Parenting Thought #9: Happy

I always feel bad when I have to wake Z up from naps to go get the other kids and take them places.  Then I was looking at some pictures and I realized something.  The kids look happy.  Genuinely happy.  So maybe that means that despite my busy schedule or my weakness I am still doing enough to make them happy.  And I think that is a good sign that we are on the right track. Maybe we need to give ourselves more credit as mothers and realize that as long as our little ones are smiling then they probably got enough sleep, enough food, and enough love.  So here are some of those happy moments.