yesterday as we walked home from the park there was a robin who couldn’t fly.
he was speed walking away from talby and annie who were in hot pursuit.
then the bird stopped at the curb and talby shouted
“He’s looking both ways for cars!”
while planting flowers i found a big fat beetle.
i showed it to annie.
it was on it’s back and it’s legs were waving like crazy to try to flip over.
annie says “He needs a diaper change!”
i told the kids that i was tossing worms i’d found in the dirt to a robin that was sneaking around me.
it would wait till i turned my head and run in and grab the worm.
seans thinks awhile and then says
“if i were a worm . . . i would HATE my life!”
sean is usually thinking about other things when the rest of us are talking.
dinner at our house is always loud.
the entire meal is spent passing & passing again & then cleaning up the milk that spilled or the whole jar of applesauce that spilled out when a 5 year old tried to pour it.
every night.
but it’s family time.
someday they will know what they are doing and maybe a meal will go smoothly.
maybe.
anyway . . . back to sean being in his own world.
each of these comments were out of the blue having nothing to do with any conversation.
moday night dinner as soon as craig said “amen” sean says
“ladybugs have a very bad smell on their legs that makes birds not want to eat them”
then later “what’s your middle name?”
little later “you should really play 20 questions sometime”
and then “i wish i was a chameleon – they have horns to push animals in a fight.”
ending his meal he says “i know how to make a really big snowman”
that was almost all he said during the meal.
no other small talk.
just statements.
he is deep thinker.
iphoto has a photo booth feature.
the kids have taken 734 picture of themselves since january.
it has lots of special effects that they love to use.
here is one i found of sean.
fitting.
kristin - i couldn’t stand not to comment: you have the right ideas…i have another friend who said she watched movies on her laptop while taking a bath…if i could find the time to do without kids, that would improve my mood…hormones ARE powerful things!!!