I want my kids to have great memories that will forever be stamped on their hearts, and so many times I let something really "important" steal the opportunity. Recently we spend a WHOLE afternoon at the park. This day had been on the schedule for quite a while, but something always hopped in its place. Oh but the day finally came and it was wonderful....well it started off if-y......
Ok so I must admit right now :
I am a list making, time slot filling , day calculator, and must have every minute accounted for and ALSO adhere strictly to this plan or else we might as well not even bother!
(now you probably have all kinds of thoughts like..."no wonder she can't make memories with her kids cuz you can't always plan those" tell me about it! Hey its a lesson I'm slowly learning ;) ) -> back to the story...
We slept in which seemed nice until I realize that we actually have to prepare for this fun day, you know shower, get dressed, dress three kiddos, and pack a lunch. And as luck would have it there was no picnic style options in the house....so off to the the store we go.....I'm starting to feel the stress level rise and the questions well up in the deep places of my heart. Lots of whys circle around: Why did we wait so long to leave? Why even bother with a picnic? We MUST eat at exactly 12:00 pm because that's lunch time! Then at the next breath something new happened:
Brandie, You have no time frame today. The schedule is clear, nothing is written down with ink. Go with the flow! Well praise the Lord! I mean really praise His holy name! Breakthrough :)
We got to the park around 12pm played on the playground until complaints of hunger rolled in :) it was nice. My sweet boys help their Daddy carry our cooler to the perfect picnic table and we had a great lunch (around 1pm ish ) we rode a train, admired some sweet baby ducklings, ate ice cream, spied out snakes and all kinds of critters I hope never to see outside of the glass, and rode the carousel. I was THE BEST day i can remember and I hope the stamp proves time in the hearts of my sweet babies! Here's I'm favorite shot of the day :)
Lesson to me: Don't hold so tightly to the schedule that you snuff out the memories
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