Today was a good day, plain and simple. It started with a gorgeous morning at the farm. I think I was actually sweating for a while during milking as the barn was quite warm due to the unbelievable temperatures we were having, along with all of the body heat the cows throw off. It makes me look real forward to the upcoming Spring/Summer around the farm.
It was also going to be a busy day as Lukas had a full schedule today. He had to go to the dentist for his very first exam and cleaning and then about an hour later he had a haircut. As mundane and "normal" as these types of things are for us I was looking so forward to both of these appointments as I find so much joy in watching his expression and love to see how he interacts with everybody now that he is a little older.
With the gorgeous weather we had I decided I would walk and Luke could ride his bike to both places. It was a good choice. He's sweet to talk to on the ride, he takes it all in and asks a lot of questions on the way. He seems to be perplexed a little as to why a particular tree on our walk barely has any apples on it now when the last time he saw it in Fall it was plump full. I find it adorable that he even remembers this tree at all. Those little ones see our world in a whole different way than we do.
The dentist vist went great. He played a little while waiting for Mom to fill out some health history.
When I finally got the paperwork complete we headed into the examination room to begin. I wasn't real sure how he would act as he isn't quite as outgoing with strange people as my other two were at this age. At first he was acting a tad shy but it didn't take too long before he started warming up to the lady taking care of him. It probably helped that she bribed him with a cool pair of shades to keep the light out of his eyes while looking at his teeth.
She continued the exam asking him to open his mouth "real big like a crocodile" at which point he would cooperate and open it real big. They counted his teeth, brushed them, flossed them and treated them with flouride without him really moving an inch.
I look at this picture now and it cracks me up. It looks like he is hanging on for dear life. I think I do the same thing at the dentist :)
He had no cavities, he was told to keep up the good work and got to pick something from the treasure chest. A successful visit indeed!!!
When leaving the dentist we had some time to kill before having to be at Michelle's Shear Cuts for his haircut so we decided to hang out at the lake.
He immediately ran to the slide to take his turns on there. He hasn't been there for a while and had to make up for lost time.
It wasn't long though before he decided he wanted to spend the rest of his time there just tossing stones into the lake. It's so easy to entertain a little boy. Seriously!!! Give them some stones or sand or a few cars and they are set for a long time.
He was so focused on what he was doing it gave me time to also take in all of my surroundings and remind myself how blessed I really am. How blessed we all are to have the gorgeous weather we've been having, for living in a small town where crime isn't a huge issue and we can walk the streets with our kids and explore. And I thanked God for our wonderful Earth. Every single inch of it.
After taking in all of the beauty around us at the lake we headed off for his haircut. When getting there he was also very reserved and shy and didn't say a whole lot, but he did cooperate again, so that's a bonus.
He looks pissed a little, doesn't he? Too darn cute!!!
Now onto the pinecones. For anybody close to us, they may already know this story, but for those of you who don't see me or know me in person this is all new to you.
Don't ask me why, but our little Luke is scared to death of pine cones. Especially the big ones. Seriously they will stop him in his tracks if he comes across them on walks or bike rides or anything else and quite honestly, the sassy Mom in me will use them to taunt him or bribe him to behave at times by threatening him with getting a pine cone from outside as we have some pine trees on our lot line.
Well, on our way to the dentist today we came across a few on the sidewalk and he steered his bike as far around them as he could. He would absolutely not go near them.
We encountered one in the dentist's office while waiting and he would not go near the fake tree it was in once I pointed it out to him.
Then when we were at the lake he found one sitting in the sand near the slide. When he realized it was there, he stopped and wouldn't move until I picked it up.
So, I picked it up and he thought I got rid of it. I did, kind of, by putting it on the bottom of the slide he was climbing up at the time. I didn't think he would notice until he was on the way down, but the little crapper noticed it at the bottom immediately upon getting to the top of the slide and insisted I throw it in the lake before he would go down.
It's these little things that mean so much to me. I kick myself in the ass for not being able to spend this quality time with my two older ones when they were little and feel like I may have jipped them. But at the same time, if I had not experienced working in the corporate world for almost 12 years I honestly don't think I would appreciate this new life I have now. I would likely be wondering if there was something I was missing out on. I can tell you now that there isn't.
God has lead me down a good path. Even though some days aren't nearly as peaceful and serene as today, I feel grateful. So, so grateful!!!
whoo hooo
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