When I think back to our family life right now, while you’re toddlers; I want to remember this: Your messy hair and faces when you jump in to our bed on Sunday mornings. I want to remember how dirty the kitchen was today and how long it took me to wash everything after yesterday’s cooking session. I want to remember that I didn’t really finish ‘everything’ because sometimes mommy is naughty and leaves things for the nanny to do because sometimes mommy is a bad wannabe housewife. 

I want to remember us sitting on the couch under blankies watching nonsense on TV. I want to remember us colouring in on the coffee table and how good Noah is getting at drawing now. I want to remember that as soon as Benjamin sees paper, he begs me to draw either a snail, cockroach or spider for him. 

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