Stopping to Smell the Roses…

              or cut up the fruit salad!

As a mom, just like most, I can get caught up on trying to get stuff done fast that I have been forgetting to just stop and relax a minute. From the moment I had Gracie, EVERYONE has told me to enjoy my time because it goes by so fast. I never knew how fast until I just blinked last week and we now have a 3 year old…

So tonight I was trying to make dinner for me and Gracie and do it fast so things could be done and lately she has been all about helping me. But sometimes her little hands just can’t do what I need done or I know she’s going to do it wrong and so I say “no thanks!” But then I get that guilty feeling and I feel bad. So I was cutting up fruit and she was just determined to help. She even went a got her butter knife and pulled up her step stool. So tonight, I said “Yes, help me please!” and stopped for a minute just to take in the moment.

She was very good at pulling grapes off their stem and tossing them into the fruit salad.

I could tell she was loving to help me and I know I should be thankful for the help and let her because when she’s 15 I doubt I’ll get any offers from her!!!

I love you Gracie!! Thank you for being such a sweet girl and helping Mommy in the kitchen :)

I need to also stop and savor these sweet moments more from Gracie because her sweetness has been few and far between lately. (Yikes)

Happy 10-10-10 day :)