Lazy Days with Little Brother

Big Brother being in school and Baby Sister needing to stay close to home has afforded me lots of sweet, quiet time with my youngest boy over the last few weeks. It's really been a blessing that things worked out that way, because Little Brother has seemed to need a bit of extra love lately. After all, he was the baby around here until a few weeks ago, and is now being asked to play the role of big kid. That takes some getting used to. So we've done a lot of snuggling and reading books, building train tracks, and putting puzzles together. And yesterday we spent some time on the trampoline.

It was just a slow, lazy moment doing something we do everyday--not the kind of time that I would usually have my camera in tow. But watching him play in his funny (self-styled) get-up, I was suddenly aware of how many little details about this time of his life I will miss one day. His chubby cheeks and toes, his funny expressions, his passion about the way he does things--all elements I treasure and yet hardly even notice from day to day. So I ran inside, grabbed my camera, and tried to capture them. 

His is not an easy age, but it's so precious--and so fleeting. He'll go to preschool next week, and things will probably calm down in our house. He'll get to do more, have more adventures, be with friends. It will be nice for all of us.

But I'll really miss him. 

Happy weekend.