The things that irritates me now that I’ll miss later

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Kids stuff laying all over the place. I like fun cool kids toys. But not everywhere all the time. Stepping on Lego parts, finding superman in the fridge, sleeping with too many soft toys in my bed.

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Yeah, the cat agrees. It’s annoying. They put their pens, books, drawings, toys, small branches that looks like laser swards, lego, balls well you name it – pretty much everywhere. And never cleans up after them. You clean the house and 5 minutes laters it’s a mess. Annoys the hell out of me.

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But now and then I try to think about how it would be if it wasn’t like that. How it will be when they grow up, when the toys are gone. Then I think I’ll miss it. Well not the cleaning up stuff. But all the small things I find in their pockets before I put the clothes in the washer. And all the small unnecessary stuff they keep in their drawers.
The classic duality of being a parent. The borderline things that annoy you but that you also love.

xxx
Isabelle

 

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Malin
February 3, 2016 at 09:12

Stor igenkänning här. Trodde möjligen att du var den typen av förälder som låt barnens pryttlar svämma över i bostaden utan minsta irritation. ;-) I’m not!

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isabelle
February 3, 2016 at 09:52
– In reply to: Malin

Haha well det svämmar över all over men förösker hitta en rimlig nivå på hur mycket jag irriterar mig!