Today was a difficult day, little boy was very unhappy. Woke up with a somewhat frustrated perspective. He was very warm, feverish actually, and also fighting a runny nose. I was also fighting a runny/stuffy nose and was feeling really crappy. Steph was generous and watched him all morning so i could sleep. When I stumbled from bed at 11:30am, the living room looked like a toy store threw up. I came to discover that the entire time I was sleeping, little boy was flinging new and old toys about the room, trying very diligently to make Steph insane. The ending was when he pulled a container of crackers out of the pantry, and flipped the lid and flung them all over the kitchen. Then he fought with the dogs over the crackers. The dogs won.
After he woke from his nap, I took him on a walk, we looked a the lilacs, crab apple blossoms and tulips all in full bloom. We walked through the neighborhood, singing and talking about the trees. Well, I was talking, he was listening. Then we went to the grocery store, I brought my reusable bag with me and had it hanging on the back of the stroller, I put everything in it as I was shopping and was wondering if anyone was watching me from a secret grocery cam.
When I got to the checkout, the cashier asks, "paper or plastic" to which I reply, I have my own bag . As I am unloading my bag, I realize that the cashier did not even know I had the bag and I could have left with the $15 worth of groceries and nobody would have been the wiser. Unless they did have a secret grocery cam. But I paid, rebagged my unbagged groceries and we went back home.
I thoroughly enjoy the moments I have with little boy. He is always teaching me things, like even if you think he won't notice, he will notice the cluster of mushrooms growing in the backyard from all the rain and try to eat them. If you are not quick, he'll get one in his mouth and then dry heave from the texture.
He went on his way through the yard, running in his crocs and enjoying the moments that were unfolding in front of him, as he always does. I wonder what day it will be when he doesn't anticipate the moments unfolding in front of him anymore?
2 comments:
Sounds like a your morning turned into a good afternoon with little boy. Love the picture of him looking at the flower. He is so inquisitive.
your comments are wonderful...reminds me so much of the book i've started reading...eckhart tolle's a new earth. i've downloaded the audio companion from itunes with oprah, but have enjoyed the first chapter so far. little boy is doing just what he's supposed to be doing! on the audio he answers a woman's question about how to introduce children to concepts to help them live in the moment. one was to answer a child's question with 'this is called a flower, bird, etc' instead of 'this is a flower, bird' because it really isn't what we call it and we should try not to label everything. i can't imagine you haven't heard of this book in royal oak!! i bought it a long time ago, brought it with me here and am only now reading it. interesting where you find time for things, when they're right. love your blog! thanks for including me. xoxo
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