3.21.13 ~ Spring Break

This week I've been home with the kids because they are on Spring Break from school. I've had a nice week doing the mom thing full time. We've spent a lot of time with friends and trying to brave the (still) cold weather. What is up with that anyway? Liam and I are constantly reminiscing about summer, the beach, t-shirts, swimming, ice cream, shorts, sunglasses and NO jackets, mittens, hats, or layers. But the weather just does not deliver. Do you have any idea how long it takes us all to get out of the house with all that winter gear? It's ridiculous.

With this full immersion parenting thing life is much less complicated than usual. Since I'm not trying to rush them out of the house to get to school in the morning and then through dinner and to bed in the evening, we've had time to lounge around in the mornings, sit on the floor and play, and to luxuriate through meals. Liam is turning into such a KID. He's so lucid sometimes that it blows my mind. He picks up on and processes so much information. Recently he told me that sometimes boys marry other boys and that means he could marry his friend William if he wanted to. And tonight at dinner he said he'd like Nora to stay a baby instead of grow up because she's such a cute baby. Nostalgia from a four year old? And Nora is getting closer to both walking and talking every day. (The only things she says consistently right now are "hi", "Dada", and "duck"). And it's hard to tell just how deliberate it is, but I think she tries to tease Liam. She likes to bang toys on his head and laugh. And when he gets mad and tells her to stop, she laughs harder. That girl is going to be a force - I can tell.

It's been nice to focus on just them for a bit and not be stressed and distracted by everything else. Thank you, Spring Break.