Pumpkin Cream Cake

Don't get too excited. I don't have a picture or recipe to show you the Pumkin Cream Cake that I made today. It's just like a jellyroll, only it's pumpkin with a cream cheese filling. My kids loved it. My friend was over while I baked it and 'turned it out onto the powdered sugar towel' when I rolled it to cool completely. I hadn't made a rolled dessert since I was in 8th grade Home Ec. class. I do remember making a jellyroll, and I got an A on it. I have not needed this learned skill for almost two decades. Maybe that is why they are not teaching as much cooking and sewing in schools anymore. Or maybe it is because the kids were ruthless in those classrooms. Some of the boys in my class would put drops of hot sauce in my teacher's coffee cup when her back was turned. She never found out who did it, but I imagine she didn't encourage her own girls to grow up and learn to teach Home Ec.
Can you tell it's been a routine week at my house? Laundry, cooking, cleaning, setting up a new scrap/art room, taping a tv interview with a producer and camera person in my home, and baking pumpkin bread and cream cakes. The ususal stuff. =)
It wasn't the first thing to pop into my head today, but now that I am relaxing on my bed, with 4 little munchkins climbing around- smelling like baby wash and orange smoothie shampoo, I think it is sinking in just how much I love being the mom and caring for my family. There's just something about combing their smooth, silky hair and then dressing them in their jammies and giving and getting goodnight hugs that make me feel so fulfilled. It's nothing big. It's nothing new. I just love it and wanted to note how much I love my 'job' somedays. Especially now that Bella is learning to count higher- she counts the number of kisses she gives me. I just had a round of 25. Teagan did the same thing at her age. Funny. After all these years, I still love counting kisses. I guess some things just never get old.