Sometimes they just amaze me

My boys often drive me absolutely nuts. At the same time, they often do things that make me blush with pride. For example:

On Wednesday mornings they take a gymnastics class. They're in the same class together and often are side-by-side throughout the class. Well, there is another boy in the class who is quite the piece of work (let's just leave it at that). Today the boy got right in Quinn's face and was saying something not nice to him. Aidan was standing behind Quinn with his hands on Quinn's shoulders quite protectively. Finally he had enough of this boy and stepped between Quinn and the boy and then turned his back on the boy so that the kid couldn't say anything else to Quinn or get in his face any more. I was so unbelievably proud of him, and how he handled himself and protected his little brother!

This afternoon Quinn has a friend over for a playdate. They came barreling upstairs from the basement and Quinn said: "Mummy, can we play upstairs in my room?" To which I responded: "Sure thing buddy." There was a bit of a pause, and then Quinn said: "Are you sure Mummy? Is Marin sleeping upstairs?" OMG - I can't believe that my little 4 year old is so considerate that he actually thought about where his sister was and if she was sleeping. Soooooo SWEET!!!!

It's times like these that I think: "You know, we must be doing something right!"

I also have a new saying at the moment when it comes to my kids: "I'm not perfect, so how can I expect my kids to be?!"