a time to keep: Mary...

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, March 28, 2010

Mary...

Today Mac pulled a picture of Aunt Erin and Uncle Evan off the shelf. The following conversation ensued:

Mac: (showing me the photo) What's that?

Me: Mac! You know who that is. You tell me.

Mac: Aunt Erin and Uncle Evan! (sounds like: Aunt Air and Uncle Ev-on)

Me: That's right. That's the day they got married.

(Long silence)

Mac: (quietly, to himself?)...had a little lamb.

Me: Did you just said "had a little lamb"?
Mac: (With a sweet and slightly embarrassed grin) Uh-huh.

Get it? Mary had a little lamb?? This made me laugh so hard. But I guess he doesn't know what it means to get married. The only reference he has is the song. I think he knew it wasn't right--that there must be another use for the word. It's so cute to seem him trying to figure things out!