Where have I been? I mean the excuses of limited computer access, being busy or tired only go so far. So what is going on? It is not for lack of material – there is plenty of that daily. I guess after a while of not posting, it becomes a habit and then posting seems to take so much time and effort. And I have a bad habit to begin with of getting sucked into fun projects and ignoring everything else to work on them. It isn’t the best thing – I mean at some point bills need to get paid, the house needs to get clean, and my it would help my days a bit more if I put some more effort into planning.

Anyway, today is the day that I decided to break that no posting habit and to try and control myself and not get so carried away with projects. So I guess this post is to say I am back. I miss posting. I really do. I just needed to sit down and start typing..

Besides, when I come in here to blog right after Quinn goes to sleep, hubby can’t get on the computer so he goes cleans the kitchen.  Hmmmm…a VERY good reason to do this daily!  :-p

I love this picture of Quinn. It was taken at Bull Creek yesterday. I love that place. The water was low, but there was still plenty to splash around in. And in Quinn fashion, she finds the biggest rocks she can, hoists them up saying, “heavy!” and then hurls them into the water.

Here she is dwarfed by her surroundings, but she has such a fire that you can’t miss her and you certainly wouldn’t want to underestimate her.

My sweet, sweet boy. He and I are in sync right now and I love it. I dont’ know what it is, but we are flowing so beautifully these days. Maybe I stopped resisting, maybe I remain more engaged, maybe I remember to hug and snuggle more, maybe I see his disruptions and cries for attention. Maybe he is just in a good mood? At any rate, our days together have been so pleasant. And with our many chats come many questions. Here are some he shot off to me in rapid succession on the way home from an adventure the other day:

“Why don’t you drive on that side?” (the passenger side)

“Why does liquid cause poo?”

“Why don’t trees have wheels?”

“Why aren’t there tree cars?”

“Why are there fish cars?”

Oh and one from the other day that I found amusing, “Why don’t fish swim on the top of the water?”

Another request, “Mom, for Valentine’s Day I would like a Coke machine. That would be wonderful.” Amusing since he doesn’t know what Coke is and the machine he is talking about is a soda machine at the main headquarters on a hike we do. He likes to press the buttons. I don’t know who told him in was a Coke machine, but anyway – he likes to push the buttons. Just like his mama as a kid.

Or “at the haircut place I wanted two lollipops, but Dad said one would be nice. I thought two would be nice.”

What a crazy, magical day this one was…last Tuesday to be precise.

Bike Commuting

This was Daddy’s first day commuting to work on his bike. Tyler and I watched him take off. As we were heading out to the school playground that morning, Tyler announced that he was taking his “commuter bike”. Then he asked if he had a special bike shirt – well, actually, he does. I got it out and he proudly wore it as he sped down the sidewalks.

First Day Bike Commuting

Commuting to the Playground

Ball Bouncing

At the school playground, Tyler was running around the track..trying to bounce the ball up and down while doing so. I suppose he had been watching some kids play basketball or something, but he was trying and doing a good job!

He Plays!

The “play crisis” is over. Not that Tyler plays that much now, but there are magical moments. Quinn was napping and I was working on some dinner in the kitchen. I went into the living room to check on him and find this scene. He had gotten out a playsilk, the wooden boat, the wooden doll figures and was up to something. It is so funny what these quiet moments sometimes yield. There are days where he is aimless, days he wants to do whatever I am doing, and days where he wants to do his own thing.

Playing…..

Heading Across

Conquering a Fear

Later that day at the park, he tries a piece of equipment that he had up until now avoided. He asked me before trying, “Can Liam do this? Can River do this?” I replied, “yes, they tried and practiced and they got it.” So then Tyler gives it a go and sure enough he does it. He says, “I did it!”
The biggest pleasure for me was watching him stand on the other side, hands on his hips just looking at what he had just accomplished with a closed-mouth grin as wide as can be. He stood there staring for at least 30 seconds if not longer. He didn’t need or want me to say anything. He was so proud of himself.

Then he comes back across and as he is doing so, he shouts, “Mommy, take a picture for Daddy!” And so I did.

A Fall Down the Stairs

Quinn did something as well early in the day, but now it escapes me. Probably because she more dramatically fell down the stairs to the bottom later this evening. It was a first and the hardest part was seeing just how upset she was.

A Trip to the ER

It led to our first trip to the ER because I was worried she had broken her wrist. If you ever head to the ER, take a friend. It was a LONG wait. Poor Quinn was so tired, she started crying and was saying, “night-night! lights off!” Poor baby girl. Thankfully, it was a false alarm and nothing was broken. I decided watching her the next day that she badly bruised her hand since she caught herself with them.

I never know what the day will bring. This day had a little bit of everything!

Lots of projects with deadlines and trying to share one computer with hubby (mine is sick with a virus right now).  I have so much to post, but alas it will have to wait.  Thanks for your patience with me..check back in a few days…