Soaking up the moments

Since we had our twins first and then the rest of the boys pretty close in age, it has always been a special treat to have one-on-one time with any of the boys.  To have regular, weekly one-on-one time with Caleb has been a new thing for us this fall.  I'm not gonna lie, its delicious.  There are no quarrels to break up and no personal space being invaded (other than my own and generally I'm pretty good about not hitting people when they invade mine).

Three days a week, Caleb and I have the morning together, just the two of us.  I'm trying my best to soak this up and ignore the never-ending "to do" list that is calling my name.  There are still breakfast dishes to clean, two minute showers to be taken and laundry to be switched out.  But as much as possible, I'm snuggling up with him in our living room chair and reading through his favorite books.  Right now, he's on a Sandra Boynton streak.  So, we are reading Blue Hat, Green Hat and But Not The Hippopotamus like they're going out of style.  He giggles each time we say Oops.  He is wiggly and constantly elbowing me during our reading time, but its still precious to me.

Sometimes we pull out the alphabet legos and build the tallest towers we can.  And I do my best not to cringe when he knocks it down splattering legos EVERYWHERE on our hardwood floors.

Last week, we took a much anticipated trip to the library as a reward for having "gentle hands" the ENTIRE four hours of preschool (that's a whole different post).  For not being able to read, he did amazingly well at finding the only 2 veggietales books in the library, 4 veggietales cds and 2 veggietales movies.  Are you noticing a theme?  
On the way out and across the parking lot to the car, I was carrying him and each step I took, he would give me a light head bump or kiss on my neck.  It tickled, so I laughed.  The more I laughed, the louder his laughter got.  About halfway to the car, he got hiccups (this always happens when he laughs his deep belly laughs) but kept laughing.  The two of us giggled and giggled in the sunshine that afternoon.  I don't think I'll ever forget it. 

There is something just delicious about one-on-one moments with the people you love.  I'm really enjoying this new season of parenting where I'm able to do this more regularly.