a simple moment. washing the car.

the other day i took samirah to the office and i felt like a HORRIBLE mother.  not because i took her in with me {she has actually come with many-a-times and really enjoys it} but because i was so consumed with what i needed to get done that i found myself being very short and very impatient with her. and i mean VERY impatient.

 as i drove home that day i stared at her angelic little sleeping face in the rearview mirror and was filled with remorse. i regretted not being a little more patient and making her day of working with mommy a fun experience. instead, i made it a day where all she heard was, "sit down!", "don't touch that!", "don't do that!", "don't go there!", and "do you wanna time out?"... my poor baby.
now i do realize there are some days i will have more patience than others...but  the point of my post is not about being patient with my kids.  what i'm talking about is much deeper than that. it's a harsh reality that i must face as a mother...a working mother. that reality is BUSY-ness. the kind of BUSY-ness that makes me forget to enjoy the simple moments in life. especially the simple moments with my beauties.
that night, as I drove home, i thought about how fast time flies and how i need to slow down and constantly remind myself that my babies won't be babies forever and every moment i  have with them is a precious gift.
and i'm not just talking about the disneyland, holiday, or birthday party moments...
i'm talking about every moment. 
especially the simple moments.
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so today i want to share one of those moments from this past weekend.
  a simple moment that consisted of a sunny afternoon, my car, soap, a bucket, a sponge, a hose, and lots of scrubbing.  nylah was so into it{mimi was under the weather and decided to nap instead} she would shoo my hand away if i tried taking the sponge from her or even showing her how to do it. i could hardly handle the cuteness of her running back and forth from the bucket to the car over and over and over again...i wanted to just scoop her up and squeeze her!  upon feeling the urge to say, "okay now, thats it", i  remembered the vow i made to myself to enjoy every moment with my babies...so i let her scrub to her hearts content. then she and papa rinsed the car and took it for a drive to air dry.
thats it. a simple moment. 
a simple moment where i stopped everything to enjoy my baby girl...