Thursday, August 28, 2008

One Moment, PLEASE!!!!

I just had a moment, and felt compelled to share it after reflecting on the absurdity of it. I was standing in the kitchen. All at once, there was a playful wrestling match ending (girls kind-of kicking Reilly while he laughed on the ground pretending to be hurt while I referreed and made sure they were kicking fair), Kinley singing her "color song" from school (so cute) "y-e-l-l-o-w spells yellow! y-e-l-l-o-w spells yellow! I like the early morning sun when the day has just begun y-e-l-l-o-w spells yellow!" Keep picturing her singing that in your head, complete with hand motions, while 1 foot away Reilly is just getting up, holding on to Shea's foot (she's making unhappy noises about that) and with the other hand is grabbing his math flash cards from Camdyn, who is also very unhappy about that. We were all standing within 5 feet of each other. Cam shouting, Shea crying/angry, Reilly tormenting (after being tormented) and Kinley happily singing, "Daffodils and baby ducks are yellow! Lemonade and scrambled eggs are yellow! I like the smiley face that's yellow, he is such a happy fellow, y-e-l-l-o-w spells yellow!!!" It was quite a loud moment, and I was struck in the middle of it with the chaos that I am so accustomed to...and the sweetness of Kinley's singing through it all. This is a representation of who she is and I am so thankful for such a sweet little girl! (She just "triple-dipple-dog-dared" Camdyn to taste Kurt's mint breath drops...)

2 comments:

Happy Hollie said...

i love it that you take joy in these moments and are thankful. It is a blessing!

Wendy said...

Reflective moments are so sweet.