Frith O’Steen

So I just got back from the store, and came upstairs to what I thought was Decker taking a bath, and Sutter hanging out watching from his crib. But - instead I found both my lil’ guys hanging out taking their first real bath together! SOOOO daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggg cute! Sutter held his own and LOVED it. I immediately ran and grabbed the cameras. And I’m so glad I did, because not only were they so awesome playing together, but I also managed to capture the following exchange:

Decker: Sutter, I want to ask you a question. I love you in the whole wide world! I love you so much in the whole wide world!

Sutter: Phhhhbbbbb

Decker is such a great big brother. Yes, he’s 4 and therefore can drive me nuts. But then he says stuff like that completely unprompted, and I just wanna pop I am so proud of him. No wonder Sutter worships his brother like he’s the sun and moon and stars and everything else in between. I can’t even be jealous, cuz it’s just awesome.

(the other benefit of all the bath footage, of course, is extra blackmail material for when they go to prom someday).

Hi all!

First of all - cats and/or other predatory creatures suck. They just do.  Right after I posted about the sweet little birdies that had hatched in our hanging basket, something ate them! All I could find were sad little gray pinfeathers on the ground - Mother Nature can sure be harsh! So I will never allow myself to get attached to little critters again! (On the other hand, I then recently saw a mouse -TWICE - run by our sliding glass door along the patio - to which I say, “At ‘em, cats!”.)

Now…on to my life lately. It is all about preschool, preschool, preschool. Decker is attending his speech program again this year (and very happy to be back!), but also will be starting an additional school that will run concurrently. This wouldn’t seem so complicated, except they are on very different schedules! So one school goes MWF in the mornings, and the other runs T-F in the early afternoons. So each day is going to differ where we are, whether we are in a hurry to get from Walnut Creek to Pleasant Hill, and whether or not I am co-oping that day or not! It’s gonna be crazy for a while, I get the feeling! But I’m psyched for Decker, and I think he will enjoy both experiences. I’m psyched for me, too. I kinda miss the whole community/committee thing (much as I may gripe about long-running meetings), so I think it will be enjoyable for me too. If I can remember where the heck I’m supposed to be that day!