest fight zone in the house!
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