This is Tech Week for the community theatre production that my daughter is in. I think I mentioned in a previous blog that I was working on costumes. That was maybe an understatement. I am pretty much in charge of costumes for about 50 cast members, 25 of whom are pre-teen and teenage girls, who can be rather picky about what they wear. Needless to say, my sewing machine and I have become fast friends. I wake up in the morning, pour a cup of coffee, and sew. I make countless trips to costume storage and Wal Mart to dig up hard-to-find and last minute necessities, pour more coffee, and sew.
The point of this blog is not to be a "Poor Casey" pity party. The point is to mention how great my kids are.
My kids have been fabulous through all of this! They get up, get their own breakfasts, "sort of" clean up their messes, and play together. My oldest two have been great about getting things for the younger ones, and my daughter has even done some laundry to help out. I am not even sure what they have had to eat for lunch the past week, because they have been just taking care of fixing their own food at lunchtime.
I don't have a committee as such helping me with costumes, but my kids have been so much help with their attitude and patience, that they are my committee. I am so thankful to them.
As a mother, it is so encouraging to see your children start becoming more independent and responsible. I love seeing them take pride in their abilities to shoulder more responsibility. I remember when my youngest made her own peanut butter and jelly sandwich for the first time. She was so excited that she had made it herself, that she ate the entire thing, including the crusts. The counter was covered in jelly, but the cleanup was worth what that act of independence did for her spirit.
After this week, my kids' spirits ought to be so encoraged by their succesful independence, that they might be ready to go out and get their own apartments! But, seriously, even though it is wonderful to know that I can count on them to help out during times of stress, I am really looking forward to this musical being finished. I am actually ready to fix breakfast and make lunches for my kids again. Believe it or not, I am missing this seemingly mundane interaction with them that is actually anything but mundane.
The newfound peace and spirit of harmony that is occuring around here between siblings so that I can meet my deadline, is something that I don't ever think I will get tired of. Unfortunately, I think this is the area where they are really looking forward to me being the mom and them getting to be the kids, again. Really, they are kids. They can only be expected to be at peace for so long.
And I really don't want to push them past their limit. We are taking a family road trip vacation next week!
1 comment:
I loved reading this. What a good reminder about the positive virtues of our children. I need that in the midst of a day of putting out fires!
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