Monday, March 2, 2009

Someday

Someday her hair will be down her back and she will go to school, away from me for half the day. She will love learning and playing and making school friends.
Someday he will talk in full sentences and climb out of his crib and climb on top of the fridge (hopefully not that last one).
It's hard to imagine how different life will be in one, two years. Children change so quickly, fading through phases seamlessly. I'm excited to see their joy and excitement and growth, but sad that they can't stay like this forever:
Playing pretend, with narration from Bad Guy.
Running across the room to tickle Grey.
Singing all day long, from Mr. Rogers to Santa Claus is Coming to Town to There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Writing L's and J's with so much excitement
Drawing heads with stick arms and legs (no torso)
Riding her horse around, playing Mulan or Lisa (from the Australian show "Saddle Club")
Dancing and talking about "nymnastics"
Never getting enough peek a boo or pat-a-cake
Sneaking into the nursery to read books by himself
Growling in response to the blender or mixer
Taking big strides across the room to give us hugs
licks=kisses
"mamamamamama"
shaking his fist wildly to sign "milk"
giggling freely at his sisters antics and tickles.

This is three seconds from our dinner table. The camera ran out of space just as I started taking this, but I ended up liking the editing job.


6 comments:

Natalie said...

thanks for the perspective. I needed a positive and lovely sounding spin on life today. By the way, your kitchen pictures are awesome!

faith said...

meg, i love you.

ashley said...

I know......I just ache some days, after wishing away a rotten day. Was it really all that rotten?? I skipped over something adorable or hilarious, I just know it.

These kids, they are just too much fun!

Susan said...

That was quite a teaser. I wanted to jump right inside the video and be there to see what happened before and after. I can't get enough of those kids. So cute.

Carolyn Ebert said...

growling with the blender... that is awesome! you'll be so glad you captured these moments.

Mindy said...

I love it all! You have some cute kids and a great attitude!