It’s been a while since I’ve emptied my pockets of all the memories I’ve been collecting. I think instagram actually makes me a slower blogger. That, and you know… life! January tends to be a recovery month for me – probably for a lot of people. Even though I try to be mindful of not packing extra stuff in at the holidays, there is just no avoiding it – and really, I wouldn’t want to. So January gets to be a little more restful. I even made one last trip to Grace Cathedral before the ribbons came down. Perhaps I mentioned that Rob discovered they do yoga there every Tuesday night – not in some hidden church multi-purpose room, but IN the cathedral. I’m not a big yoga practitioner, but there is a kind of yoga called “restorative yoga” that I discovered during cancer treatment that truly helped me – and one teacher in particular who I fell in love with. And of course, he is the one who teaches yoga at Grace. He’s been doing this for seven years, and I never knew. So Rob encouraged me to go and do it on the last night the ribbons were there. I did not think it was convenient or comfortable to go, but I knew I should push past that, and I’m so glad I did. I got to talk with Darren a bit and found out that often they have 600 people who come to practice on Tuesday nights. There was truly not a spot left. I was there early enough to lay back and take in the sights:
At night, the colors are not as vibrant, but the light dances up and down the ribbons. It was beautiful in a whole new way.
The Peanut keeps getting more fun – of course. Here are a few of my favorite moments:
– Brendan wore his very favorite light-up McQueen shoes to school, and another friend also had light-up shoes. I commented on how cool they both looked and noticed another sweet friend, Kyle, look down at his non-light-up shoes with a sad face. I immediately added how cool it was that Kyle’s shoes were bright green on the bottom, but my son took it from there. “Kyle – your shoes are SUPER fast – they are even more awesome than mine!” I let Kyle’s happy face skip away before I scooped Brendan up and told him how proud I was of him for making sure his friend felt good about his special shoes. I had Brendan’s teacher conference, and one of the things they highlighted was the same thingswe’ve been hearing since he was a baby – that he has great empathy for his friends. I’m so proud of him.
– We watched a couple new movies: Brave and Aladdin. In Brave, Merida’s mother is named “Elinor” but B always referred to her as “Archie” – in fact corrected me when I referred to her as Elinor. I finally realized that he heard the word “Archery” and somehow thought that was the Mom’s name. Similarly, he refers to Princess Jasmine’s father as “Clappy” because he claps a lot. And since we don’t know his name, Clappy it is.
– Brendan found the first daffodil hiding in our backyard and came running to get me. He felt that in order to pick it he should bring his excavator over to assist. It was a good call.
(I look at the photos of me and want to exclude them when I see all the wrinkles at the corner of my eyes and around my mouth – but instead, I realize how grateful I am to have had so much to smile about.)
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– He has been building impressive things with the magnetiles he got for Christmas. At school where you have to share tiles, structures can only get so tall – but at home, you only have to worry about puppies knocking them over.
– Another thing discussed in the teacher conference was Brendan and Harper – and how they love each other. This wasn’t news to us. He has also expanded his list of women he is going to marry. He tells me first he will marry me, then Harps, then Olivia, then Charlie – and the other day he said, “mommy what is Harp’s mommy’s name?” I said “Maria?” and he said, “Oh yeah – and then I’m gonna marry Maria.” Additionally, he frequently tells us about pretty girls – whether they are in movies or real life. If the joke is that fathers invest in a shotgun when their daughters start dating, should I start saving my pennies now?
– Grandma and Grandpa came up to watch the superbowl with us and after the Pats exciting victory, they gave Brendan a very special gift. Grandma made him a McQueen blanket. It’s big enough to cover Mommy, and so soft I’d like to curl up with it – but it quickly became Brendan’s favorite blanket. He was kind enough to offer me his old favorite, though. Now we just need to commission Grandma to make us another one for the days when this one has to be washed.
– I also peeked in to find this scene unfolding on B’s bed. This is where I love phone photography. I caught several pictures before either of them even knew what I was doing – but when I went to get the good camera, they saw me. Those pictures may have been better in pixels, but they lacked the spirit of the moment. Also, I always knew my son was an angel, but I’m glad I caught his halo on film:
