That Speech

Recently, while putting David to bed, he lamented to me the difficulty of being the youngest child in the house. Most of his complaints were along the line of, “everyone gets to tell you what to do and you don’t get to have any fun.” I tried to commiserate with him. Being an oldest child, I really haven’t any idea what it’s like to be a youngest child. I can imagine it’s probably quite difficult. Mostly, I listened to David and nodded my head sympathetically.

Further into our conversation, I tried to remind David of all his wonderful qualities, “you’re creative, you have a big heart…” David interrupted me, rolled his eyes and said, “I know all that Mom. You gave me that speech last week.” Oops.

We both laughed pretty loud after David reminded me of my tendency to rerun speeches. Oh well… sometimes in parenting, we hit home runs, sometimes we strike out and sometimes we’re the 7th inning stretch entertainment.

Blessings on your day, wherever you are!

Crochet

During this past blizzard, we found ourselves tired of shoveling and playing in the snow.  This necessarily left us with plenty of time to sit on the couch and stare at each other.  No really, we don’t like to depend on TV overmuch, so we are left with playing games, reading, arts and crafts and just generally trying not to get on each other’s nerves.

Around Christmas time, Ana began to show an interest in crochet, long a hobby of mine, and asked that one of her presents be her own supplies.  We found her a basket with several balls of yarn, a crochet hook and a set of knitting needles.  To my surprise, she was actually thrilled with this present!  I started off by teaching Ana the chain stitch, careful to show her how to position her hands correctly so that she wouldn’t have to re-learn the skill, as I did.

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