Andrew turned 11! We bought him a Kindle Paperwhite, after doing an enormous amount of research, and compromise in my head, since I love love love books and hate hate hate screens. But honestly, this kid is an insatiable reader and I have a hard time keeping up with his trips to the library (and the batteries for his headlamps/flashlights he uses at night!:) He was thrilled.
It seems like yesterday he was playing with Thomas the Train-one of my favorite photos of him!
And this little girl is two! We bought her a little scooter (that I just gave her today because in the busyness of the weekend I forget it was hidden up in my closet) and just a few more things, like puzzles, and play food and a coloring book and crayons. She loved being sung to, and opening her presents.
Birthdays make me so sentimental (but having three in two weeks also keeps me so busy I don't let that run away from me.) All I keep thinking about is how lucky I am to be a mom to these kids. How lucky I am to hold them as infants, and wonder what they will be like as they grow, and then over course of many years, see that personality emerge. It's wonderfully rewarding, each one of them with such different characteristics, each one learning about life and about themselves and their capabilities and gifts at different paces. I can't imagine bigger work, a different life, anything close to as fulfilling as what I've done for the last 20 years.
