Happy Little Loves

I sit here gazing at a blank white screen with tired eyes, typing the beginnings of a sentence only to make a frowny-face and backspace over it bringing myself right back to the blank white screen. I’m attempting to organize and arrange my thoughts into something grand and orderly to drop into this void tonight, but I think I’m going to have to go back to the good ole’ stream of consciousness style and just type as I think.

And so without further ado, here are a few of my happy little loves right now, because really, that is how I think when there’s just so much to think about. I think about things that are happy and lovely, that put a smile on my face and make that frowny little lip pout disappear. And no, this isn’t a full 10 things that I’m loving right now post, because there really are too many happy little lovely things abounding… and also… I don’t think my heavy eyelids will make it that far.

Girls Night Out

(I’m sorry Jessica, I don’t know what happened in this photo, or where you are… because as we all know, YOU were there.)

A very overdue girls night out with “my girls,” who each, in their own different ways, have changed my life for the better.  And though it was a night “just for girls,” they didn’t mind my own little of-the-other-gender babe toting along while daddy tied on his cleats and took our eldest with him to softball.

Cheers to us, and to having so much fun at the theater, that patrons at Starbucks later recognized us girls by our laughs… and ultimately the squishy, jammied up and very sleepy little babe being passed around and loved on.  Cheers to wearing fabulous heels out, just because.  Cheers to girls night out.  Cheers to more of them to come.

Girly Independence

I love the fact that I can laugh when I walk into my girl’s room after her nap and realize that she entered into some very creative play before she sauntered off into la-la land.

Creative play that led to inches of her golden locks spread our on the floor beneath.

And when asked why she decided to take her scissors into her own hands and become a self-inflicting hair stylist, her reply was simply confident.  “Because I did.”

Bath Time

With babies and bubbles abounding.  I love the way his eyes grow larger-than-life as his hands splash the sudsy water around the tub.  And I love the way she asks “one more time, mama?” as I slowly pour water over her face as she lets it soothe her over, and then she laughs and we do it all over again.

Evening Walks

I love strapping my little guy into the small stroller for an evening post rain walk where big sister pushes little brother in the golden light, enjoying the every last bit of this last month of summer before apple picking and warm delights baking in the oven become the highlights of our day.

And now that my littles are out for the night, this mama needs a bit of shut-eye.

So, goodnight, and tomorrow we can again enjoy all the happy little lovely things.