Saturday, July 07, 2012

Natalie Merchant & Me

Cut to - July? What is wrong with me? Well I think it isn't necessarily that there is no time - there is time, at say, 10 p.m. nightly but that's about the time your brain is fried and back is breaking and being articulate doesn't sound all that possible - or appealing. There have been few variations to the regular schedule in recent months and by regular schedule I mean: M-F Akhil is up at 6, at work by 7, I have an hour or so with the babes until taking off at 9 sharp when Ana arrives, and after work, around 6:30 or 7, we either round the block with the red wagon or pink plastic stroller apparati or sit on the swinging bench and get to know the flowers in the front yard. Occasionally, our 6-yr-old neighbor, Chloe, comes over.

Weekends - well, Akhil is back to working Saturday mornings and I've come to enjoy my solo time with the charming twosome. We spend a lot of time walking the 'hood, cruising through the aisles at Target, or hanging at the playground park. These are the days, I'm sure of that. One Saturday I was strolling through the farmer's market with Liv and Wy in the stroller after we'd spent about 2 hours playing at the adjacent park. I was buying green beans, plum tomatoes, and freshly baked bread. People were smiling, sun was shining... I thought, what the heck else is life about, really? This is it.

Liv's charm in a can and her dance moves have become rather exceptional; while Wyatt is really tuned into what's going on with your relationship with him. When he gets in trouble, he knows, and he says in a desperate, elfin voice, "Hi." "Hi." Until you smooth it over and make it ok. They won't have it if you don't give them their nightly couch cuddle in front of the "V" (TV) so we spend an hour or more on that before bed. Though they're talking a lot, we don't necessarily know what they're saying, but Wyatt likes to say "Bye" to things he's done with or doesn't like, like "Bye, diaper," or "Bye wawah" -- sometimes "Bye mama" - while Liv finds a lot of opportunities to say "Wyatt," "bird" and "flowah."

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