Beautiful, is what he means. I spent 15 minutes in the car this evening listening to William talk about the sky. He would look out the sunroof and say, "Mom, see the sky up there. It's blue. See. See?". He would then look out another window and exclaim, "Mom! The sky is orange there!". This continued the entire ride in the car. We covered every window and every possible color the sky could be. His eyes were enormous and his voice was assertive, loud, and exuberant. I love his innocent appreciation for the small things I take for granted. I'm pretty sure this is what they mean when they say, "through a child's eyes". William, thank you for allowing me to see the different colors in the sky tonight as the storms passed overhead.
We were on our way to Nana & Papa's house. William had his overnight bag packed with the esssentials: the beloved bunny, the beloved giraffe, his blankie, clothes, and diapers. As I was leaving, he was drooling on Papa's knee and begging for popcorn. He is going to love his evening but I think handy husband and I will enjoy it more. You see, we were up most of last night with a sick kid. Gracie had a terrible cough- you know the kind that makes a 3 year gag and then throw-up? None of our remedies worked-not honey, not a hot, steamy shower, not a cough suppresant. It was a long night trying to keep her calm while not waking William in the same room, then trying to get her to sleep on the couch, and all the while, shuffling baby Graham around as our "sleeping" arrangements changed as much as the moon's position overhead.
Note: the pictures were taken November 2010. We have been without a computer for a week as ours quit. (A little piece of advice: continually back-up your pictures.)
I'm off to bed and feel excited that we only have two kids. If the night goes awry, we are on "man on man defense" as opposed to "zone defense". This, we can handle.
I'm hoping we see this tonight: a little girl all cozy in bed.
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