november

are any of you out there as shocked as i am that thanksgiving is this week and christmas music is already all over the radio waves? time goes by so quickly with children!!! for me it's a matter of finding those moments and remembering that THIS is the moment to be relished. THIS is the moment to stop washing dishes and play chutes and ladders with noah. THIS is the moment to sit in the floor and read joshua goodnight moon for eighth time! and also that THIS is the moment when i can lay in bed-eyes closed- and let 'mommy, mommy' go ignored for just another minute (ha!). otherwise it just passes and we haven't really BEEN there, you know?

as i feel fall blurring past me (which makes me sad...it's my favorite time of year!), i was elated yesterday when noah jumped in a pile of leaves and sat there for nearly 10 minutes, grinning ear to ear. joshua stood next to the pile (he's not quite walking but does stand alot!) just laughing and cooing and picking up leaves and throwing them. many of my autumnal goals have not happened....haven't made that yummy pumpkin cheesecake (thanks becky), haven't gone to the mountains to wind around the roads looking at pretty views, haven't even taken many walks in the crisp air. it makes me sad that i live on such auto-pilot, moving from one meal to one nap to one of load of laundry to the next.

sometimes we need to sit in the leaves and smile. at least in the flurry of children comes their beautiful perspective as well. what a gift!!!