Parenting

Sep 09 16:21

a flash in the pan

Today I was sitting on my little blue MAMMUT stool and Ellis was sitting on his, and I had a moment of epiphany. We were experiencing one Those Moments. The kind of moments you think of wistfully from the naive pre-kid days.

Ellis and I were having a tea party with a cute blue checkered napkin. Teacups in place, apple juice for him, tea for me, happily munching on chocolate chip cookies that we had made together yesterday.

Marlowe was rolling around on a homemade baby quilt, talking and zerberting in baby contentedness.

It was beautiful. Every was happy. The moment was idyllic. I think it lasted a whole 90 seconds!

Then it was back to cleaning up poop. And the baby started crying. "Did I love a dream?..."