Birthdays

So, this post is about 2 months late. The kids were born 4 years minus one week apart so there is alot of birthday activity in early March. When T turned 1, we had a big bash to celebrate. It was more about us getting through that first intense year than about fun for him. Subsequent birthdays have been all about him. This year it seemed fitting to celebrate the two big milestones so we had another big bash. It was great, we may never do it again but it was super fun and a lovely way to celebrate our lovely girl's first year and our young man's fifth.

As in the past, we didn't get any pictures. We were too busy talking and dealing with cake and food and coming and going. Fortunately this time I handed our video camera to a friend and asked her to get some footage. It has taken me a long time to get any time to put this together but here is a little taste of birthday week 2010. The song in the video is Kooks by David Bowie. My friend S reminded me of this song just before A was born and it has been her best lullaby ever since.

A year ago we were leaving for Kamloops, shifting out of the shock of A's diagnosis and trying to find a shaky footing on the road to acceptance. We were also rejoicing at her new found successful breast feeding latch after a 6 week odyssey of trying everything. She has lead us on quite a journey since then. I have big hopes that she will continue to teach us and show us what really matters. Happy, happy birthday to both my magic love children and thank you both for landing on our little planet.

A Haiku for my Mom

You had five children

Now I know what a hero

You were and still are

Happy Birthday

Crackers

I've been slammed by lack of sleep for awhile. Little A's patterns are all over the place and I can't seem to find a way to surf it. Anyway, the upshot is, no time for computer or anything really. It will pass. In the meantime, here's a shot of our lunch picnic in our yard this week. Finally some sun.

What a couple of hams.

This is the first we've spent time in our postage stamp sized front yard. We had a tenant up until Jan and he was a grumpy guy. It didn't feel private enough to hang out in our own yard but now we can! It's great!