on this day in…
~ 2004 ~
homestead farewell walk
Tag Archives | bits
dear s.j.,
i don’t know…
sometimes i worry that he just isn’t truly settling in…
very sincerely,
me
– hannah’s image
birthday…
…buddies
– hannah’s images
nine
dear little people,
so you’ve asked and asked…and asked…“today is it summer?”…“when is it summer?”…“i mean…when does it start?”
tell you what…
sure signs that summer’s full swingin’ ‘round here…
sunshine’s streaming through your window…even past your bedtime…
you’re more out than in…
the washer’s spinning grubbies, grubbies, grubbies…
mama’s spotting new freckles on cheeks and noses…
daddy’s often in front of the grill…
baby’s naked splashing in the wading pool…
you’re tent-staking under gramma’s tree…
oh! and you’re sportin’ these…
semi-permanent (no amount of scrubbin’ will do) dirt tattoos!
see? it’s here!
full swing…swing…swingin’!
very sincerely,
me (your lovin’-the-sounds-of-your-happy-play mama)
dear little people,
this week…digging. digging is your “hobby”…
digging…digging…digging…“to the center of the earth!”
you have a ways to go yet…
very sincerely,
me (your broken record titled “quit trackin’ mud all over this house!” mama)
p.s.
this week…laundry. laundry is my hobby…
– hannah’s image
the p-town theatre troupe
– presents –
MY LIFE
– cast of characters –
honey……………………………..the provider of things………………………………jason
darc………………………………the washer of the things….………………………..darcie
i’ya………………………………………..the guitarist……………………………………….alex
emmie…………………………………….the knitter………………….………………….emma
hannah-girl………………………………the artist.……………………………………hannah
clairie…………………………………..the bookworm…………….……………………..claire
bits………………………………………….the giggler…………………………………elisabeth
jack……………………………………..the ear-bender…………………………………….john
will………………………………………the lisp-bearer………………………………..william
baby…………………………………………the chub…………………………………………eian
shows daily!
dear baby,
last night, your nursings were all wonky…
after you nursed again at 5:30, i laid you back down…hoping you’d squeeze in a smidge more sleep before the rest of the house began to wake…
you protested for a bit, but finally drifted off…
at around 7:00, daddy sneaked out of bed and brought me some medicine for that headache that just wouldn’t let me go…
and i curled back up, waiting for relief…and watched you sleep…
your little fists rested above your peach-fuzzed head and your chubba fingers twitched…
your fringed eyelids danced…
that one propped-up knee swayed…back and forth…back and forth…
your back arched…stretched…then relaxed as a sigh escaped your lips…
then that little tongue started to dance…milky dreams playing behind those heavy lids…
and all at once…a knee-swaying, back-arching, chubby-fist-rubbing-the-eye stretch combination!
bear-bear and i watched…rapt…for over an hour…
eight babies…and i’ve never just done this?!?
what sweet heavenliness could possibly happen next?
and then…
flashing dreamy grins!
heavenly!
finally…one all-over stretch…and blink, blink, blink…
two baby blues looking into mine…
then a dimple-pierced grin…
and i jumped up to grab you…us snuggling right down into that cozy bed daddy made for me…you eye-smiling at me as you nursed…
that one chubba finger playing with the ring he gave me so long ago…it finally reaching up and touching my lips for those kisses it always finds there…
and me fighting back happy, happy tears…
then my fingers found that tickley spot under all those chins…and that blissful belly-giggle rumbled up from way down deep…
and those two sisters heard it…the ones who always vie for you first thing in the morning…and they suddenly appeared, exclaiming, “you slept so long!”
and just like that…they whisked you away…
and just like that…the day began…
that medicine never truly bringing relief…
and me…never more grateful for a headache in all my life!
very sincerely,
me (your ever-so-grateful mama)
the sleepy head chronicles
hmmm…“sleepy head”…
that reminds me…
more “from the archives”…
i submit…in installments…for my viewing pleasure…“the sleepy head chronicles”…
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how can you tell if your little one has had a good night’s sleep?
just take a look at their “sleepy head”, of course!
– march 22, 2006
another 2k…worth o’ words!
oh my goodness! how long has it been since i’ve shamelessly displayed pictures of my adorable little people?
i agree! entirely too long!
so here’s a couple of shots…of the littlest two, at least…after alex and emma got a hold of ‘em…
kojak…minus his “lolly”…
…and our little “hip hopper”, 2 bitz!
get it? kojak…ko-jack…‘cause he looks like the bald guy with a serious addiction to lollypops who’d always say, “who loves ya, baby?”…and, well, he’s a baby?
okay…
then how about 2 bitz…‘cause she’s two…and we call her “bits”…but i changed it to a “z” on account of the whole “hip hop” thing. and there’s that rapper who calls himself “50 cent”…which, now that i think about it, doesn’t really make much cents…i mean sense…because “two bits” was actually the colonial equivalent of about 25¢, not 50…
well…anyway…you get the picture…
get it?
“picture”?
okay! alright! enough already!
– june 22, 2006