We will always affectionately remember this past Saturday, January 22, 2011 as "Lightbulb Day". We had about 10 lightbulbs out in the house and dedicated Saturday to getting them back in working order.(Spurred on a little bit by the fact we were having people over that night!) We told Colton we were going on a lightbulb scavenger hunt and he took his job very seriously! He loved reporting on the number of lights that were working or out and declared scavenger hunts his favorite thing ever. Wow! We really need to get out more :)
Apparently the sight of Jack on a ladder, makes Colton think of super heroes. He sang "Super Daddy, you're my hero!" as Jack replaced each and every lightbulb :) It was pretty cute!
Caden is 19 months old as of Lightbulb Day and is really
crazy, wild, busy, cute when you can get past the wake of destruction and cracker crumbs he leaves in his path. Most of the mess can now be pinned on his tiny little shoulders. Do you see the playroom? Colton is at a really fun stage (save the dreadful time we're having potty training). He constantly asks me why Caden does certain things (like throwing his food across the kitchen or throwing down the "nack" he just asked for) and I usally reply that Caden is a toddler and there is only one thing constant about this stage: his unpredictability!
Today we stayed in our pj's just a little bit longer - wait who am I kidding - the boys usally change into real clothes after lunch unless we are going somewhere. Caden got a huge kick out of sitting on big brother's lap this morning and stayed there for a WHOLE 5 minutes. It was so cute! Colton was nonplussed (is that a word?) as long as Caden didn't interrupt Umizoomi on the tv.
Elmo is about to drive me crazy but Caden loves him! He usally will not touch him but wants him to talk all day long and insists on saying good night to him several times before bed. Today was a breakthrough and he actually carried him around the house all day. You can see he's still a little unsure of actually touching him. Elmo almost ended up in the bathtub but I was able to convince Caden that Elmo could preside over bathtime by standing on the sink.
And those are a few little moments that bring this mommy's heart joy! Sometimes I can only see the mess/work/cleaning/discipline instead of these little guys' wonderful spirits but I am
trying really hard praying daily for God's help to see the trees instead of the forest or maybe it's the forest for the trees. I don't know - I'm tired - but I'm trying to choose joy over frustration and opportunities to love and cuddle and encourage instead of moments of overwhelming insanity!
