It's the Little Things

Today nothing fantastically unusual happened but it was one of those days you look back and smile. The little triumphs we did accomplish. We went grocery shopping at Walmart which tends to be a wearing experience on all of our nerves. Overstimulation, people everywhere, a million things that every kid wants. And then add going on a Saturday (great timing Mom!).

Beans rode in the shopping cart and was so well behaved and wasn't bugging anyone. Little Man walked beside me and had his heart set on getting a new notebook. Normally, saying no would lead to a big meltdown and a messy public scene. Not today. :D Little Man started to get upset and all I had to do was take him to a quieter corner of the aisle, talk quietly to him and remind him to calm down. And that ladies and gentlemen, was it! No meltdown, no crying. It was a wonderful day!

This evening Little Man and I were outside looking at the tadpoles. Nothing amazing was said or done but just a lovely quiet moment with my boy, watching nature. We've watched these tadpoles since they first hatched and now some are at least 1 1/2 cm and look like they'll soon be sprouting legs. These moments outside, with the woods behind us, no noise of traffic or other people, just my boy and me are priceless.



Tonight at bedtime Little Man stretched out in his body sock, that's way too small but he loves it even more that way. We watched Austin Stevens: Snakemaster on Animal Planet as he laid there so content. What a wonderful boy he is.