It’s the magic moments

It’s almost two weeks since I last wrote here, again..

Last Saturday was Valentine’s day, I’ve realized I love those small special days that remind us to be a little more present. Or maybe it’s just that I love to do things for the kids.. It doesn’t have to be about buying expensive gifts, but just to put in some effort and do that little extra thing to show the people around you that you love them.
Since the oldest kids where small I’ve done surprise treasure hunt when they get home from school and things like that just because I feel like it, I love to see the joy and happiness it gives them. And with for example Valentine’s Day it’s so fun to decorate with balloons and give them something small, fun and make them feel special. And most important makes memories!

The same thing with other small fun days like cinnamon bun day or what ever, It makes life a little more fun and happy.. And now we are moving towards my busiest time of the year, I have 4 of my kids birthdays coming up and just like I said I love to make it special and I always give it my all. I have a hard time feeling like what I do is enough when it comes to my kids and especially there birthdays, I want to give them the world. I’m really trying to stop buying to much stuff and focus only on the memories because that what we carry with us.

As you might understand I’ve been reflecting over this all week, trying to figure out where this feelings around my kids birthdays comes from and I’ve always just thought that I love to give gifts but I realized it’s the magic about those days that I love and I’m scared that my kids won’t feel it. But when I started to think about that spark in there eyes when I hand them the first clue to a treasure hunt or when they come in and see the balloons in the kitchen and realized that the magic is created in those memories, it’s not the gifts it’s the moments that matter.

I thought I was going to write about the past week but instead it turned into more reflecting and maybe the last step is charing it. So now I’m going to head into a month of birthdays while reminding myself that the magic isn’t the gifts, it’s the memories we create along the way!

XOXO / C