> > the power of 2 <
my children have some very special friends. i posted about that here a while back. koruna has drake. marvel has louie. with time each special friend has become more tattered, more lumpy, more loved. And they have each duplicated themselves. we of course have backup drakes and backup louies. we're no fools. but at some point along the way, each of our kids discovered their backup. koruna found drake #2 in my closet and marvel found louie #2 in the washing machine. the discoveries presented neither of my children with an existential crisis as i had feared. they were each thrilled. mars ran around naked for 15 minutes yelling "2 LOUIE! 2 LOUIE!".
recently, runa styled a photo shoot with all of the special friends. 2 drakes, 2 louies, and colin and kiefer (drake's mom and dad). it was a little racy. she's good.
we are trying to do a better job of keeping drake #3 and louie #3 well hidden...
> > botrflis <
botrflis fli noth
botrflis love flawrs
tha dot hav a nest
thae fli to th flawrs
amidst the dozens of little papers in koruna's cubbie at school, we found this one. it's runa's poem sweetly written by one of her friends. koruna's last week of school is upon us. she's almost 4 years old and she is growing, unfolding, becoming. like the subjects of her poem.
* we went to see Flight of the Butterflies in 3D at the IMAX recently and it was AWESOME.
> > barton springs <
first early morning at barton springs this year
i. love. this. place.
> > breakfast date <
as a little girl, i recall going on special breakfast dates with my dad. he worked outside of the house and had 3 daughters so these rotating dates provided him an opportunity for some good ol' one on one with each of us. (i realize now how grateful i am to my mama, who most likely orchestrated those events but didn't get to enjoy the delights of a mcdonald's date on an early weekday morning.) i LOVE when i get to spend time with just one of my children - time when i don't feel distracted, when i don't feel like i'm spread too thin. i get little pockets of time with marvel these days because of our childcare setup, but sometimes i don't get to be alone with koruna until i am snuggling with her at bedtime.
except when we do breakfast dates. ian and i have continued that tradition and it makes our family life run more smoothly. if i spend all day with koruna and still miss her, when she appears to be going loco, when things just seem a little off - it's time for a breakfast date.
now when we're actually on the breakfast date, i often feel the urge to talk to koruna about meaningful things, to demonstrate my wisdom, to bring up difficult subjects, to inquire about all of the little parts of her that i am beginning to not know. and i mostly fight that urge.
because i know we just need to laugh about what the waiter says, to color on the placemat, to cuddle in the booth, to just see what comes up. alone. together.
