Gifts from the heart

Today's gifts from my beautiful three year old girlie. ❤️

A growing child

Son woke up this morning and told me he'd grown. Said the toilet was lower down today. Measured him and he's about 2cm taller than when I measured him two days ago. The anticipated growth spurt has happened. 😂😍 Hopefully we can go back to sensible sleeping patterns again now. 

Having a horse for a child

After a very large post school snack (yoghurt, grapes, nectarine, chocolate, cucumber, tomatoes), six year old just ate an entire oversized head of brocolli with his large dinner. Like the whole thing. Guess I won't be eating any for my lunch tomorrow. 😭 He's eating like a six foot something top athlete at the moment. I'm awaiting a massive growth spurt imminently. 😳

Being a child

Today I was a child, jumping in puddles, feeling the squelchy mud beneath my boots, running through little rivers, picking up conkers, holding my face up to the sunshine, imagining fairy worlds in the forest tracks, and looking at mirror worlds in the water. I lived and loved nature. 

A few people told me later they were envious of me feeling free enough to jump, that they get urges to do so, but worry what others will think. Others said they'd never even contemplate such splashing, worrying about muddy shoes or wet socks. 

I'm glad I feel free enough to let my inner child allowed out to play regularly. What a blessing!

💚🍂🌳🌲🍁🌧️🌞

Comedians

Six year old told me that he and a friend put on a funny show at school today, they were chefs making pizza, but instead of ketchup, they said to paint the pizza and they made everyone laugh. 

He said that later on they made actual pizzas - his was with pepperoni and pineapple, very adventurous ingredients were provided by the sounds of things!

He was so happy with himself and I was so happy to hear he felt free to be silly and have fun. As life should be. 

Funny turn of phrase

Looking at a canvas on the wall of herself in my sling, sitting next to her brother and Baka, daughter says "So, that's me in mama's pocket, and my brother and Baka, who is pretty old really." Love her turn of phrase! My funny girl! 😂❤️

The birth day anniversary

Our beautiful boy, named 'angel face' for the first few days before we settled on a name, was born six years ago today. He has become a kind, loving, passionate, boy, with a huge heart, a special sight for the fragments of beauty and love in the world that most people miss. He hears everything. He understands so much more than his young mind should. He is the light of my life, the first person who held a mirror to my soul to show me the unseen lights that shine within me, and the first person to hold a torch in the darkest corners of my soul, allowing me to grow and become more who I should always have been. I am so grateful he was brought to me and will always love him with all my heart. Happy birthday, my son. ❤️

(And he surpassed himself this morning, rising at 2am for his birthday! Thankfully we got him to sleep another hour or so around 5/6ish - our son of the boundless energy!)

Pre birthday excitement

Trying to get excited pre birthday son to sleep and he spent about 40 minutes telling me about how much love he has in his heart it feels like it's going to burst, and then the love will be shared around the world, and his heart will get put back together and healed bigger, so it can contain more love. Then he told me all about his idea for backpack polystyrene mini houses for homeless people, with waterproof taping and an electricity conductor to make sure they don't get struck by lightening...and how when he's bigger he'll be a builder and get all his mates to build free houses with him for homeless people. My son. ❤️❤️❤️

Compassion of a five year old

Asked son yesterday if he did anything new at school that day. He said he had, with great excitement. He said he'd seen a girl in his year who he didn't know who was standing all alone at lunch time. So he asked her if she wanted to join in playing with him and his friends. She did. ❤️

Proud mama. 😍

Three year old gratitude

Apparently dinner is "poo poo rubbish" according to my three year old. I'm serving spaghetti (which she has loved every since first trying it), but she wanted polenta.

I look forward to the day when she will be perfectly welcome to choose what she's having for dinner because SHE'LL BE COOKING IT! 😂😂😂