Bring on Summer

Declan is making plans already. He wants to get his tent outside, he wants bubble time, he wants water balloons, he gets excited talking about the parks, the flowers, the birds, he wants a bike and to drive his remote control car outside, he is even looking forward to sitting in the back yard to eat dinner.

Going to be one busy summer!! ❤️

Did the Easter Bunny Miss Our House?

Just outside Declan's bedroom door was a brand new Star Wars Easter basket. At 5am the little man left his room and crept into ours. He woke me up standing in the dark and said "The Easter Bunny didn't come Mommy."

"Oh I'm sure he did hunny."

"No he didn't. Come 'wook'".

I got up and followed him into the dark hallway wear he showed me his Easter basket. He put his hand inside moved it side to side and said "See it's empty."

Of course my heart broke for him but I turned on the lights and a delighted little man saw all the chocolate lining the sides of the hallway and stairs. 

Still made me sad to think of the few minutes that he thought he'd been missed.

We had a nice Easter, brunch with the family, lots of chocolate and Declan and I both squeezed in a nap.

Late afternoon and Declan and I were chatting. I asked him how it was that I was "so lucky to have him and Daddy. How did I get lucky enough to have you?"

"Because I picked you."

"You picked me? What? Was there some big place full of babies and you got to pick who you wanted for a Mommy and you picked me?"

"Yup. I picked you Mommy."

Fun Times

"Mommy what colour is your hair?"

"What does it look like Declan?"

"Brown?"

"That's right, it's brown."

Daddy asks: "what colour is my hair?"

"Irish black."

Where does this kid gets this from?

Next after eating his breakfast I took a wipe to his face. Joking around as I clean his mouth I said "oh no, I think I accidentally wiped the cute off." 

Declan asked "what did you wipe off? The cute?"

"Oh I was just kidding Declan."

He walked over to the mirror and looked at himself. He pointed to the corner of his mouth and asked "Is this the cute?"

"I was just kidding around Declan. You can't wipe the cute off you."

And then late this morning we brought Declan to see a 3D movie at the theater: Zootopia. Really cute movie. Declan snuggled into me for the last 15 minutes. This of course was after he ate nearly an entire bag of M&Ms.

After we walked out of the theater and along the hallway Declan announces without prompting "I enjoyed it."

He's such an old man.

The Sun and Moon

"The sun has a plushie and the moon has a plushie too."

"Are their plushies like your Monkey?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen them because I haven't been up there all the way to the moon or the sun. Maybe I need a really big ladder to go up and see."

"Maybe."

"How come it's raining?"

"Well it's actually snow that is turning to rain because it's cold up by the clouds and warmer down here."

"Hmmm. So they're snow clouds?"

"Sure."

"Maybe I have to go up on the clouds and lay there all 'comf' and then if I bounce on it the cloud will 'split' rain."

And then I laughed. "Comf"? Where does that come from? He sounds like he's 16.

"I like your car Mommy. It has windows and it has mirrors."

"Oh you like your mirror do you? So you can see yourself?"

"Yup!"

Neighbours?

Declan told me this evening while he was in the bath that he wished Grandma, Aunt Marissa and Alex lived next door.

Looks like some people need to move down here to Milton.

Unexpected

When I got home from work today I was greeted by a very enthusiastic little man. Declan was so happy to see me. I love these warm welcomes.

I knew it was close to bedtime so I wanted every second I could get. Got down to his level right away for a hug and to hear about his day. I was wearing my new necklace - crystal with a little metal circle with the letter D on it - and Declan was examining it.

"I like your necklace Mommy."

"Did you notice the letter D on it? For Declan?"

"Where?"

"Look closely. It's there. Look on the little circle. Can you see it?"

"Oh ya, there it is...and you wear it because I'm yours?"

"Absolutely."  

And heart melts fully.

Cousins

Declan had a great weekend. I feel like I barely saw the kid but he had a blast. Pretty much didn't leave his cousin Alex's side the entire time. 

On Saturday we went 10 pin bowling. Declan beat us all. He used a metal frame contraption to roll the ball down the alley but he won none-the-less.