Before...

Watching my boys play golf last night


Apparently, a mommy is a good foundation for a tower of blocks, topped with a matchbox car. And also, she makes a good seat. Because it only makes sense that to build your tower, one ought to repeatedly climb up on top of & sit on the foundation's legs - rather than beside them on the floor.

Playing naked & squealing loudly in the sprinkler - Will is naked, not me

Before I had a little boy, I never knew:

• the pure joy that comes from watching a bug... & smashing it
• that standing outside my car, in 100 degree heat, with someone sitting on my shoulders for about 15 minutes, twice today, and watching the solid waste truck send up its ramp ("up up up!") & pick up the recycling bins in the parking lot of Albertson's could be so fun & exciting!
• (ps- recycling with your toddler can be lots of fun - toddlers love sorting & that is a great pre-writing/reading/math skill... plus they can look for shapes, colors, letters, & numbers)
• that being the base for someone's tower could be so fun (not to mention relaxing getting to lay down before dinner)
• how many trucks & "big trucks" & "bikes" & "bikecycles" there are on the streets of our town at any given moment
• that watching airplanes take off & land at the nearby private plane airfield is so exciting
• that I would allow someone to come into the bathroom with me & proceed to drive their matchbox car & matchbox motorcycle up my legs, my stomach, down my arms, etc... all while I am using the restroom
• This is what we did today- I love having a little boy in my life!