the more you praise and celebrate your life,
the more there is in life to celebrate.
- oprah winfrey
and today. today was a day to celebrate, i tell ya.
as i was cleaning my kitchen, i all of a sudden decided that it was time...time to finally remove the childproof cabinet locks. really? i hesitated, at first. could it be? could it be that my days of shoving my finger in the smallest of spaces, to press a lever, to simply open a cabinet door are over. yes! yes, they are. the cabinet locks are gone. G-O-N-E...gone! i hollered and danced around with the little ones, celebrating the occasion. we celebrated how big ryder was and that b/c he is now such a big boy, we no longer need the magic locks. they laughed at me. they danced with me. they celebrated with me. today was a big day.
also, today...i received ryder's preschool picture proofs. couldn't help but laugh. at his cuteness, of course. actually, i think i've officially warped my son. on the day of his photos, i asked him...
me: did you look cute?
ryder: yep?
me: how did you smile?
ryder: turns to me. smiles with tightly pursed lips. like that.
and yep, that's basically what he did. oh, i adore that little boy. or should i say...big boy ;-)
the more there is in life to celebrate.
- oprah winfrey
and today. today was a day to celebrate, i tell ya.
as i was cleaning my kitchen, i all of a sudden decided that it was time...time to finally remove the childproof cabinet locks. really? i hesitated, at first. could it be? could it be that my days of shoving my finger in the smallest of spaces, to press a lever, to simply open a cabinet door are over. yes! yes, they are. the cabinet locks are gone. G-O-N-E...gone! i hollered and danced around with the little ones, celebrating the occasion. we celebrated how big ryder was and that b/c he is now such a big boy, we no longer need the magic locks. they laughed at me. they danced with me. they celebrated with me. today was a big day.
also, today...i received ryder's preschool picture proofs. couldn't help but laugh. at his cuteness, of course. actually, i think i've officially warped my son. on the day of his photos, i asked him...
me: did you look cute?
ryder: yep?
me: how did you smile?
ryder: turns to me. smiles with tightly pursed lips. like that.
and yep, that's basically what he did. oh, i adore that little boy. or should i say...big boy ;-)
I'm afraid I'm a long way from removing baby-proofing devices :(
What a reason to dance!
Your boy is such a charmer.
Awww Look at Ryder! (also my son's middle name! Great name there Deb!) Anyway. Super cute. Sophia just got her Kindergarten picture back.. Oh my gosh.. the way she smiled (smirked) almost matches Ryder's! Soo cute.
You have such a gorgeous family... but DUH! Of course you know that already!
Here's to a happy weekend. Hope you all are feeling better!
Cheers!
j
He's so flippin' adorable. Love the long blond locks.
Envious about the childlocks. We're a few years away still.
Great to finally meet you the other day. I owe you a drink!
Just when I think I can wrap my head around that James starts standing in his crib. What a happy day at the Schwedhelm home!!