It's the Good Stuff

Just thinking about what a great stage we are at. The other evening, our oldest child had to sit in the car while the rest of us ate at Cafe Rio (isn't parenting fun!). One lady was looking at the car, so I went out to just tell her we were right there and she laughed and said something like, "been there, done that!"

It just reminded me, I am living the dream! I am right in the middle of that stage of life that I will talk and think about for the rest of my life. The time that old people always come up and pat you on the arm and say, "Enjoy it!" And I am, darn it! Right now, I am watching my two oldest draw pictures of bikes and discuss decorating their bikes in the bike parade we are going to tonight. I love listening to them make plans. My baby is on my lap, just looking up and grinning at me. Isn't this wonderful!

Speaking of my kids making plans: I should probably give Kevin, my brother-in-law, the magician, a heads-up. Kyle decided the other day that he was going to ask Santa for magic for Christmas. Yes, this is the same boy who spent all last year discussing what kind of robot he wanted for Chistmas... the one that could clean and make puppies and build a truck to take us to the Himalayas. I told him that Santa couldn't share his magic, because that was what he used to get kids gifts. So Kyle decided he was going to discuss how to get magic with Uncle Kevin.

Ok. To be fair, some of this bliss may be influenced by the fact that my husband and I are going to NYC shortly. Just us. Alone for almost 4 days. And I will NOT be pining for home.