Why it is so great to have small kids?

Why it is so great to have small kids?

Many reasons :-). Everybody has their own and I will just try to conclude mine. May be not all, just what comes to my mind. The very first comes to my mind that your life is not boring anymore and not the same. Life got for sure completely different dimension. And there is no way back.

I love the little things around the kids. If you do not count that you love your kids, I mean the really little things now. For example I didn't have pancakes for ages before I was asked to make them from my older one. The younger one is picky and she won't eat anything she doesn't know. Which means that she eats probably about 3 type of food. I buy sometimes croissants and making at least once per week bigger breakfast, where we can just sit and slowly drink coffee, juices, enjoying the moment. I like I can swing again and do not feel so stupid about it. You have at home mane chocolates which you are actually hiding from kids and you can eat all of them, because you are protecting your kids :-).

You can go to swimming pool and you do not care how you look. You have more important things to focus on, such as kids that are not drowning or drinking the water, because who knows what is the mixture of water to whatever you can imagine. Sometimes my kids are so quick in running to swimming pool that I almost forget to put my swimming suit on. That was not funny but I manage with head up and it happened only once. Since that I have few tricks.

You can go shopping into the kids store and you do not look strange and you can still buy stuff for yourself. It is usually cheaper and funnier. And that is also good in Finland. Nobody cares what you are wearing. I mean everybody seems to respect everybody else's freedom of choice. And if you do not want to shock, nobody typically pay any attention to you either.

What I really like on having kids? That I learn when they are tired or exhausted that they will express directly with nice tantrum on the floor in the middle of the shop and you cannot almost do anything about it. I have enjoyed it one just today. Actually it was my real tantrum for the first time. The older never ever did it. But I was actually calm. I knew it is normal expression of feelings that I should help her to go through it. People were staring on us. Probably watching how I will manage it. Actually what I done that I have hugged her and told her that I understand her how tired she is and that everything in the shop is for sure very interesting but I cannot buy it all. She was anyway upset. But I was at least calm and clear and showed her, that she can get what she wants, if we agree on it before that but not while having a huge scene. I have learned a lot. It is not that hard to have an opinion and stand it behind it.

Have a beautiful day!!

Roses for my big girl 💖