8 Things We Don't Do Anymore (I didn't even really realize)

We're getting ready to have a garage sale this coming Saturday and nothing is safe. The kids are a little frightened that anything left out will get thrown in the selling box.  As I was going through the piles of clothes and toys, I found a Mickey doll- it was Delaney's favorite thing in the world. I sat there for a minute reliving those sweet moments of her with her Mickey obsession and I realized there are a lot of things that we don't do anymore and I didn't even notice.

 Here are 8 things that I thought of that we don't do anymore:

1. We don't watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or Bubble Guppies or Special Agent Oso. We are now watching Jessie and Kickin' It. As much as I didn't necessarily enjoy the cartoons, it kinda hit me hard when I realized we just don't watch them anymore.

Delaney kicking back watching Mickey

Brody man comfy on Nana's couch watching Mickey.

2. We don't leave the house armed with sippy cups and extra clothes. That was so automatic for so long that now when I think about it, I'm not sure how long ago that was when we stopped.

3. We don't sit in the bathroom and give them a bath or shower. Again, I'm not exactly sure when we crossed over into the "Take your plate to the sink and go turn on the shower" phase but we are there.

4. We don't turn on the TV and get them situated on the couch to watch a show. They turn it on, pull Netflix up and turn on the show they want.

5. We don't get them snacks. They do it themselves for cryin' out loud. They even pour their own water. 

6. We don't buckle them in the car anymore. They get in and get buckled. Just like little people:)

My chunky-monkey in his seat

7. We don't get them out of their rooms in the morning. This one makes my heart hurt a little bit. I used to love going into their rooms (which were usually gated) and having them hold up their arms wanting me to get them out of their cribs or hanging onto the gate waiting to be let out! Now on school days I wake them up and they stumble out to the kitchen,but on weekends, they come into our room to get me up! 

8. We don't have our old nightly routine that consisted of showers, milk, a story and watching Caillou on the couch. I'm not sure when that stopped, but I remembered it today as I found a Caillou book in our to sell pile.Now it's just whatever we have time for.... no set routine.


So I guess this means that they are growing up and are able to do things on their own. And I am okay with that. We must be doing something right. Just crazy how times changed and flow right into another phase that we will look back on soon and say... man, remember when......?