The Simple Things

This past week I was reminded that sometimes the simple things are the things that will make life worth living.  Last Friday I was “slapped” in the face with the reminder that my babies are growing up… I know it is the all famous phrase that every mother says but Friday was just one of those days.  Riah woke up a little crabby, I think we are still working out the bug that he caught a while ago.  So he and I snuggled in bed while he drank his bottle.  Zeke woke up next and he came up the stairs and laid down on the kitchen rug… I think he is part feline because if there is a sunny spot in the morning he will find it and curl up like a little cat to soak up the morning sun…

Like I said… he has feline tendencies.  Once he got his sunshine in he came up to me and asked for some snuggle time.  Ever since he was a baby we have always shared in snuggle time… when he was a baby it was when I was breast feeding him, when that stopped he still loved to cuddle up on my lap for hugs and kisses.  He is now five years old and he still asks for snuggle time, of which makes my heart so happy.  So when my baby Zeke asked for snuggle time I put down what I was doing, picked him up into my arms and then he and I sat down on the couch for some good ole snuggle time.  One of these days I know he is not going to want to snuggle.  On this morning I did ask him if he was going to get too big for snuggles and he simply said, “Mom I will always be your baby and will always like snuggles.”  Oh baby boy, if only that is the truth!
While Zeke and I were catching up on our snuggling our little Riah bug found the few “tupperware” items that I have in the kitchen and was making a tower with them.  I normally shoosh the boys out of the kitchen but it was one of those moments where I had to remind myself, he is not breaking anything, he is sitting quietly and he is having fun… there will come a time where my cabinets can be organized and not touched, but for now it is life.

Zeke and I caught him in action.  His little grin makes me smile every time.  Another thing about this picture that makes my mommy heart ache a little is the dimple in his elbow.  There will come a day in the near future where that baby dimple will be no more, until that happens I will treasure them.  Knowing that Riah is my last natural baby is kind of a bitter sweet thought to me.  I love me some babies, and now that my baby is sixteen months old I have to really think hard back to when he was small.
Another heart warming trait of my little Kulow men is there tongues.  I know that sounds silly but it is a Kulow trait.  Whenever my boys are thinking hard their little tongue hangs out.  My little Ki is the biggest culprit, I think that is because he is the quiet observer he spends much of his time thinking.

So those are the simple things in life that I am trying to remember.  With my babies getting older I am trying to take as many pictures as possible to capture those little things that time will erase from my memory.
In other “simple” things… I have been a weeding crazy mania lady.  In my weeding I found this…

Ahhh – There are some simple beauties in my everyday life!