a time to keep: Two and a Half: A Life of Contradictions...

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.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Two and a Half: A Life of Contradictions...

Mac is 2 and a half. His life is full of contradictions:

-he says, "I do it myself!"; but he sometimes needs help

-when given a choice between 2 options, he keeps changing his mind; then is upset when we make him stick with one of the choices.

The most poignant example: Last night I went to check on him after he was asleep. He was sleeping sweetly in his bed, with a paci in his mouth and a football in his arms. You can't get much more contradictory than that!