The break from routine has been very needed. We didn't leave, we didn't celebrate, we didn't blow anything up. We just were. Life as we know it will change soon. Soon I will be seperate but still attached to the baby inside of me. Soon, we will celebrate. Soon we will play. Soon, yes soon, we can blow things up. But now, we just are. Staying at home with our quiet life, with our not so quiet three year old, enjoying the heat and comforts around us. Summer is here and it is time to slow down. This sums up how I feel about our weekend, please read:
http://www.grist.org/living/2011-06-28-the-medium-chill
We focused our time on simple things, yes here that phrase is again. Sitting with Frannie outside talking, drawing, running through sprinklers enjoying how Murf has started to ignore the chicken and just be our dog and a part of our family. It helps that the squirrels are trying to infiltrate our yard and he has a distraction... Things are growing, things are blooming. I took Frannie on her summer tour train trip in 90 degree weather (hard on both of us but she loves watching the tour train go by and it was a good day to take the trip). Winter seems long gone but we know it is soon coming. For now, we are able to just be and let life take us where it may. Its good, b/c I am so dang huge I dont know if I could do much more or at least any of the things I dream about doing.
Frannie doesn't know about her independence, or how things have come to be and I am happy she can have a safe and carefree life. I think about other three year olds across the globe and wonder how their lives are. I am blessed to have a daughter in this era and know that she is safe and protected in our little town. She has so many opportunities and freedoms and I hope she will take each one with pride. My son will soon join her and know this life and be safe. I hope he comes soon.
Happy Independence Day out there-I hope you are all safe and enjoying the summer and celebrations in your lives.
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| We ran through sprinklers.... |
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| ...and ran some more |
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| We watched the peonies bloom |
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| We lit fireworks (very safely) |
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| We lit and lit |
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| and lit some more |
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| and it never stopped being fun even in the day time |
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| We played with our dog |
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| And we talked about and waited for the new baby to come |
