Things to Remember

 A dump of things the kids have said that I don't want to forget:

Simon upon waking up after Matthew and being told that Ben had departed after Spring Break:  "No, Benny is sleeping."

Realising that Ben is actually gone back to college:  "Oh, I so sad."  I understand, little man.

Isaac:  "I woke up this morning and felt that something was wrong with the room.  Ben was gone."

At the end of February, Simon discovered some cedar mulch hiding underneath the snow at the base of the garage:  "  Mommy, Mommy!  I found tummer (summer) under the toe (snow)!"  How delightful to still be so young that every season is a surprise.  And what a wonderful testimony to the resilience and optimism of a three-year-old who keeps finding joy without the understanding that winter is not eternal.

The irony of Simon's map that he obsessed over for a week:  it's always lost.

Sarah wearing a penguin facial mask and genuinely scaring Matthew and Simon.

On the way home from mass, we spotted Mattea walking home alone.  Isaac was astonished that Jacob would let his girlfriend walk home unaccompanied. 

Isaac:  "I'd walk my girl home.  I wouldn't want to miss a minute with her."

Joe:  "C'mon, Isaac.  You'd leave her if a cow was in trouble."

Isaac:  "  No, I wouldn't!  I'd bring her with me.  The more hands the better."

Simon discovered a ladybug recently in his bedroom:  "Mare!  Mare!  There's something in our room what is red and black and walks!"

Simon asked me for a colouring sheet to be printed while I was typing this post. I told him to just wait.  He said, "Why does everybody say that, Just wait!  Just wait!  Just wait!"

And for things that touch my heart:  Joe inviting Matthew to walk up the mountain with him and have a bonfire.

Recently, Matthew got to go with Dave and Isaac to the annual farm show near Ottawa.  So sweet to see him bridging the gap between little boy and the men.