Doo

One of the reasons I wanted to blog again was that too often those quirks and jokes and delights that we live with every day fade away and I'm left realizing that somehow I don't remember D as 1 or 2 or 3, I know now very deeply, but I want to remember yesterday.  So this blog is for me.  I'll have the pictures, but I want to remember the subtleties.

Today I am grateful for:

1.  Two

W turned two last month and though he has been holding us hostage with his sleeping habits, he continues to be a little charmer.  When he smiles, his whole face lights up and I know he feels real, undisputed joy.  It might be from JJ's tail in his hand or because he got a strawberry, but every time it is overwhelmingly deep and true.

He is talking so much and every day he learns new words.  He says Doo (two) and Day Day(JJ) and Brober (brother).  Gee (green) and lellow.  His favorite show is Super Why (of course) and he says it Do wy.  When he is very serious, he will grab my face with both hands, still chubby baby hands, and solemnly look me in the eye and put his finger on my nose.  "Nose".  Perfect pronunciation.  He will then point out my eyes, ears, teeth and cheeks.  He thinks his bottom is called poo poo.

This morning he went into the garage and put D's bike helmet on his head.  It was backward and the strap was under his nose.  "Bite".  He's ready to be a big boy.  I'm not so ready.  So I'm grateful for today and that little light of his.  He lets it shine.


2.  The Lumineers

God it is loud.  I mean from the moment the boys are up to the time they crash, there is a constant flow of bangs, screams, and talking.  I've talked about my love of pop music, but sometimes I love folky, soft music too.   We have been listening to the Lumineers on the way to school and it's been giving me some small moments of peace.  For me, it's bathing music, calm and serene.  And since those moments are few and far between, I am grateful.