We are still recovering from the nasty virus that's taken up residence in the
House of Q. Jeff is down and out today, and it's been 3 long weeks so I've found myself being shorter than usual with Kai. He's so curious and exploring so much more and asking so many more questions. I often need to remind myself to
slow down, stop, and pay more attention to him.
At his age (2.5years), this is my time to embrace such curiousity and foster
his creativity and embrace the craziness it brings. He continues to be brillant
( in my eyes) saying, "Mom, I knooooowwww..." in the same way he's heard this
phrase out of my mouth. Then he says, "how 'bout we...", adorable and constant,
every 2 seconds this brillance shines and a new idea sprouts out of his mouth
e.g., how about we... have 'ssert (dessert), play soccer, play hockey, play
baseball, carve a punkin, have a treat, watch a movie, build a house with lego,
watch a movie, watch a movie, watch a movie!!!! You get the picture! It's
amazing and exhausting. Kai is curious ( like all toddlers) about how the world
works and his way to explore involves acting on the world to see how it responds
and what the consequences are. Having items missing, stuck and/or visible but
not reachable is all about pushing limits. I love it, I laugh ( after I furrow
my motherly brows) and pose questions like, " what do you think?" and "what
should we do?" etc. In the moment it's anyone's guess as to how it could play
out. As I said before, I often need to remind myself to slow down, stop, and
pay more attention to him, because if I don't, I'll never bear witness to how he
got Victor into the sub-woofer!!
As for me, I am working hard to seize the moment but after 3 weeks of being
inside and taking care of the boys, I'm now ready for a bit of me-time or at
least me-tasks. I do have to admit that I've hit the wall a bit with my
creativity, how easily it waxes and wanes. So I re-group. I am making a list to
tackle. It's long but at least I've got some direction. Items include: calling
plumber for kitchen dish washer quote, purchase lighting to brighten up my
living space as the fall shrouds us in darkness more and more everyday, find a
reliable electrician (does this exist?), and manage the outdoor clothes. I
still have our summery, light, breathable hats ready for donning in our front
hallway and what we need are the thick, non-breathable, heavy weighted hats that
will require 2 hands to don. The weather has gotten to me and it's not even
November yet!!! It's been snowing for over a week now and it's cold.
Everything is so much work now that I'm toting around an infant and toddler in
cold temps. I wonder how I will survive the real winter- because this is truly
nothing in Calgary!! But, mittens have already been lost at day care and dirty
snow boots have stained my front entrance. It's as if winter is throwing it in
my face and shouting "face it, embrace me, it's time". I am still stuck: where
did summer go and the warm fall temps - I am slightly completely still
living in the past, but it might be time... sigh...to embrace winter!
So, my transition starts today with trick or treating in -6 degrees with
snowy white out conditions. It's gonna be great, I've already had to dress Kai
twice and the second time he only required wrangling, pinning down and "gentle"
coercion to put on his costume. Fun? yep! Positive outlook: "I love winter, I
love the cold and I love trick or treating in winter!"
Wish me luck with the official transition into winter. My goal: The House of
Q will embrace it and start living again!