Enough happy to go around

Life...

Some things we have absolutely no control over...

Some things...

No one can control but us...

And it's up to us to realize which is which so we can create a happy Life...




Watching him watch the trash truck...It just never gets old. And I'm amazed at how happy trash trucks make him and even more amazed at how happy they make me now...happy is highly contagious. Today I was driving on the freeway all by myself when suddenly I saw a trash truck up ahead... I sped up so I could get closer- like it was a celebrity or something...and I drove by with a big stupid grin all over my face...

Yes, Happy...


Parker even got in on the truck watching action...

God LOVE HIM!!! We are working on pointing in speech therapy and in real Life... It's often something that has to be specifically taught to kids on the Spectrum and is a skill that usually comes naturally for Typical littles... and although Parker now gets that he is supposed to isolate his finger- he doesn't really point at anything specific...He just points his finger emphatically up in the air and starts babbling like crazy-going on and on passionately... I swear he's a politician giving a speech.




But today... As the truck went down the street- Parker pointed oh so appropriately and made my day...He gave me enough happy to go around...



Today the Universe was conspiring in my favor.. The greatest babysitter in town for Spring Break, and therefore, a sushi lunch with a Friend.




Today I totally broke my routine...I did something I never ever do- and it felt so good I'd say it was outrageous... Taking me time is a requirement in many recipes for happy...

I even had a few extra minutes afterwards to go shoe shopping.




I thought these heels were cute...in a slutty -not really me but wouldn't it be fun -kind of way...but they would probably look a little odd with my yoga pants playing with the kids at the park...The other Moms might stare.

So I didn't find any shoes...but like Alfred Lord Tennyson said- It is better to have shoe shopped and not bought- than never to have shoe shopped at all...or something like that...

Even though I was empty handed leaving the shoe place- I certainly found some loot at the toy store a few doors down...



No shoes for me but toys for the kids--and STILL happy....my how times have changed...

Well done Wednesday...

And today's happy certainly wasn't due to an absence of chaos. Parker was a sweet and hilarious yet crank bomb teether...and Grey would scream and yell every time I gave him the wrong thing, turned the wrong way or said no... So often that by the end of the night I wanted to put both hands in the air clenched into fists and just start yelling...

SHUUUUTTTTT UUUUUUPPPP!!!
SHUUUUTTTTT UUUUUUPPPP!!! 
SHUUUUTTTTT UUUUUUPPPP!!!


If I make a wrong turn with the stroller- like not towards the park- sometimes- he will just start screaming..like tonight...

But since sometimes I do care what others think- I did not in fact yell Shut Up at the top of my lungs... I don't want the neighbors to call Child Services on me.

And while we were on that very same walk this evening, Life brought me inspiration... and I was lucky enough to receive it...

All the ducks started out on one side of the pond- and then all at once went together to cross to the other side...



It reminded me that we can do hard things...when we are together...


Aint that the truth? Thanks for crossing the pond with me Friends...


Quack quack,
Chrissy

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