I resolve...

Sorry, this picture is from last month,

but it's pretty darn cute, and this post is all about these cuties.

It seems like the latest New Year's trend is

to make no resolution at all,

but I'm one of those goal-oriented people

that needs any and every reason to try to better myself.

Because believe me, I need some improvement.

So for 2011 my goal is to do my best

to try and spend 10 minutes a day

one-on-one with each of my children.

30 minutes a day dedicated to my children

sounds like a walk-in-the-park,

but it's hard to find the time and place

to escape from the other 2 kids and actually

spend 10 minutes listening to and playing with just one child.

Is anyone else with me here?

I thought that I would be a better mother than I am.

And no, I'm not fishing for compliments or sympathy,

but my days are busy, my patience wears thin,

and I feel like most days my kids just grab on

to my shirt and follow me in whatever I'm set out to do.

I would really love to step back, slow down, and

allow myself to have some quality time with

each one of my children doing what they want to be doing,

and not what I need to "get done".

I love them dearly,

want them to be happy,

and feel loved (individually, not collectively),

so this goal seems to be the best for me in 2011.

Now, I know the way I work,

this won't happen every day.

It may not even happen every other day.

I still am impatient and have a to-do list.

But, since I've made it a goal,

it will always be in the back of my mind,

and if by chance, I do just a wee bit better

at it, then it's more than I did last year,

right?