My five year old tells me so and volunteers hugs and kisses all day long. My little guy lives to snuggle. He finds his way onto my lap just to hang out. If I'm lucky, he will give me big opened mouth kisses, it's silly and sweet. At his tender age, it's how he knows to show his love.
Ty giggles with delight when I hug him back with tickles and lots of kisses on his neck. He finds this hysterical and comes back again and again for more. James jumps in on the fun, because he won't miss a chance to get in on all the laughter. These are the moments I know I'm being the best mom I can be.
I make sure the boys are fed, and bathed and happy. If a bath gets skipped a dunk in the pool will do. They are little boys and being clean, all the time, simply isn't a top priority. As a mom, I always make sure they have the appearance of being clean, clean clothes, clean faces and NO sticky hands, ever.
I watched the boys at the pool today, they didn't have a care in the world. Ty's pants were falling down, James hijacked Ty's float because it's funny. James made waves while two older ladies took a dip in the deep end.
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| Carefree Ty! Let's hope his pants won't fall down when he's an old guy. |
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| James could spend all day at the pool, Even in Ty's float! |
Before we left one of the ladies dove down to fetch James' goggles. She was sweet to offer, I hadn't made it all the way into the pool, and diving down was not on my 'to do' list today.
When the lady sat down to dry off, she showed off her newly painted nails to her friend. They were multicolored and tie dyed, something my step daughters would have sported a few years back. They were adorable and I told her so. The lady said she was living her "second childhood," I thought about that and smiled inside.
Do we all live second childhoods at some point in our lives, or do only certain personalities types? I noticed the lady was much more upbeat and friendly. She had the appearance of living for the now; diving down to fetch James' goggles twice, swimming to the deep end to check the pool temperature on the duck floaty. She was lively and chatty the minute she came to the pool.
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| Two ladies making waves in the deep end! |
Her friend was sitting by the pool silently reading, when we arrived. She was quiet and shy. She looked over at us a few times, but I suspected it was because my boys were loud, making tons of noise.
Both ladies were very nice. One embraced her actual age, while the other embraced her inner child, living her second childhood.
I wonder when my boys transform from little boys to young men to grown men and then finally to old men, if they too will embrace their inner child. The happy, carefree sweet boys they are today.
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| Childlike in every-way! |
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| Happy to sit in a draw! |
I love your blog. I've gone to the beginning and read the entire thing. I'm so intrigued by your lives in an RV, and I've started researching how we can make it happen ourselves in a year or two. Please keep writing! Your positivity has become something I look forward to every day. :)
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