So Husband and I were talking the other day about children. That’s what we do now. Pre-kids Husband used to talk about bands and I would nod like I knew what he was talking about, and I would talk about books and he would nod as if he really would read that book, but now we have kids so we talk about kids. Anyways we were ruminating on children and parenthood and he said, ‘That’s what I love about kids’, I said ‘What?’ sure that I had missed some great pearl of wisdom, he continued ‘the fact that every six months you get a new surprise.’

I thought on this for a while and after I realised he wasn’t talking about having a new baby every six months, which would be a nightmare, I understood.  Roughly every six months brings a new change; they can do more, they can express their personalities more, they grow into themselves a little more. It’s like we’re playing pass the parcel and each six months we can unwrap a new layer. Sometimes it’s a dodgy layer, you know the one where a roll of toilet paper falls out but other times you score and it’s a slinky.  I enjoy the fun and adventure of seeing my kids grow, even when that means they have to go through being two, because there is so much more exciting things to come and hopefully a lot more slinky than toilet paper layers.

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