Seeing the positives

So currently my days consist of what I can imagine it is to be a mum. I clean the kids rooms, do laundry, tidy the house, go to the grocery store, run errands, pick up the kids from school, make dinner, feed them dinner, run them to there million different sporting activities, entertain them, give the little one a bath, tuck him into bed and ensure that the older kids have done their homework and are behaving. For me it can be fun at times but also challenging. You know what it's like when you have a substitute teacher for the day at school, so everyone miss behaves? Well that's what I feel like, the substitute parent that they think they can misbehave around. I do really like these kids and I think that each of them is great in their own ways. They all have very unique and different personalities and skills that they possess. With each of them I have a different sort of relationship and they all make me laugh on a daily basis. I try to make things fun so that they aren't constantly bored and hating me for it. But just sometimes they make me want to pull my hair out and those negative things always seem to overshadow the positive. I think it's human nature for us to look at things this way. Whenever I talk to someone outside of the family I always automatically tell them the negatives of my day or week, rather than the positive. Now I am known for being extra negative, but I really want to work on this. So my goal for this week is to start seeing the positive in my day and in these kids. I mean when there are three boys in the house you can't expect everything to go smoothly all the time. So here a few goods things that have happened this week:

On Sunday Morgan (14) and I sat down for three hours and talked about movie making and he showed me a lot about color correction and special effects. It was a time for him to just talk about what he knows and loves, and to have someone who was genuinely interested in what he was saying and doing. For me it was a really cool time to not only learn from him, but also to give him that attention and time. He said that talking through things and showing someone him work is exciting and helps him to better himself and improve him work.

On Tuesday I took Ethan (11) to the batting cages so that he could practice for baseball. Ethan loves sports and he loves when people pay attention to his sports and show a genuine interest in what he is doing. I got to sit and watch him do his thing and he is very good and works hard to achieve his sporting goals. He even let me hit a few balls which was a tone of fun. I love that the two of us could just have some time where I could give him my undivided attention, and it was fun for both of us. 

Ethan's actual baseball game

Also on Tuesday I was hanging out with Preston (6) in the car while we were waiting for the two older boys to finish track practice. There are so many things that everyday warm my heart when it comes to Preston. He is just so cute. However he was playing a game of my phone when he said to me "Sarah?" To which I faithfully replied, "yes Preston?" "Can we take a selfie?" I was like "of course!" So Preston and I took a few too many selfies. He is so much fun to be around and he is just always coming out with the cutest things to say, which aren't always polite, but I always have an internal laugh.

Taught him to peace n pout, Whoops ;)

I love these kids and I'm going to try to see and talk about the positives first and foremost, in everything that I do.