#37
christmas “making” in the kitchen…
covering corn with caramel…and dropping cookies…
with christmas music playing…and helpers coming in and out…
and christmas only 2 sleeps away!!!
– the kids’ camera – bits’ image (picking out the just red and green.)
eian’s…
…first…
…selfies!
– the kids’ camera – eian’s images
this little piggy went to market…
…‘cause he was all-at-once bustin’ outta his clothes!
– the kids’ camera – bits’ image (april 4, 2013)
dear bits and jack,
mama sure has been loving our time spent in your little fireside salon…
never tire of it…
of your asking “please” to do my hairs…
of your scooting right off to gather all of your “tools”…
of your styling…and snapshots…and starting all over…
of your little fingers running and running right through my hairs…
and i’m just altogether content to just sit there…and sit there…for as long as you’ll take…
‘till my back is all achy…and my legs are both sleeping…and my head is numb some…
for just as long as you’ll stay…
and as i’ve sat there…i’ve thought…
about how much i’ll miss this…come spring…when the fireplace goes cold for a season and your little fingers stop running…
and…
about how very much i’ll miss all of this…come just a too-short time from now…when my whole season of little fingers is through…
but…then…
the thought…
how…then…
maybe…your little people’s little fingers!
and…
oh, how wonderful that thought!
oh, how…just too wonderful…that would be!
then…
but for now…i’m utterly altogether content to sit…just right here…for just as long as you’ll stay…
very sincerely,
me (your relishing-every-pass-through-my-hairs-with-your-little-fingers mama)
– jack’s image from the salon (the kids’ camera – december 11, 2012)…and one of my very favorites…the little fingers of those first two littles (summer, 1997)
trimmed
– the kids’ camera – jack’s image (december 9, 2012)
urban woodsman
– the kids’ camera – claire’s image (december 8, 2012)
a couple of years ago, daddy passed a little camera on to our little people that he no longer needed for work…
one of the best gifts he’s ever given me!
‘cause every now and again, i pop out that little card all filled with memories and dump them onto this computer…
and it’s just like opening a christmas present…
i never know what…or who…might be inside!
all their little lives…through their perspective…
moments…important enough to them…that they wanted them captured…
moments made memories…
some of the very best gifts they could ever give me!
and some…especially…worth sharing…
– alex’s image and will’s “image” (may 19, 2011)
