What are your favorite things about motherhood right now?

Little joys I want to savor in this season.

There is so much online about the hard parts of motherhood (and I’ve found much solace in those conversations!), but today I want to pause and celebrate what’s good right now. In fact I feel like this is a post I should write every few months so I can remember each little chapter before it gives way to the next…

sherpa jacket // sherpa vest // striped set // snap fleece booties (the only ones that actually stay on tiny feet!)

Right now I love:

Snuggles with our three-year-old. He is *active* and busy and high-energy nonstop, but he also has the biggest heart and loves to hold hands and share a blanket and “get cozy” and I want to bottle those moments up forever and ever.

Walking our six-year-old to and from kindergarten. We moved into our house when I was pregnant with him so we only conceptually appreciated the prospect of eventually being able to walk him to school, but this uninterrupted time with him outside every day has been the most extraordinary ordinary thing and I’m so grateful.

Watching our ten-month-old learn new things. I am bracing myself for the next several months (this always feels like a hard age to me that doesn’t get as much airtime as 2 or 3!) where he’s learning to walk and constantly finding new things to climb on top of, but the silver lining to that newfound busy-ness is seeing him literally clap for himself every time he tries something new. There is so much magic in seeing the world through his eyes, where nothing is mundane and absolutely everything is novel and exciting.

Our four-year-old sleeping in a fuzzy purple eye mask. The bedtime struggles are real over here (I swear some kids actually do just need less sleep than others?) but when I walk into his room and see him finally asleep in some crazy contorted position with an over-the-top eye mask on his little face, suddenly all is right with the world.

The increasingly common moments our six- and four-year-olds (and sometimes even three-year-old) play together beautifully and the chaos of having all three of them in just under three years feels suddenly and overwhelmingly worth it.

And at the same time — having a baby in the house with children old enough to enjoy him. Teddy and Peter were 2 and 1 and kind of in their own little worlds when we had Tucker, and it is a totally novel experience with them at 6, 4, and 3 excited to engage with him and smother him in hugs and kisses. He looks at them like they hung the moon and it makes my heart swell.

I could keep going forever now that I’ve started, but I’ll revisit this prompt again in a few months. For now, I’m trying to notice these small, good things while they’re here. I can’t wait to hear your current favorite things in the comments!