My mantra this week.
I get so caught up in the stress and drama. and although I acknowledge and smile when the good and sweet things happen in my house....I'm terrible at documenting them.
Today. I'm documenting it.
Scene : Baverly (the van)
Strapping kids in their seats to take Syd to gymnastics. (chaos. lots of yelling, demanding, begging and threats)
Cameron has a flashlight. Spencer wants the flashlight.
Spencer : "Cam, ah flah-lie peez"
Cameron : "No Jencer, I playing with it"
Spencer : (inaudible. immediately cries as if the flashlight was just his and ripped from his bleeding fingers)
crying crying crying
Spencer : "Cam, ah flah-lie PEEEEEEEZ"
Cameron, turns the flashlight over to his brother.
Spencer : "Tanchoo Cam" (translation: thank you)
Cameron : "ah-welcome"
So so sweet. At this point we were driving and it was all I could do not to jump in the back and kiss their little faces off. These boys resolve things like this ALL of the time.
Shortly after :
We arrive at gymnastics. Syd makes her way to the front of the bus...errr I mean van. She leans over Spencer, kisses his forehead and says, "I love you Spencer"
She then moves on to Cam, who slightly resists, and kisses him on his forearm (the one blocking the kiss)and his hair and repeats, "I love you Cameron"
She makes her way to the passenger chair, opens the door and as she slides down to the road she says, "I'll miss you buddies". and off she goes.
It's these moments that I want etched in my mind. It's these moments I need to come back to when the following moments occur : (only hours after the aforementioned events took place)
Sydney : "If I made him bleed I'm really sorry" (said quite sincerely)
Cameron : "DON'T JENCER !!!" (followed by a swift kick to the thigh).
Spencer : "I A-YEW CAM" (translation I hate you Cam)
aaaaaah yes. but I have the earlier etched you see. and now it's written.
