Last night Mom and Dad hosted a family dinner for this month. It’s so nice to have everybody together regularly and I’m grateful to have Peter’s cousins and aunts and uncles and great Grandma in our boy’s lives. Gigi got to be there, too! How grateful I am that she is here and part of our family!
As I got up to get Ian from his nap during dessert, Seth took my place, and my dessert, next to Eric and Gigi. Eric asked him “So how is your life, Seth?” and he very emphatically answered “Daddy’s my life!” several times. And when I came up behind him and asked him what he meant, he said “It’s my life!”. I’m not sure exactly what was going on in his almost three year old brain, but I would love to know!
Saturday was scheduled with two showers, a baby shower in Lancaster for lunch, and a bridal shower just down the street for a sit down dinner. Mom was gracious to drive Donna, Brennan, Ian and I all up to Lancaster which is normally over an hour away. As we were on our way Dad called and gave us a heads up on a crash that might put us out of our way, so Mom tuned in the radio to learn more. It turned out to be a horrendous 31 vehicle pileup in the Newhall pass under the 5 freeway that happened Friday night. The radio broadcasters rerouted the motor public, they called us, and so we went around the long way but got a glimpse of the disaster in which two men and an infant lost their lives. Absolutely horrendous. Makes me look at my boys with complete gratitude to God and a feeling of forced faith. Their lives are in God’s hands alone.
So the trip to Lancaster was an all day affair, and I marveled at Mom’s ability to navigate the mountain passes without a wrong turn and without making me carsick. 🙂 Ian and Brennan spent the whole day in the car together and not being able to touch each other they just watched and smiled at each other. They were good babies and very pleasant to travel with.
I got home and learned that my husband can make animal balloons! After six years of marriage and three boys, I can’t believe I didn’t know that! He was so gracious and kept Jerome, Seth, Zachary, and Brennan for the evening shower, too. He was still in a cheerful mood after spending a whole day with the children, although he was very tired. Thank you, Peter!
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Just some fun things that happened this week…
One afternoon the boys and I walked down to the driveway to check the mail. Jerome usually dashes ahead of us to open the mailbox and I’m usually calling back to Seth who has become interested in something beside the driveway, which was the case this day. But when I looked ahead Jerome wasn’t at the mailbox, he was already up a tree showing me how he could climb it. His eyes shone and he was eager to see what my reaction would be. I was amazed at his monkey like agility and prayed for his safety.                                                                                I used to be a climber, too. Rooftops and treetops were my favorite places, so I know what he’s feeling and how sure he is of himself, but only now do I understand what a parent feels while watching.
A couple weeks ago we did a science project in our school time discovering which little things around the house float. It was a lot of fun and Jerome had guessed half of the things correctly. After that we floated an egg in salt water and read about the Dead Sea, found it on the map, and continued with a geography lesson…
One morning this week I found Seth at the sink with a bowl of water. He had submerged the table salt in the water and was asking for an egg!
So now I have yet another headcold. I’ve lost track of how many I’ve had this season. On a rainy, cold day like today it would be nice to have Peter home again and take a nap, but on we go! And God go before us.