turn the volume way up and revel in the dainty sounds that my little princess makes while she sleeps. i could kinda listen to it for hours. i cannot say the same for josh’s snoring, which generally get him a kick or a shove. (i apologize that the video is so short and that you can’t see her face. also, i should say that this is not how her normal breathing sounds, but the results of a cold.)
after this morning, when emmit ran to the farthest wall he could reach hollering, “nooooooooo!” i am concerned that we will never witness the same unbridled excitement as we did last week when he realized he got to ride the bus. he walked out of preschool; saw the bus; yelled, “bus!” then starting running towards it. there was no nervousness or fear and not one millisecond of stranger anxiety with the bus driver. it was 100% pure innocent glee. once he was strapped in the car seat, i may have seen a glimmer of doubt, like a ”hey…wait a second” moment.
sadly, we did not capture that day on video. i do have these pictures:
emmit grabs bus driver's hand & makes a break for it
into the bus - no looking back
this is emmit arriving home from school on friday after the first full week of school. if you listen carefully, you can hear him ask his daddy where jasper is (jaspy or jappy or jaspwew is how it sounds) then he shushes josh just in case she’s sleeping. (warning, although the flip has some image stabilizing features, it is not a steadicam. i think emmit looks like he’s in a spike lee movie).
 | julie on what not to touch |
 | Jane on ride the tiger |
 | Carrie on waiting for the bus |
 | migs on everything you ever wanted to … |
 | Debbie on everything you ever wanted to … |
