Quality Time... my personal love language... Touch, Carter’s love language. It is so easy to lose sight... to run the motions... head down, tunnel vision, full steam ahead yet completely missing the obvious... my boys are growing up right before my eyes!
Today was Carter’s 1st Big Theatre Field Trip! The whole morning was ours: We walked to class hand-in-hand, waited for the kinder gate to open (him wrapped in my coat ... just because, and it was pretty cold!!), I watched him at the school’s opening ceremony and waved that crazy-mom-wave (I know you know it!) when he looked over his shoulder to find me in the crowd.
I had to tone down my helicopter mom status on the bus ride to the Gallo Center ππ, but I soaked up more quality time before the play started... I Spy (He won). During the show, Carter snuggled, hugged, loved, and leaned on me. On the bus ride home, he insisted I sat next to him. He and his friend played Rock, Paper, Scissors, bomb, lava, and water π³when done playing, he held my hand again and looped his fingers with mine.
Back at the school and almost dismissed, I told Carter he could pick where we went to lunch... he chose In And Out, with Ice Cream for dessert. He wanted to go through the Drive Thru, so I ordered matching orders (plain cheeseburgers with fries and strawberry shakes) and we had a picnic lunch in the front seat of my car.
After lunch, we got ice cream at Cold Stone (he got strawberry ice cream with sour gummy worms on the side; I got chocolate with peanut butter cups.) The card reader wasn’t working so they comped our ice cream π We played Rock Paper Scissors ... with a twist, he added volcano, lava, water, dolphin, house - with hand signals to match. His favorite color: green blue (our eye colors); his favorite food: clam chowder; his favorite car: carrot car (apparently they are made of candy and they are very rare! Who knew?!?!). We played hand tag and he gave me so many snuggle hugs I lost count. Then we jumped over puddles!!
This day, this moment, this memory... so truly thankful for it. It’s true what they say... don’t blink.