I am often surprised by how long it’s been since I sat down to write about all my favorite Brendan moments. I used to worry about getting “behind” when only a few days had lapsed. Now there is no catching up. So I won’t try, I’ll just start.
First: Hawaii.
Vacationing with an almost 5 year old was a dream. He could look forward to things, he could SWIM (with no flotation assistance at all this trip) and he was just fun. My goal for the trip was to cease the fun in every moment. When we had to go to the grocery store and there was an arcade next door? LET’S GO. If Brendan said he wanted to stop for an ice cream, LET’S FIND SOME. He wants to go night swimming? LET’S STAY UP LATE. I got my hair wet almost every time I went swimming. I went surfing even though it had always scared me – and I LOVED IT. We had a blast. Brendan wanted to move to Hawaii, and I can’t blame him.
Brendan Surfing:
Brendan from gopro (long, but awesome):
Brendan and Daddy on same wave:
Mommy:
Underwater frolics:
We also took a trip to Utah to visit friends and to ski. No big surprise, Brendan loved the skiing:
Mommy preferred the innertubing. Rob has one of all of us from the gopro – but I’m not sure where it is:
Then there were some of my favorite every day moments, like when, after MUCH practice, Brendan learned to whistle:
(now he whistles tunes, very loudly. all the time)
Or when we discovered he could wiggle his ears:
Or how even athlete’s foot can be fun:
Grandma and B in his garden (while wearing my shoes):
My strong son:
This rock-n-roll moment:
(although currently he will tell you that his favorite song is “Barbara Ann” by The Beach Boys)
The number song he made up that still gets stuck in my head – eighty-nine seventy-five, eighty-nine seventy-five…
As much as at times I still get sad that he’s changing, I continue to find that he is even more fun and that I love him even more every single day. I’ve been saying that for almost five years straight at this point, so there’s a good shot the trend will continue.
I have great confidence that the trend will continue. With blessing and love. xoxoxoxo