Finding the Funny Among All the Fuss

Most of my summer weeks are extremely exhausting. This week was no exception! I have three active boys at home.  There were numerous fights, spills, bruises, yells, squeals, breaks and bloodshed.  There were too many timeouts to count and even some that Mommy should have taken for lack of patience.  HOWEVER, with all of that said, there was also a lot of funny moments and quite a bit of laughter.  It is so important for us mothers not to take ourselves or our kids too seriously. I have to work on this every single day.  One thing I do to remind myself  is to keep my I-Phone camera with me at all times.  That way, even in the most frustrating of moments, I can capture funny moments in my kids life at that exact moment and at that particular stage in their lives. 

For instance, I took my kids to the dollar store and let them pick out a few toys.  It amazes me that for a few dollars, I can truly entertain my boys on a hot summer day.  My four year old, Reese chose a plastic skeleton door- knocker as his first toy.  He then chose a giant spider and a plastic scorpion.  I guess I should be a bit concerned but I actually thought it was quite the hoot.

There was another funny moment when my boys felt it necessary to put on their "naked shirts" (boys term for going shirtless) to stomp on ant beds.  I never know what is going on in their little heads.

I also thought that it was giggle worthy and inspiring that my middle son, Skyler, went out on the basketball court by himself and proceeded to play quite competitively with some really huge teenagers.  He seemed completely unaware of his small size.  He looked so little and breakable out there among the giants, but he just kept playing and had a great time.

The boys and I found it surprising that as we sat eating our yummy and unhealthy Taco Bell, Trevor's tooth popped out and into his taco.  It was a fun and dramatic moment for the boys.  They could barely contain themselves at the pure hilariousness of the moment!

This is just a glimpse of the funny things that happened in the last few days. I am finding that amongst all the chaos, scuffles and sneakiness, there really are many events in my daily grind to make me chuckle.  I am so grateful to my mother who truly taught me the importance of a good, heartfelt giggle.  I hope to pass that legacy down to my children.  In the meantime, I am going to keep my camera handy, because the kids give me plenty to laugh about right now and I don't to miss a moment!