December 20, 2006
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Daily Goodness
(or: how an ordinary life is pretty damned amazing)
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Yesterday, Jesse decided he wanted to organize his Legos. He wanted them all sorted out by color and shape (not a small task as he has many large tubs of them with Bionicles, etc mixed in) But, it was what he wanted and so we spent 5 hours sorting yesterday to get them into groups. This morning, I took him and purchased 10 clear tubs to keep them in and he is one thrilled boy!
It may not last but he is happy right now.
And this is the thing, this joy.
And I love to photograph him with all this wonderment and pondering
in his deep blue eyes
and his joy, which is so clean
And his goofy self
And now, with TWO teeth missing on the bottom
and his big, big love
he is just so sweet.
And I spend my day with her, too
and she is a whirl of emotion and joyfullness and fierce independence
and she is inventing every day for herself.
It is all of it, hers.
A girl in motion (for Kali_Mama because she likes that sort of thing)
And last night, after my babies fell asleep telling jokes to each other, Trev and I played games and drank wine and talked and read The Onion for hours and laughed so hard we cried.
And he is still funny and I love him as much as ever.
It is that simple and that amazing.
And it is all of it, TRUE.
Comments (34)
I envy you!
Hello, I am new to xanga. I am a stay at home homeschooling mother. I was browsing around xanga and found your site. It makes me smile. I absolutely love it. I find you a very beautiful person. Your children are too precious. I hope to find some lovely friends on here, as I venture into this unknown experience. It is beautiful to me to hear how you love and cherish each moment with your little ones. I find it saddening how many women today wish there children’s childhoods away. It is refreshing to find someone madly in love with her children. As I am completely in love with my little girl. She is truly the best thing that ever happened to me. Thanks for sharing. I hope subbing is cool.
That’s just beautiful.
Have a very happy holiday.
sweet. honestly julie, you are pure love!
Your blog makes me happy… I just feel a kinship with you when you get lovin’ on your kids like that
It really *IS* amazing isn’t it!!!
You’ve done it once again my friend … a beautiful blog entry which makes me think, smile, and reflect a bit on my own life … you’ve got a gift, not just with words but with pictures that tell 1000s of words … thank you!
Best Wishes!
such beautiful work you do — the pictures and raising those lucky children of yours.
You are so awesome.
Thank you for your suggestions for wool – I am going to check them out tomorrow. I will let you know how it works out! (=
It is very peaceful reading your blogs.
You are one lucky woman with an even luckier family!
I love Jess’s hat… tell me you made that… cool!
I love the motion shots. My son is missing those same 2 teeth, plus the 2 top middle ones. I don’t think I’d want to sort the legos, but there must be some extreme satisfaction in seeing them neatly organized for a moment.
I love the first photo of Jesse in the hat–you have beautiful children!
Thankfully, Connor hasn’t wanted to sort his lego pieces yet!!!
beautiful – thanks for sharing – i once made my grandmother put all the trivial pursuit cards in numerical order – and she sat on the ground with me for hours doing it.
you are so special :>
I love your blog because reading it and looking at your photos always makes me feel happy…
I will follow suit and say that your blog makes me happy too! You seem to have such a wonderful relationship with your children! Your photographs are beautiful.
Boohoo! No lego shots!
Wonderful stuff!
What a wonderful day spent with your family!
Beautiful song, and stunning images.
Breathtaking.
How beautiful you really are such a fun and happy person to read about. Thank you for so many smiles. I don’t know how you do it but you just find the right words to move people. I too totally enjoy my children and playing with them. I also organize their toys, but often because I think it is funner for them to see their playthings ready for their enjoyment. All the play food and dishes together, the blocks, lincoln logs toy train set and all the little toy cars and animals ready for their adventures.
Hooray for life.
I love this post. It is so nice when we can stop and look at how amazing the simple and pure things in life are. I love your photo’s. It is making me miss my camera. I know I am trying to recognize and be in the moment more and more as life goes on. It is the only way to really live.
How Wonderful!
Blessing of Light for you and your amazing family to carry you through this Long Dark Night! Happy Yule!
Blessed Be
The simple “life” is so magical.
that last photograph is delightful…
Wanted to let you know the directions are up! LMK if you have any questions.
Roo looks amazing ! Your children are an awesome reflection of the love and attention you and Trevor share with them and each other. Blessings to you
I love the last pic of her and the song in the background too.
Yea, motion! And wonderment, and pondering, and laughing so hard you cry.
i browsed over the pictures of your family and your entries of your children…its very nice and heart warming. it made me cry when i read the last part of this entry. your so lucky to have a husband whom you love and who loves you. i wish i could have that, not a husband, but that kind of love that you have with him. my bf of 2 years broke up with me yesterday, and its one of things where you just know you want to be with this person, and you love this person so much…i feel that way about him. but he’s confused and has issues and believes that love will hurt him. its a complicating situation. anyway i hope that he will change his mind so that i may one day have a nice life such that you have and a be able to share my love with him.