Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas!, originally uploaded by Surreal Deal.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Winter Adventure

One evening before dinner the boy and I took a walk around the block.

Here is what we saw:

sidewalk scene

lights

Shaky blur

Then I turned the flash on:

Loving it

prancing

Bliss

Something that I remember from childhood is that these small outings are way more valuable to kids than adults probably realize. It did my heart good to watch the boy prance around in the snow while we took that leisurely walk, with no agendas or deadlines pressing down on us.

The world is still big enough to him that walking around the block really is an adventure. To think otherwise is the accompanying curse that comes with ownership of an adult mind.

Afterward we warmed up and had hot cocoa:

Post adventure 2

Post adventure 1