To celebrate the sappy and sentimental holiday today, I thought I would share some sweet gestures my kids have shown me lately:
-One day last week I was kneeling down, helping Henry get dressed for school. He looked at me and said "you want a hug." Then he wrapped his arms around my neck and climbed onto my lap. I think he was watching tv over my shoulder, but I don't care. He stayed that way for a long time, giving me a real hug. I started rocking back and forth. Then I felt Henry start to rock too. What could be better?
-Kate bought me flowers at school one day- they were selling them for winter homecoming. A pretty bunch of purple-ish mums. She called to be picked up from basketball practice and asked if I could pick her up (as opposed to her dad, who had answered the phone). Then when I got there she pulled them out of her sweatshirt pocket to surprise me.
-Lately when I pick Tommy up and put him on my hip, he reaches his little hand around the back of my neck and twists it in my hair. I love this! Even though his hand is often sticky and he tears out pieces of my hair, I still love it. I will have to keep growing my hair out.
- OK, this isn't so sweet, but is funny: I dug out an old pair of Henry's sneakers, the next size up from what Tommy is wearing now. They feature Blue's Clues. Thomas found them and was SO SO excited. He insisted on putting them on right away, and has worn them to bed the past 2 nights. I have to wait for him to fall asleep, then go in and take them off. If he does it again I will have to take a picture. My son is so under-privileged that he is this excited about hand-me-down shoes. Wait 'til he figures out that he can go to the store and actually pick out a new pair!
- Henry's little class is having a party today. Thank goodness there are only 4 other kids in his class, because his enthusiasm for addressing valentines was maxxed out after 3 + one for his swimming instructor. But I was very happy with the 4 he addressed with my "assistance." They will be having Wendy's for lunch today for their "party." Tomorrow afternoon Bill and I have our conference with his teacher.
- This morning in the shower I heard James Taylor's Your Smiling Face. That is one of those songs that always make me think about my kids and smile, and it set the perfect tone for Valentine's Day. What are some songs that make you instantly happy when you hear them? I'm going to think about this today and add others as I think of them...
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"Hot Potato" by the Wiggles---ah, you mean "adult" songs! Another Charlie favorite, which would be Chuck Berry's "Maybelline"---and "All Kinds of Everything" as sung by Sinéad O'Connor, and the Pogues doing "Rain Street."
Moondance by Van Morrison gets my vote. Isn't it funny how certain songs can just take us to a certain time and place? Certain smells can do that for me, too.
"Drift Away" always brings a huge smile to my face because Isaac used to sing it full blast which I always found funny since he was only four. In a time when he should have been singing kiddie songs he was talking about "I wanna get lost in your rock n' roll and drift away".
OK, you're helping me think of some more:
-Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl"- my brother's band played it during their high school play.
-The Beatles "Here Comes the Sun"
-"Smooth" by Santana- it was popular when Henry was an infant, and I remember dancing around with him.
-"Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys, for the same reason, but with Tommy.
Kristina, I love Sinead, but more of her songs would be on my "songs that make me cry" list than on this one!
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