beds, pillows and superheros

i spent a lot of my afternoon today cleaning,

picking up and doing laundry. dylan
sat at the computer
in our room
playing thomas the train (of course with grahm by his side watching)
while i started changing the sheets on our bed

and
suddenly i found myself enjoying
special moments with the boys. i have some
really soft flannel sheets i was putting on
and i could no more than get the fitted sheet on then find
them both crawling on top wanting to play.
i felt that doer in me want to tell them to get off so i could
continue accomplishing my tasks for the day
and then i remembered how much
more important these times are than my house to do list

we don't allow them to jump on the beds,
but falling and bouncing are perfectly acceptable :)

i loved watching them play so well together,
laugh, and watch grahm try and do EVERY thing dylan did
down to the words he was saying...i heard a lot of
"watch, watch, watch"

eventually they wore themselves out and i
was able to finish
making the bed. and then i got an idea. i told
dylan to grab a couple of the pillows and we made our way out to
the living room for our first pillow fight

grahm even tried participating...and then
they decided running into each other with their pillows
was much funnier.

they did this til they couldn't breathe
anymore from laughter, falling down every time
and of course nothing is
complete in our home these days without a superhero

to say dylan has been obsessed with all things
superhero lately is an understatement.
he's dubbed himself, super dylan, and more recently
superman dylan, because he's learned that
superman has a secret identity and no
one knows its really him when he goes and changes into his costume.
so tonight he had to have a cape
and do a little flying (although i don't encourage jumping off the couch
on a regular basis, i was feeling the moment)

i'm reminded in these type of moments that having and
making these memories are much more
important than a keeping my home spotless all the time.
i can say confidently i don't typically have a problem with those priorities
being switched, however, i sometimes find myself feeling self conscious over the decision
to not worry too much about it. but moments like these
help remind me why i'm making a good choice,
because one day, climbing up on my bed and
using their blanket as a cape won't be fun for them anymore
and i don't want to
miss out on the moments when they were.