a gift to mom's:: toddler edition

so, every sunday i work in the toddler room with quite possibly the cutest, most lively bunch of 1-3 year olds in the charlotte/matthews area.  in this season of life, where God is teaching me so much about being patient, waiting on His perfect plan, and reminding me that it is not quite time for me to be a wife/mom, i absolutely love to serve in the toddler room every sunday.  you never know what a typical sunday may look like, and i love it.  i love when the parents drop them off and they recognize me, which is probably comforting to the parents and the kids are so much more likely to come and we don't have to deal with as much crying.  i love all of our victory dances and successes with potty training and how cute the kids are when their parent's come back and they get to tell their parent's that they pee peed in the potty.  i love how they so politely ask for "the two monkeys story."  of course, we can read it for the 200th time:)  i love how we dance around to our songs to bubbles.  i also love how bubbles can fix anything!  i love how goldfish is our only five minutes of quiet for the entire hour and fifteen minutes, haha.  a lot of the kids have been in the class for a while, so i have really gotten to see them learn to talk more, and the biggest time i can see this is during our bible story time.  it is so precious to see them answer when we say, "Who loves you?"  most will always reply, "Jesus."  some will say, "mommy and daddy," but hey you can't blame them, they aren't wrong, haha.  these kids seriously remind me that God has a plan and that i know i am serving him by giving the parents a break for an hour or so.  a lot of people think serving every sunday is a lot, but i actually hate missing a sunday.  i love getting to see the kids every sunday and just having fun with them.  i love calling new charlotte my church home, and knowing that there is a need for me to serve my precious Savior by loving on the toddlers every week:)  i know that a parent's role is so much more important, but i also know that what you learn at church is also very important, so i hope that something in their little toddler minds is taken with them and that their hearts are growing for Christ daily:)  so today, on mother's day, i just wanted to say how much i enjoy giving mom's a break; happy mother's day to all the toddler moms!!!  you women do it day in and day out, yall are all amazing women and i hope you feel very celebrated and special today.  also, i hope you get some time to relax:)