A thank you and a tear

Some times, as parents, you wonder if you are doing things right. Last night, at supper, Lily confirmed that we are on the right track....

The kids were gone for a week with Mamie and as a suprise, Jayson and I decided to paint the kid's room to make it a bit nicer and colorful. Since I am over 6 months pregnant, I left all the lifting, patching, trimming and painting to Jayson. He did an incredible job.

When the kids arrived on Sunday afternoon - daddy was out with a friend hitting balls and I did my best not to let them see their room before he got home. I failed. While playing outside, Lily, who usually pees in the grass outside decided to go inside to pee and ran in before I could catch her. When she opened the door to her room she yelled out "Oh, I love it, it's so beautiful, my daddy did this for me." I wish I had recorded that and I hadn't told her that daddy had painted that for her, she just assumed it.. Lily is a very thoughtful and expressive little girl. OK, so back to why we're doing things right...

It's suppertime, we're all sitting down and as a little family tradition, what we all do is give thanks to eachother and give kisses all around. Johnny proudly kisses me and daddy and then Lily kisses and says thanks. And then very sweetly says, thanks for my new room daddy. At this time, Jayson and I were behind her for our kiss and our hearts melted.

I must say, that I think that it could be our proudest moment so far. And in our eyes, that little split moment, that little sentence makes us think that we're doing something right.