Saturday to do list ~

Shackleford Banks

searching for seashells and wild horses ~ summer 2007

LOST…

was awesome last night.  

:-)

Yea summer!  Bring it on.  

And it’s LOST day!  Season finale!  Please do not contact me between the hours of 8 pm and 11 pm as I intend to watch the full 3 hours (including the repeat from 2 weeks ago) tonight.  It’ll be like a LOST movie.  Yipppeeee can’t wait!

Also?  May is gonna kill me.  That is all.

this place is a zoo

Meet Sleepy, Grumpy, Bashful, Doc, Sneezy, Happy, and Dopey – our new tadpoles.

You can only see 6 of them because Bashful was hiding.  Heh.  Anyway, I hope we can keep them alive long enough to see them turn into this:

Cute, right?  They’re called Cope’s Grey Tree Frogs.  I’ll post more pics as they grow.  

(Oh yeah!  Hi Kris! By the way, Ty brought tadpoles home from school today!)

halcyon days*

me & Kris ~ summer of ’88

 

*the seemingly endless sunny days of youth

robot

via we heart it

this is how I feel today ~

Garfield Minus Garfield

“Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb.”

total Betty

 

Kris has been working on some logos, decks, t-shirts, etc. for Loaded Skateboards – and one of those guys also makes custom dog collars.  He sent one to Scout…

 

hee…

The collars can be found at Glory Hound Gear – check ’em out!

the days are long, but the years are short

Yesterday my baby Ty graduated from preschool.  Well, he’s not a baby anymore I guess.  

I sat in the audience looking at this little man, so grown up – big and self confident, and I just thought, “No!  Stop!  I’m not ready for this.  It’s all slipping by so quickly!”

Then I looked over at Cooper.  We checked him out of school so he could watch his brother’s program.  Again I think, “This kid!  How did he get so tall!”  He’s almost to my shoulders now.  Wasn’t it just yesterday that Kris and I brought him home from the hospital, and proceeded to freak out that night over how tiny this little creature was and ‘oh my god what have we done’?!?!

I’ve been talking to other moms in the past few weeks about summer vacation, and how it’s quickly approaching.  Everyone, including me, lamenting the fact that the kids won’t be in school all day, and what will we do to fill the time.  Yes, some days are never-ending, and the bickering gets annoying, and I yearn for just 5 minutes alone.   

And yet.

These days don’t last forever.  I sometimes find myself looking towards the future, the big events, vacations, holidays. Not really focusing on “today”.  But it’s the everyday stuff that makes up their childhood and I need to remind myself every so often of that.  To be more present and appreciative of the small moments.  

At the end of the graduation ceremony they had a slideshow with music, and as if I wasn’t already an emotional basket case – these lyrics sent me right over the edge.  

Let them be little ’cause they’re only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little

So innocent, a precious soul, you turn around
It’s time to let them go

Sigh.  Parenthood is bittersweet.