They Know How to Brighten Your Day

So, it was brought to my attention that my blog posts lately have been a bit, um, depressing. Sorry! Luckily, my beautiful three-year old inspired a more positive post. We all know that kids say the darndest things and lots of what they say is pretty funny, too. Today has been chock-full of cute -ism's that I can't let go by without recording them for posterity.

This morning, after dropping off the baby at the babysitter's, Y noticed a tree that somehow still had some pathetic, dried-out leaves left on it. He remarked "The leaves came back! It's not winter anymore!" I let him enjoy his delight as I tried to keep my car from sliding on the ice and snow. :)

At bedtime, part of our routine is to read a book, cuddle a bit and then off to shluffie-land. After story-time, Y turned to me and said "You're beautiful Mommy. You're so sparkly and shiny."

This kid cracks me up.

(Was that better, R?)

New Beginnings

I have a confession to make. I'm a total nerd when it comes to school- I love new pens, notebooks, folders, binders, oh, when post-it flags came out, I was so excited and bought, well, a LOT of them. My son Y isn't quite old enough to need actual school supplies, but he is starting playgroup next week, and I'm so excited and nervous all at the same time. Cliche I know, but I just can't believe that my baby boy is big enough to start going to school, learning about real things, making projects... I look at him and see, at once, the squishy baby who smiled so sweetly and innocently, and my big boy who, while he still smiles sweetly, is deviously mischevous at the same time.

He has his new school shoes that he can't wait to wear, he's getting a Thomas backpack and lunchbag and I can't wait to take the (adorable) obligatory first day of school picture next Monday morning.

Being a full-time working mom is hard a hard job, because I wish so badly that I had more time to spend with my kids besides for an hour in the morning, two at night and weekends. I wish that I could take them both on fun and educational adventures, story hour at the library, gymboree classes, all of these fun activities that I hear my SAHM friends talk about that make my heart ache (admittedly) more than just a little bit. But I know that working is a necessity in our world, and I just work hard to try and make our time together meaningful. I just can't believe that these past three years have passed so quickly, and now he's ready for school.

Maybe next year, when he's 4, he'll need post-its and multicolored pens for school.