blossoms and babies

One of the things I really appreciate about being a Mother, is how my children really almost force me to take a slower tempo. As a single, I took my own tempo - fast and furiously trying to accomplish as much as I possibly could in a given amount of time. Having children changed all of that. I quickly learned that it wasn't about me and my schedule anymore. It was about slowing down a little, still working really hard (a lot of focus and love that goes out of my body), and enjoying the small sweet things, and not sweating the other little things either.

Today was one of those days when I just really thought how much I enjoy this season of my life - that is so slow paced and good. Of course every day isn't like that, but I really enjoyed today. My little boys really have nothing to worry about right now, except when they will eat and sleep. It was so nice to take my little ones tempo and enjoy seeing the world through their eyes a little. The ants, the sticks, the birds, the grass, the blossoms, the dogs, all of the detail. I think the world is glorious.

This poem my Mom used to recite as I was growing up by John Milton. I think of it sometimes as I am walking. This is when Adam is talking to Eve:

“Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet,

With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun,

When first on this delightful land he spreads

His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit and flower,

Glistening with dew; fragrant the fertile earth

After soft showers, and sweet the coming on

of grateful Evening mild; the silent Night,

With this her solumn bird and hisfair Moon,

And these the gems of Heaven, their starry train;

But neither breath of morn nor rising sun

On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower

Glistening with dew, nor fragrance after shower,

Nor grateful Evening mild, nor silent Night,

With this her solumn bird, nor walk by Moon,

Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet”

The happy feeling of a clean kitchen after my babies are asleep

this hyacinth that I bought from Trader Joe's for like $2.50 that just brightens me up every time I see it. So worth that $2.50 and the smell!! Mmm.

these blossoms outside my apartment door. heaven.

how Mason sticks his tongue out when he concentrates. I don't know but I find it really cute.

how Stan is always searching for the nearest softball field

how Mason loves to run freely on an empty lawn 

Stan trying to break into this soccer field in search of a ball :)

Mason and his sticks

finding every puddle imaginable and splashing in it

these tiny little cones

this wooden bear we pass on our way every day to the law school or back

flowers describe my feelings so well - so many colors, so many shapes - sometimes bright and open, other times mellow and quiet - like these ones here.

on the street where i live

his bike of preference today

looking at the tiny ants

popsicles when we got back

UVA Law grounds