Magical Moments with wee ones.

I'm sure i'm not alone when I say I want my families life to be magical, especially my kids (but me too... I do believe in faeries I DO, I DO). This morning as been good. Its getting chilly here in the desert, which is a rare occurance. So I make sure to take advantage of it. My kids had hot cereal and hot cocoa with marshmellows. They went out side with me to 'help' me hang the laundry, wearing homemade mittens to protect their tiny hands from the cold, wet laundry. They ran in front of me, towing their little wagons to help mama gather firewood for tonight. From there, we went to feed the chickens. Mace LOVES feeding the chickens. I get so warm watching him concentrate on being gentle as he scoops out fists fool of feed, gently placing it on the ground for the ladies. He smiles and watches as they gobble up every morsel. Then we head back inside. These are rare moments. There were't any tears. There wasn't any shoving or fightnig over toys. It was magical. And while I know it won't last, i'm going to wrap myself up in this moment like a warm blanket and breathe in what is, at present, perfect.

my first 'bad dream'

Its 12:45 am and I am awaken by the cries of absolute fear coming from the room around the corner, my sons room. Before I can even get out of bed there is pounding on my bedroom door, quickly followed by the franting calling of my 21/2 year old son, Mace. "MAMA! MAMA! MAMA!". My very non-observant spouse shoots me an annoyed glance after I tell her to open the door for Mace. Dazed and confused, she does it (she doesn't even have to get out of bed to read the knob). Mace flees into our room. I tell him to come over to me. He jumps into my arms and squeezes me so tight I almost choked. I kiss his forehead and he nestles in, falling back to sleep, peacefully, within seconds. My older son just turned 4. I've never had that happend before. Maybe its because there is usually a baby gate locking them in their room at night? We don't shut their bedroom door but HAVE to keep a baby gate up because Brave will get up sometimes and sleep walk. Its scary when you wake up in the morning and your kids ain't where ya left him! I guess we forgot to close it last night. I wonder if we keep it open if Mace will make his way to our bed more often?