It was this great Friday night. Dinner at the Star Cafe walking the stores, buying a new book, grocery run. And Adam was in a great mood.
They brought the wrong pasta for – wanted a kids portion but the adult plate came out. Yes, I’ll take a Togo box.
It was going to be the pillow fight with AAA on my bed. Or perhaps my realization driving home that he’s a great kid and I’m lucky.
But after all that we were playing ball and I stuck it in the back of his underwear. He started spinning and hopping and gyrating and could not get it out. I started laughing and I thought he’s get upset. But he grinned more and kept trying to get that ball out.
This is the sad and happy truth – I laughed Hard and from my belly and it’s the hardest and longest I have genuinely laughed in over a year. I love my son.
Coming home to a clean house. The ladies needed Saturday off for a wedding and came today while I was at work. The house was really dirty from all the sanding of the plaster and painting.
I’m really happy with all of the touch up. The bathroom plumbing starts Saturday.
My second mother had always told me a story about the day she felt bad as a single parent.
It was a morning where Sam, her son, said that he needed her and it broke her heart. She had to go to work and the reality of the situation meant that she could not stay home with him.
Adam has been fighting his allergies the last few days. This morning, unexpectedly, I dropped him off at preschool and he turned around and said the exact same thing “daddy, I need you”. I gave him a hug and told him it would be alright.
But he kept repeating himself and had tears from his feelings being hurt. I’ll never forget looking back and seeing his slumped shoulders, tear filled eyes and hands to his mouth pleading for me. It wasn’t a toddler I-want-a-toy need – he wanted me for real comfort.
AAA had a real life lesson this morning and I’m sure in a way it changed him a tiny bit. It’s normal but it hurt to be delivering the lesson.
Coming home to finished and painted walls and ceilings and the medicine cabinet installed. And the window opens and everything.
On Friday is the plumber and next week is tile and tub Reglazing. It’s almost there and it looks good. I’d give it a “B” about now.
I had two really good ones. First was Adam eating his breakfast like a big boy at the bar before school without drama.
But the other was pancakes for dinner, outside on the patio at sunset. Fans and lights and good behavior. Yes!
It was an odd day but I’m pretty sure it was bath time with AAA. Every now and then I hop into the tub with him. He loves it but it’s so cramped – I should try to do that more.
Another good moment was Stacy coming to the park with her daughter. We have fitness there each Sunday and she popped over. It was a good visit. She took the pic.
This morning, AAA snuggled on the sofa with me. He’s bigger now and it’s rare he lets me get away with that.
In fact, we stayed home the entire day and watched TV. We both needed a down day.
This morning I was combing Adams hair and looking into his eyes and telling him how cute he was. Then he asks for the comb and think he wants to comb his own hair.
Instead he tries to hold my head, comb my hair and holds my chin and looks into my eyes. A sweet moment as he reenacted the sweet moment we’d had.
