Outsmarted

Dominic's bedtime routine went a little something like this tonight....

DOMINIC: Mom, do we have time for a story?
ME: Sure, pick something out.
DOMINIC: OK - I choose this one!
ME: Can you pick a different one? You know Mommy doesn't like that one.
DOMINIC: Sooorrry (as he drops the book in my lap)...just don't listen to yourself when you read it and then you don't have to hear it. 

After we finished the story and snuggled together for a bit, I got the usual smattering of random questions before he settled down to sleep:

Mom, does space end?
How old do you have to be to go surfing?
What does God look like?
Why do I have to lean forward instead of back when I get a bloody nose AND do I have blood inside of my bones?
I want to go on a rocket ship, OK?

2014

To my two little men,

Mommy has never been one for resolutions, however, if there were ever a year to think about trying things in a new way, it's this one. You see, last year kicked my butt in all sorts of ways, consistently putting my personal strengths to the tests. Sometimes, I felt like I came out on top, sometimes, I felt like I didn't and some of the situations felt like no matter what happened, there simply could not be a winner. 

The best thing that came from all of this is what I learned about myself. Some of what I learned, made me really proud to be me and some of it made me really feel like a work in progress. The good news is that new years are an easy marker to start fresh and makes changes. When there are days that I pick you up from school and I feel like I can visibly measure that you've grown in some way since the morning of that very same day, it makes me realize that I have no time to waste. 

So, this weekend, I found this and knew it was the perfect addition to our home. 

I am resolving to try my hardest not to sweat the small stuff and be a little less of a perfectionist. Decide to cut a few corners and reorganize priorities so that we can spend more time riding bikes, reading books, and building blocks. Together, I hope, we can explore, discover and live, a little more. 

To 2014! 

Love, 

Mom