I am learning, oh, so quickly, that for better or worse, your children are little reflections of you. I know I am blessed to have fun and silly children who are quick to smile and laugh...and usually make everyone around them smile, too. As a baby, Cole smiled a lot and instantly whenever he established eye contact with someone, well, anyone! Molly, now, has the sweetest smiles - even sacrificing sucking on her pacifier - and if you watch closely, you can see the smile reach her eyes and raise her teeny, almost invisible eyebrows. I smile every time I look at them!
Sunday night I took advantage of Molly cat-napping and Cole watching a new "kids" movie - The Sandlot - with Daddy. I put toys away and actually gave the Dyson a whirl around the living room and kids' room. (I have to admit, I am still in LOVE with the sucking ability of the Dyson, by the way, and am both disgusted and awestruck every time I vaccuum...what a nerd!) When Cole did go into the living room and noticed - immediately - the cleaning, he said "good job, Mommy, good job." Here's to hoping he picks up on all the other ways we encourage and guide him...with Maggie and Kip's help, he is currently working on using"thank you" and "you're welcome"!
I have friends (Salwa...and others, I know!!) who would be shocked and appalled to hear the sound of Cole's laughter past ten o'clock at night! I, however, would be sad and miserable if I put Cole to bed two hours after I got home with him after a long day away at school. Oh, I know, one day I will be a fierce proponent of early bed times so they are ready for school the next morning but for now, I wouldn't trade the fun of nighttime pillow fights, books, snuggling, and silly voices for anything in the world.
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