The most rewarding part of being a mom is watching both of my boys grow into their personalities. It was amazing to see him write is name at 4. It’s been fun to watch Anson push through his fears at his new karate class. I always doubt that we are doing it wrong but when I see them overcome obstacles even at 3 and 4, it gives me hope that we are making the right choices. Watching them smile and just want to be with us all the time means everything and I’ll continue to work on my flaws to do that

One beautiful memory I have is a recent one. The other night I was home without my husband. We had made it through the witching hour. It had been a good night, no arguments or fighting lol. The lights were out, they are snuggled under their blankets but my one son, the 3yr old, would just not lay down. So he has this stuffed animal Bluey and I was pretending to be Bluey and I was yelling in my best bluey voice to “Lay down” and I was bopping him on the head with it. They laughed so hard, me too.

I would love to do a few things if I won. First, I would start the boys savings account. I would pay off some debt, a few smaller ones. And I would use some of it to buy the boys a new playground. We had a friend give us a very old one and it’s seen better days. We would try to add on a tree house too, the boys have asked my husband for a year to build that. And if we had any left, stock up on summer clothes for the boys. Oh! And put some to the side for our dream Disney vacation.