Just me and my son. Getting our hair cut. Finished, getting ready to go home. “Do you want to pick up something for lunch, or just…” “Well, mom…there is the Wendy’s right over there…” I am thinking of just going through the drive-thru. I want to get home, I want to see my husband and daughter. My son wants to go inside to eat (where my temptation to have some very fattening food awaits). I relent. We go inside, I eat my good-but-not-good-for-me food. And we play the games suggested by the kids meal bag…a matching game, an eye spy game. I enjoy this small moment between me and my son.
Moment #2:
I am holding her. She puts her small arm around my neck and squeezes. The first actual hug from my daughter.
Moment #3:
We moved all Michael’s toys up to his room this weekend. Through the years, some contingency of his toys has been neatly (and sometimes not so neatly) kept in the corner of the living room. Now, as part of baby proofing, his toys are now all upstairs in his room (some of them are being given to charity, some are being saved for Willow). Toys that go in that corner are now going to be Willow’s toys. I had not thought about the emotional impact of this. Until I looked at my husband’s expression. Our first born is growing up before our eyes.
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5 comments:
Oh, that last one is bittersweet!
I love the image of you and your son playing eye-spy.
And nothing beats a first hug.
Thanks for sharing these, Delenn.
Ah these are perfect!
So sweet...all of them!
Baby hugs are the BEST.
Oh, that's so cute. How is big brother coping with giving up some of his toys to little sister?
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