“To a child, ‘love’ is spelled T-I-M-E.”
“Good moms have sticky floors, messy kitchens, laundry piles, dirty ovens…. and happy kids.”
“To be in your child’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.”
“Children will not remember you for the material things you provided, but for the feeling that you cherished them.” – Richard L. Evans
Cherish them!! 
August 16th, 2011 on 9:25 pm
Dear Valerie,
“Good moms have sticky floors, messy kitchens, laundry piles, dirty ovens…. and happy kids.”
Wow, we must have REALLY happy children.
Love,
Mark
August 16th, 2011 on 9:42 pm
Too true. Thank you for the reminder
August 16th, 2011 on 9:54 pm
Wonderful, print-for-around-the-house-worthy quotes!! Love them! I would like to use these on my quotes blog – are each of them attributed to Richard L. Evans? Either way, I’ll link back to this post under his name to thank you for them! And there’s that sweet hubby again, leaving a funny comment – y’all are too cute!!
August 17th, 2011 on 12:02 am
As far as I know, the other quotes are popular sayings that aren’t attributed to anyone in particular. They are some of my absolute favorite parenting quotes — print for around the house is a GREAT idea!!
Thanks so much for linking!
August 18th, 2011 on 11:44 pm
Okay, thanks, I used it here: http://quotesforamothersheart.blogspot.com/2011/08/speak-your-childrens-language-spend.html (Wow, that’s a long link!)
A quick search revealed that the quote is used as a book title, so I went ahead and attributed it to the authors just in case, but thanked you and linked back here as well.
Your post is making so many mothers smile!
August 16th, 2011 on 10:02 pm
LOVE this post. Great reminder for us to slow down and cherish our children. I love how the photos correspond to the quotes too.
August 16th, 2011 on 10:06 pm
B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. Photos and words!
August 16th, 2011 on 10:13 pm
Don’t worry, my kids are REALLY happy too
LOL!
August 17th, 2011 on 12:03 am
Hahahahahahha!!!
August 16th, 2011 on 10:36 pm
Somehow my Mom managed to give me all the time and attention I could have ever wanted, and still kept our world orderly, and neat – I’ll happily settle for your definition of a “good mother”, but secretly, I’ll always be trying to live up to her example.
August 17th, 2011 on 12:10 am
What a sweet thing to say about your mom!!
August 16th, 2011 on 11:17 pm
I’m LOL at Mark’s comment!
Great post!
August 16th, 2011 on 11:36 pm
Love the pictures and words. Mark’s comment made me laugh though. You do have very happy girls!
August 16th, 2011 on 11:57 pm
My kids must be INCREDIBLY loved then too.
LOVE IT!
August 17th, 2011 on 12:11 am
HAAAA!!! Yay for REALLY well-loved kids! LOL
August 17th, 2011 on 1:05 am
Absolutely love this post! They are to be treasured with our hearts, hands and time. And read with them!!
xoxo michele
August 17th, 2011 on 1:08 am
got tears in my eyes! thank you and I agree I’m printing these for my eyes to come across more regularly all around our home.
August 17th, 2011 on 1:33 am
Your daughters always look so happy! Love this post!
August 17th, 2011 on 9:47 am
That first picture is tremendous. Also thank Valerie for this reminder.
Time spent what a priceless gift.
August 17th, 2011 on 10:37 am
Beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration.
August 17th, 2011 on 5:20 pm
I love every one of those quotes. Oh, and the tree photos are all AMAZING!
August 17th, 2011 on 10:52 pm
Beautiful! That was my thought when I decided to take Anna to a park we haven’t been to before. The other kids have already went back to school, but hers doesn’t start ’til the 26th. I figured I should make the most of this time together – one on one! It really makes a difference.
August 18th, 2011 on 11:38 am
I have “happy” kids, too. Unfortunately, my husband is does not have the same definition of happiness
. The battle continues. I linked up to this post today. Thanks for an awesome reminder of what is really important.
August 18th, 2011 on 11:46 pm
Amen!
Love this!
Those are some awesomely amazing trees…totally jealous…we try to climb trees…but we don’t find any good ones!
August 27th, 2011 on 3:14 pm
What a great post… and so important. I’ve been reminded all week about the special of children. One my friend’s kids is in critical condition from an infection. It has made me really stop and think about spending every moment I can enjoying that stage of life.Sometimes you just have to be reminded to stop and enjoy the gift you’ve been given. thanks for this post… and what a sweet family you have.