Have you ever had one of those days where at any given moment you could fall asleep if you just had something to rest your head against? That's what this day has been like for me. Every time I have sat down to nurse the baby (that's the only time, it seems, that I have sat down and been still) it's all I could do to keep my eyes open. And I got to bed on time last night. And Baby J slept until 4:30 this morning, so it wasn't like I was up all night with him or something. I've had caffeine. The sun is shining. It's a beautiful day. All things that should put some pep in my step.
But there is no pep.
Not in my step anyway.
Hasn't it been a lovely day though?
Just gorgeous! I love it.
After our home school co-op we picked up some lunch
and went to the park in the next Tiny Town over.
Several other families from our co-op did the same,
so it was nice to just soak in the sun and chat with friends
and watch the kids play.
Big E was so entertaining to me while we were at the park. Some of the other families have much older kids, like high school guys. There were several of them. At first they were playing volleyball. Big E started out sitting on the sidelines watching them. Then he began to fetch the occasional run-away ball. The next thing I know, he's on the court "playing" with these guys. And they were so great. Nothing warms my heart more than seeing "big boys" who are kind and encouraging to "little boys." That says so much about the "big boy." It's so easy and typical for the big ones to shoo the little one away, to have no patience or tolerance for them. But these guys were so nice. They let him be there, let him try to join in though it was WAY beyond his seven year old skill level. And when the playing moved from volleyball to ultimate football, Big E moved with them and they continued to be gracious. I appreciated it so much as the mother of the little guy who wasn't being kicked around or totally ignored. And it did so much to make Big E feel like he was "one of the guys." He came over to get a drink at one point and said with a big grin on his face, "The teenagers and me are really getting along for some reason." I just wanted to give a hug to each of those "big boys."
We grilled burgers for supper tonight. The kids were surprised that we weren't having "pizza and a movie night" since it's Friday. How quickly something becomes set in stone to them. But we did have the movie. We watched the old Disney movie "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes." (I slept through most of it.) The funniest part was explaining to them that computers used to be these huge things that really didn't do much compared to what we can do on our personal computers today. All that is ancient history to them.
Remember when a single computer was so large
that your team of horses
could hardly pull it in your wagon?
But there is no pep.
Not in my step anyway.
Hasn't it been a lovely day though?
Just gorgeous! I love it.
After our home school co-op we picked up some lunch
and went to the park in the next Tiny Town over.
Several other families from our co-op did the same,
so it was nice to just soak in the sun and chat with friends
and watch the kids play.
Big E was so entertaining to me while we were at the park. Some of the other families have much older kids, like high school guys. There were several of them. At first they were playing volleyball. Big E started out sitting on the sidelines watching them. Then he began to fetch the occasional run-away ball. The next thing I know, he's on the court "playing" with these guys. And they were so great. Nothing warms my heart more than seeing "big boys" who are kind and encouraging to "little boys." That says so much about the "big boy." It's so easy and typical for the big ones to shoo the little one away, to have no patience or tolerance for them. But these guys were so nice. They let him be there, let him try to join in though it was WAY beyond his seven year old skill level. And when the playing moved from volleyball to ultimate football, Big E moved with them and they continued to be gracious. I appreciated it so much as the mother of the little guy who wasn't being kicked around or totally ignored. And it did so much to make Big E feel like he was "one of the guys." He came over to get a drink at one point and said with a big grin on his face, "The teenagers and me are really getting along for some reason." I just wanted to give a hug to each of those "big boys."
We grilled burgers for supper tonight. The kids were surprised that we weren't having "pizza and a movie night" since it's Friday. How quickly something becomes set in stone to them. But we did have the movie. We watched the old Disney movie "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes." (I slept through most of it.) The funniest part was explaining to them that computers used to be these huge things that really didn't do much compared to what we can do on our personal computers today. All that is ancient history to them.
Remember when a single computer was so large
that your team of horses
could hardly pull it in your wagon?
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