well, it's been a while. i've actually had several people recently tell me what a terrible blogger i am, therefore i guess people actually read my reports! so i had a sweet encounter tonight and decided i have to go ahead and write it down, because i'll forget it if i don't, and then they'll be all-grows-up and in college, and when i'm crying my eyes out because they're gone i'll be like "why didn't i write anything down", and on i could go. memories are fabulous, aren't they? but they are the MOST fabulous when they are documented with fresh brain. soooooo, i just love the fact that i frequently get to crack up at bedtime with my delay-fish children. from harrison dancing at bedtime (or naptime) during my lullaby singing (i've since stopped) to benjamin's never ending tactics to have "five more minutes, mom". tonight was particularly hilarious when i'm snugglin' up with him in bed, as i do every night before leaving him for the night, and he's laying on my pillow, clucking like a chicken softly into my face "bock bock bock bock bock bagawwwk!". of course i am laughing and he takes it a step further with a light, intermittent "cockadooodle dooooo!". i mean who does that? and it is so funny. he loves making me laugh, so we just hang out speaking in poultrese for a while. i love that kiddo, those kiddos, and i am so blessed and lucky with my boys and this life.
also, i saw a wonderful speaker today - the author of "the immortal life of henrietta lacks" rebecca skloot. if you haven't heard of it, check it out. fantastic story.