This afternoon I say, “hey birthday boy! Can I take some pictures of you in the backyard?”
“Sure mom.”
We then hear the little blond’s raspy voice, “yes! owside! let’s GO!!!”
This is sounding familiar to me. A quick trip down memory lane here….as the E of the family, I recall my bigger brother Daniel coming home from school one afternoon in some kind of grocery bag makeshift costume and my mom grabbing the camera. As they head to the backyard there is me trotting behind with a wispy head of hair and a cheerio shirt stretched around my tum-tum. I wiggle and worm my way near my big brother’s side grinning, and making it into all the snapshots.
So hearing myself say “Daniel, let’s zoom in on those styling shoes” (yes, I say styling—geek alert) I see Mr. C sitting up tall and swinging his pair of Cars shoes. Yes, I snap away.
Being three, Mr. C looks up to Dboy. Not just physically, though there is that—he is just a huge fan. He follows, imitates, and makes every effort to get into his room so he can gaze at every trophy and trinket. I realize I too will be looking up sooner than later—Dboy has already stretched taller than his bigger sister. Yikes.
Happy Birthday to you Dboy! You are a delight—an honest to goodness delight.
Love you.
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easy for me.
After announcing he is going to take Mr. C for a boat ride and that I can have a break, Mr. K is all smiles upon hearing me reply with “can I come too?”
Looking back from the nice seat offered to me I see Mr. K happily sitting on the floor of the canoe while keeping us rowing along with Mr. C fishing on top of his lap.
I hear “are you comfortable em?”
“Yea. I would say that I am…”
Sweet exchanges like, “this is high water for this time of year. Wow, that’s a tall tree. This river connects to Rice Lake. This is peaceful.”
I kept all striving to engage at bay. I mean the— “what do you think we could do to make life easier? So if we move the shed, do you think a screen porch could go there? I wonder what that would really cost. Or maybe a patio?” Or the—”tell me how you really feel. What are you thinking about—like right now? Or earlier today? Like really, how are you?”
Ahhh.
So it ends up being a break for all involved.
Yes, will be doing this again.
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