a time to keep: "Giraffe take shower!"

Why blog? I don't even have a facebook account...it feels like it makes life so public. But then--blogging is kind of like a diary, isn't it? It makes me feel a little like Doogie Houser at the end of the day--collecting my thoughts and putting them down. I don't want to blog because I want my life to be public (though I don't mind wearing my heart on my sleeve, most of the time) or because I'm a narcissist, but because these days of our young family are so precious I don't want to lose them to a faulty memory. This time, this stage, these moments truly are 'a time to keep', and blogging is simply the most convenient way to keep them and share them.

I really didn't think I'd ever start a blog...but now that Mac has stopped calling firetrucks "fire knuckles" (he now calls them firetrucks, and I'm so sad!), I realize I'll forget that he ever did that if I don't write it down. So, the blog begins. Welcome.

Friday, January 1, 2010

"Giraffe take shower!"

We keep the water/ice dispenser on our fridge locked (there's a button that locks it)--safe from curious Mac hands. (Funny, when we got this fridge, I remember wondering why on earth they put locks on refrigerator ice dispensers. I couldn't imagine why someone would need that. Obviously, that before babydom.)

So, last night, just before bedtime, Mac comes wandering into the den and I notice that his pajama sleeves are dripping wet. I asked him why he was wet. He grinned at me, in his sweet little boy voice declared, "Grr--wraff take sow-er!" (Translation: The giraffe took a shower.)

Someone forgot to relock the water dispenser...so mac took advantage of the moment to give his giraffe magnet a shower.

I love that he's starting to pretend! It's messy...but so cute!