There is a lot of effort that goes into parenting that is entirely unappreciated by your children. It's just the nature of the beast. They don't appreciate the loads of laundry, the endless tidying, the cooking, or giving up of sleep, because they've never had to do it themselves. Sometimes you work hard to do something special for them, and they don't like it, or they are indifferent. Sometimes what they like or remember about something is not what you think is important (Lee's favorite part of the Cirque du Soleil show last year was the man in the dog costume pretending to pee on the audience).
But, then there are those times when it is so incredibly easy to make them happy, and you feel appreciated beyond words. I felt that this morning when both girls clapped wildly, giggling and screaming "Yay, pancakes!" when I brought out the pancake batter.
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