..."Mommy, we're talking about the Taj Mahal." (scene: two boys huddled on a top bunk with a flashlight looking at a kid's geography book."
..."Mommy, look! I drew the Rialto Bridge!" (scene: backyard patio with a bucket of chalk.)
..."Mom -- I'm going to fold the laundry today. No. Don't help me. You can take a break." (scene: in the garage while the Six pulls laundry from the dryer and actually starts folding clothes.)
..."Yay! He threw the heat!" (scene: the boys cheering as we huddle on the coach watching Rookie of the Year.)
..."I don't want guapo hair." (scene: mom trying to brush Q.'s hair before school.)
...Hearing the first few bars of "All Blue" by Miles Davis (on the album "Kind of Blue")
...The chirp of crickets late at night...in October.
...The sound of the garage door opening every night, shortly before dinner or the boys' bedtime.
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I'm on my way to BlogHer Boston and BlogHer DC. Yahoo! Shine is a sponsor and I'm on tap to chat about how to get more readers to your blog. So if you're attending either event, please say hello!
I love Boston, especially at this time of year. It's been nine years since I've been on the East Coast and e last time was over Columbus Day weekend as the hubs and I contemplated a move to the Boston/Cambridge area. The city put its best foot forward, as they say, and we swooned. But my dad grew up in western Massachusetts and his only response to us when we talked about moving was, "I've lived in San Francisco since '50s. There's a reason. Snow." Enough said. And we're glad we stuck around in the Bay Area.
But the past few weeks have been frenetic and moving slightly faster than I dig. And while I get to have three whole days sans kids, I'm not all that jazzed about. Truth be told, I'd rather hang out with my boys all weekend. Busy-ness just makes me want to cuddle up with my family. Monday night -- and home -- can't come soon enough.
For now, I'll be thinking about these words that make me smile.
What words make you smile?
