Enjoying the Small Moments

The other day, Buttercup came to me while I was making dinner. She's two, and at a point where helping "make" dinner or pretending tea party is of high interest to her, so it was not unusual that she took out our smallest cutting board and wandered off with it. Until a short time later, when she returned, very pleased with herself, to show me her creation:

Crayon washes out - eventually - and it was only a cutting board,
so I wasn't too concerned, though I fussed a little anyway so she doesn't try drawing designs on other things that aren't as easy to fix! On the flip side... I was kind of impressed with her face at such a young age! She has been learning basic drawing ideas from watching her older brothers - can you see it on the right, there?

Later I was taking Maestro to scouts. I appreciate those moments on Scout night - when one of us gets to take him to Scouts alone. It is a time when he can just be himself, ask questions, be goofy, and not have to be "The Oldest Brother." He was talking about the camping trip he is now on, during which they get to shoot rifles. Really, I had just told him that he won't make the team pictures for baseball because they are on the same day as the shooting trip, but what a cool reason to miss the pictures! (*Ahem* From a boy's perspective anyway!)

He agreed and he said, in as deep a voice as he could manage, "I'm going Rifle Shooting!"

There was a pause from the dark back seat of about half a minute or so before he said, "That didn't come out very manly, since you had classical music playing... Can you change the radio to country?"

I changed the music, but we had a good laugh over that!

This is a long post - since we have so many - and so I'll post it in two parts. But it really is meant to be a tribute and a salute to each of our four children. It is meant to be in recognition of the small moments and blessings that we each receive by being together each day, every day. So on with posting part one... Then part two...