so it’s been four months since i’ve logged anything here. eeek! plenty of happy things, just not enough time!
some recent highlights:
my wonderful wife
weekend getaway
my parents watching the boys
my youngest on the verge of walking
my oldest enjoying spending time with his parents
a new tree
well, i fell too far behind to catch up with a long list, but here are few recents:
1. knowing that it’s ok that if i drop the ball on this goal, as long as it keeps reminding me to look for the good and the happiness that swirls around me each day
2. sacred space – sacred time
3. a solitary lunch that i could savor quietly, soaking in all the beauty around me…from the crisp weather, the trees around me, the delicious food, the hands that prepared the food and served, that i could not try to fill the time with things like reading, checking mail, but just being
4. the smile on my baby’s face
most of my time with my littlest one is spent holding, feeding, changing, etc., but the littlest things are what i remember most…the tiniest smile, the look of wonder, the grabbing things with his iron claw hands! holding him during the Christmas Eve service was especially meaningful to me.
with my “big guy”, we’ve spent a lot of time lately building all kinds of Lego stuff. he’s really into that now and i’m amazed by the attention to detail he has. he studies the directions and notices every little change..even ones that i miss. last night we had fun working on his new Lego police station (with its nearly 1,000 pieces!)
i changed two poopy diapers today (bonding happens in all kind of odd places)
looking back over the last entry, i find it interesting that as i sit down to write this one, it’s filled with all the same things as the last.
enjoy cuddling with my little guy (6 mos.) and watching him be intrigued with the smallest and to most people the least interesting things (he held a christmas card today turning it over in his hands and investigating it for half an hour, never tiring of its newness). love to see him smile and laugh.
my big guy adores the little one and takes great pleasure in entertaining him. today in the car, he was getting the little guy to laugh and getting tickled himself. lots of wonderful laughter.
we spent some time building lego stuff and watching Miracle on 34th Street (oddly, the first time i’ve ever seen it in all my forty plus years)
my five year old helped me change a flat tire today and made me smile thinking of the tire changing scene in A Christmas Story (it wasn’t as exciting as that scene, btw).
we read poems from Where the Sidewalk Ends….a frequent bedtime ritual.
recent highlights (since i’ve done a poor job staying up to date!):
putting up and decorating the christmas tree with carter
laughing and playing with max
watching carter adore and entertain max
listening to max laugh at his big brother
playing made up games with carter
basketball practice with carter
building lego stuff with carter
it drives me crazy when someone interrupts you for some reason and then somehow turns it around and makes you feel like you’re taking up THEIR time. the NERVE!
this includes people off in their own world, people who ask for help/directions/advice and then are too busy thinking about what THEIR answer would be to listen, people that have attention deficit disorders, people that are just dumb, and people that don’t get that listening is the most important skill you could have. if you can’t listen, you’re an idiot, but then again, you probably didn’t hear me.
ok, i know i’m an adult and this sounds awfully “elementary school”, but people who cut in line really piss me off! it doesn’t matter whether they intended to or whether they’re just too self absorbed to realize it, both of them irritate me. ok, now i’ll try to forget about how much this annoys me because i’m sure all the line cutters in my life combined probably only added 3 extra minutes of waiting in line!
26. a sleeping house
25. christmas with family
24. a beautiful christmas eve service with choir and strings
23. more christmas with family
22. not being at work!
watching my five year old make a basket during a scrimmage and watching him get so excited that he’s getting better and better at basketball
eating and visiting with friends
reading to my son
weather that actually feels like winter (at least for this part of the country….low tonight in the mid 20s)
playing games with my son (tonight we learned and played several games that were new to us (card and dice games) and it was fun to see my five year old get excited about learning new games and enjoy playing them.
managing with the two boys tonight while ann went out with some friends for dinner
a house so quiet that i can hear the refridgerator humming
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dinner with friends
laughter and silliness
a helpful five year old
a smiling, laughing baby
reading together
a shrinking inbox
good coffee (Peet’s)
cold weather
the chance of snow
unexpected compassion
a biting winter wind (i know that sounds crazy, but if it’s going to be winter, then be WINTER! snow would be nice, but that’s a rare event in this part of the world)
wassail, chili, and laughter
my five year old deciding on his own that he wanted to clear the table after dinner and rinse off the dishes (and he was excited about it!)
the choir that i direct did a really nice job today and it’s a joy to work with them.
my roomba!
knowing that even though i haven’t entered anything on this for more than a couple months, that i HAVE actually been happy through all that time! today i’m happy reconnecting with old friends.
