Outdoor Play

Wow--it has been a whole week since my last post. A lot is happening around here--we are packing, we are sick, we are finding jobs, we are rejecting jobs, we are trying to sell a car, we are booking flights, we are saying long goodbyes to friends and family, we are selling our possessions, we are... doing just about everything under the sun and trying to remain nice human beings that people want to be around. I am not sure that I am doing a great job at that last part.

So, to make myself feel better as a mother and as a person, I thought I would post some happy pictures of Norah and Hoiyo playing outside this past week. As I wrote in another post, I enjoy taking them to the park and letting them roam around amidst the trees, birds and bushes rather than to the playground. Part of this motivation is selfish--I don't have to worry about Harvey teetering over the edges of structures that are way too high for him to be on. I can let him crawl--in the mud and the dirt. He is dirty but he is safe. So while original intentions may have been selfish, I have come to truly appreciate the scenarios that Norah can imagine with the woods as her canvas. And I have come to love Harvey's discovery of the natural world in our small corner of the park.

We went to the park the morning after a very big Texas storm here in New Jersey so many branches had fallen. norah picked one up and started calling to an imaginary crowd, "Balloons. Ball---lll---llloons. Anyone want one?" My whole body swelled with love.