favorite friday

these two. together. witnessing the bonding, loving, and sharing.

can't get enough of it.

gratitude

for sweet little neck rolls


3 year old curiosities


spending my days with two of the smallest, sweetest, funniest, huggable, kissable, craziest, inquisitive people i know.

not bad for a monday

today was one of those days where when i woke up i felt as if i had only slept for 3 hours instead of almost 7. and that was with bea giving me the treat of sleeping in an extra hour. lying in bed with her, then the boy comes in. it is still very dark out. matt is dressed for work. he comes in to tell us goodbye. henry beguiles him into lying with us for 5 more minutes (in the sweetest of ways). the window is open. it is raining hard and i can hear the leaves rustling in the trees.

matt reluctantly leaves for work. { i really dislike mondays for this reason }. henry snuggles in under the covers. i lie awake nursing bea hoping they might fall back asleep. henry speaks, "sun up?". i tell him soon. he reaches out and gently rests a hand on bea's head. we lay there quietly for some time. i am thinking how cozy and peaceful this is and what a gift it is to be able to wake up slowly and unhurried. enjoying the cool breeze coming in through the open window. listening and being lulled by the sound of the downpour and and the swaying of the trees.

coffee had already been made. another treat to wake up to. henry requests a frozen waffle. its his new breakfast. i sit at the table and sip coffee and start a little project to do with the boy. we work on it for a few minutes and then set it aside. we don't pick it up again until dinner is almost on the table.

morning goes on as usual. music, playing, interfering, laundry. my mom stops by on her way home from a doctor's appointment. henry wants to play star wars with her and barely gives her a moment to sit and visit. bea just goes about her business. mom entertains them in henry's room while i make lunch. ahh, naptime.



i leave the house as is. normally i would clean, fold laundry, pay bills, get sucked into any number of things on the web. instead i make tea, find a movie on netflix, then relax and pick up my needles. soon i am really cold. i shut the windows and wish it was truly cool enough for a fire. i grab a sweatshirt instead and am surprised that i need to long sleeves shirts. it is probably colder in the house than it is outside.

bea awakes and soon is busying herself in the play kitchen. i continue knitting. henry awakes and soon is busying himself with many things. i continue knitting. then things get risky and i put the knitting down. bea is dazzling herself with her climbing abilities today. she even says "ta-da" after a great accomplishment. i am going back and forth as to when i should intervene. telling myself i need to let her do this. that she may fall but that is okay if she doesn't get hurt too badly. she makes me extremely nervous. a week ago during an enthusiastic dance next to the coffee table she put a tooth all the way through her lip. soon henry has her laughing uncontrollably and he is doing the same. i notice the time and realize my day has zipped by and feel this is kind of a bewitching hour. the littles are rested and content today and soon matt will be home, the steady gray and rain has made this the perfect day for settling down and all feels really really right.

hello sunshine

it's good to have you back.
i noticed last night that my photostream on flickr was looking rather dark and dreary. so today we took it to the park and had some opportunities to lighten things up a bit.

every thursday for the month of september there has been a brown bag concert series in the park in downtown woodstock. today was the first day we have made it over there. it was gray and cloudy when we left and i thought for sure it would rain before we arrived. but i was determined and i had my fingers and toes crossed that it would hold off.


to my surprise it worked!! by the time i had our blanket spread out the sun was peeking out from behind the clouds. we sat down for a small lunch and some music. the first song the duo played was 'here comes the sun'. henry asked what that song was so i told him and also said it was by the beatles (he's been curious about them since seeing a poster advertising the beatles rock band or something). he sits quietly listening and watching. then looks at me and says, "i like beatles music.". i said, "me too, they are one of my favorites". a moment passes, he looks at me again and asks, "are they pretending to be beatles?". i laughed and said, "i suppose in a way the are".
by the time we were done i had two hot, sweaty, and tired littles!

oh, the sweetness

today henry was snuggling up with bea and said she was his favorite friend. i could have cried, that boy is so sweet.

why two is better than one

(at least for me)

i know. i'm even beginning to wonder how many pictures i will post of these two napping together. but i can't resist.
they didn't start out this close. the more tired he got the closer he got. he even rubbed frog on the back of her head and got sleepy doing it. it was just the sweetest thing to watch. 

even sweeter is when he wakes up and the first thing he does is nuzzle her head.