My boys at the lake.

Neko Case’s “PEOPLE GOT A LOTTA NERVE” - Blog it for a Worthwhile Cause

From Anti- website:

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Sunday afternoon.

My house is clean. My house is tidy. My sweetheart is gone. For two weeks. My boy is awake. I'm a little lonely. Tonight I'm going to bed to watch a movie on my puter. The end.

Floorplay

The box it came in.

A classic moment this morning. Ari is sitting up really well now and looking for toys. So I filled a little round box with a few little things that he could play with. I sat it down in front of him and took off the lid. He looked at it. Picked up the box, turned it upside down and tipped everything out, then played with the box! ... Now even though he is actually playing with the things, the box seems to maintain his curiosity.

Yesterday we introduced him to the Jolly Jumper which was hilarious. He still needs to figure out just what its for though. And also a fabulous musical piano that lights up when he plays it, which he is fascinated with. A little maestro.


His favourite book at the moment: Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers.

Bubbles, Fairylights and a Happy Little Pumpkin

Things after the fires have been pretty sad in our state. Can't imagine how long standing and far reaching the effects and the grief will be for so many.

But in our little world things are sweet. Ari is being the most divine little pumpkin. After a little stint of crying himself to sleep each night while demanding that I be in the room stroking his face, he has finally come around to settling himself again. And in the end all it took was leaving on his little string of lights from Grandma and Papa. It must be a security thing, he's quite happy to chat to himself until he goes to sleep while we potter around in the kitchen getting dinner. The first night he did it I was so happy I could cry, such a nice end to the day. He is a happy little boy and we love him.

Yesterday we introduced him to bubbles and he was happy to sit there for nearly an hour watching them dance around the room and *pop* disappear into the air. He would try to catch them as they floated near. The look on his face was priceless. Little darling.

So tonight we ate pasta with fresh tomatoes and basil from the garden and I'm going to watch Rockwiz and make myself go to bed earlier - am starting to need to catch up on sleep! Domestic bliss.

Lucky us.

I feel very lucky today.