Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Lovie in action


My brother has one of those plastic climber things in his back yard for the kids. My three year old niece was standing on the top, looking down at the spot in the grass the climber had been before my brother moved it over about 2 feet. From her perch, my niece said, “Daddy, that’s a triangle!”
Seriously? What a genius. That kids amazes me with her brains.
I looked at my brother and began to convey this to him, as if he didn’t already know the miracle that is his daughter.
“Your kid is smart.” As I spoke the sentence, Lovie, who was trying to climb UP the slide with her hands full of toys, tumbled backward and into a heap at the bottom of the slide.
My brother: “Your kid? Not so much…”

Monday, May 9, 2011

Home

I wish I could be a stay at home mom. I think about it everyday.
I don’t know how to describe how badly I want to be home with my girls except to say I ache for them when I’m gone and I pray for God to help me find a way to stay home with them.
I know staying at home does not mean sleeping in and goofing off all day. I stayed home for 3 months when Tootsie was born, and believe me, I know what it’s like. But I don’t care. I just want to be with them.