What we’ve been up to

 

In the almost two months since school has begun, we’ve found ourselves in a new rhythm around here.  We are out of the house earlier.   I’m learning to release my death-grip on every moment of Grace’s day-to-day and to trust a little bit more. And in the letting go, I find that there is so much joy in seeing how new and wondrous everything is to her.

With all this new time alone with my boy, I’m finding him to be a man of many funny moods.  In some ways,  I’m getting to know him for the first time, which is both heartbreaking and amazing.  He is just plain silly and will give you a cuddle almost any time you ask for it (unless you’ve really pissed him off by asking him not to dump the entire contents of your spice rack out.  Then, do look out).  He’s got a physical agility that he did not get from me.  Ahem.  He loves solving problems and he will drop anything to help you unload the dishes, open the refrigerator or, as the case was last weekend, help his dad carry a screen door across the house.

Every day,my two little ones play out the roles of best friends and adversaries over and over (seriously, guys, already?!).  Every day, I marvel at the people we made that are growing and forming their identities all on their own, their own paths ahead of them.  Every day, we are full of gratitude for the gifts – the laughing, the reminder to take it slow, the joy of Halloween candy – they bring to our lives.

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