Field notes:
Sage: Takes cookie, buries cookie. Digs cookie up. Puts cookie in mouth. Takes out cookie. Buries cookie again. Digs cookie up. Forego pattern and faceplants into dirt. Always quicker to take out middle man.
Lola: Fills bucket with water, grabs old mop (where did this mop come from? What/who owned it before and to what purpose? Why did it end up in the hands of my eight year old?) and proceeds to "wash" the car. Gets bored. Takes off clothes. Sticks head in bucket (no, she did not chage the water first)
Stella: Run around yard trying to escape "safety" perimeter. Books it down the driveway to the road. If no options present themselves, chooses cliff to dive off of. If blocked, throws herself down hill towards certian death in vernal pool.
Such a large part of being a parent is watching my kids have fun and just GETTING OUT OF THE WAY.....The babies are finally getting to the point where we can let them roam a bit without complete survelance. One must still be on their toes, but I am a fast runner, so they can have a little bit of extra leash to play with.
Today was probably the most beautiful day I have seen in the last 7 months. There is something to be said about suffering through winter, days like these come at you with a force to be reckoned with. And I enjoy it more. I know, that winter is just around the corner...............................
Sage: Takes cookie, buries cookie. Digs cookie up. Puts cookie in mouth. Takes out cookie. Buries cookie again. Digs cookie up. Forego pattern and faceplants into dirt. Always quicker to take out middle man.
Lola: Fills bucket with water, grabs old mop (where did this mop come from? What/who owned it before and to what purpose? Why did it end up in the hands of my eight year old?) and proceeds to "wash" the car. Gets bored. Takes off clothes. Sticks head in bucket (no, she did not chage the water first)
Stella: Run around yard trying to escape "safety" perimeter. Books it down the driveway to the road. If no options present themselves, chooses cliff to dive off of. If blocked, throws herself down hill towards certian death in vernal pool.
Such a large part of being a parent is watching my kids have fun and just GETTING OUT OF THE WAY.....The babies are finally getting to the point where we can let them roam a bit without complete survelance. One must still be on their toes, but I am a fast runner, so they can have a little bit of extra leash to play with.
Today was probably the most beautiful day I have seen in the last 7 months. There is something to be said about suffering through winter, days like these come at you with a force to be reckoned with. And I enjoy it more. I know, that winter is just around the corner...............................
Just keep reading and re-reading that post next January when you feel trapped in the house under 15 feet of snow.
ReplyDeleteThe hope just floods in, doesn't it? The hope of spring-time, the hope of watching happy and healthy children, the hope of our freedom in their wake.