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Halloween Cuteness!

Behold!

Let that appease the masses for now. *grinz*

Pockets of Press Pause...

I am having a moment right now. I am sitting at my computer, trying to get a spot of work done between laundry loads and breastmilk feedings. I've put Kayla down on a soft, satiny blanket to play on the floor and work on those rolling and moving around skills. Jareth was playing with his own computer when I put her down.

I look over to find first - Jareth rescuing Kayla's toys from the kitties. Mimicking words I say to him sometimes - "Those are Kayla's toys, not yours. Remember? We don't take Kayla's toys..."

I stop to tell him what a good big brother he is as he shoos the cats away and makes sure Kayla can reach her toys. Pleased as punch, I return to my typing.

Next time I look over, I find Jareth laying on the floor in front of Kayla, zooming his toy camper around on the carpet in front of her as she giggles. I chuckle, and Jareth turns to tell me, very decisively - "she likes my camper. It makes her laugh."

The third time, the younger of the two cats, Cinder, is sprawled out next to Kayla, who is absolutely thrilled. She grabs a handful of the soft kitty-hair and laughs. Cinder whines, but tolerates it for a moment (I'm wincing, myself, worrying that it could go badly) before taking the opportunity to escape when Kayla lets go. Still, she doesn't flee, but wanders off with more of an "okay, that's enough for now" attitude. Kayla watches her go with big, round eyes.

Jareth's shirt has a hood on it. He thinks this is great, and has spent half the day asking me to pull it back up onto his head after it falls back or he's pulled it down. He's "Hoodie Guy" today when he's not being "a tiger."

There have been quite a few little moments like these, intermingling with all the frustrating ones as of late. I just happen to be at my computer right now, so I can capture these a little. I want to press pause on the moment so I can run up and grab my camera (which I've errantly left in my bag from when I took it with me yesterday), throw it into video mode and capture it truely. Instead, I'm dropping them down in writing. If I run upstairs it will distract them and ruin it.

Another one I've wanted to post about happened last week. We were driving in the car and Jareth kept watching the clouds. When I turned a corner, I heard him say - "...turning. The clouds are turning around! Turn, turn, turn."

A short while later, I hear - "Mommy? Are the clouds following you?"

I think about this for a moment, trying not to lose myself totally in the desire to laugh. He seems so serious about wanting to know!

"Maybe!" I answer. Nevermind that I was headed NorthWest and the clouds were heading pretty much the total opposite direction. He's having too much fun watching them, for me to disappoint.

A little while later, as we near our destination, I suddenly hear him exclaim - "Holy cow! LOTS CLOUDS!"

What runs through my mind when I think back on that moment?

Holy cow! LOTS CUTE!

Later!

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