Happy Birthday

Today is The Littlest Mr.'s 6th birthday.

He is delightfully riding his new skateboard down the hall. Yes, in the house.

Normally, I'd make him go outside with it, but this is Wisconsin. What does that mean? Well, even though it's now after Memorial Day, we had wind chills last night down to freezing. As a result, it is really cold out this morning.

Bored with the hall already, they are searching for their heavy sweatshirts so they can go out. Ah, the continued blessing of homeschool, being able to go out and skateboard at 8:15 when all the other kids are getting ready to begin classes.

We are also waiting to hear today about the birth of another little one. This baby seems to be having a long hard entry into this world. A lot of them seem to come in this way. Their mama's and daddy's make wonderful birth plans and then these little ones come in some other way. Or, at least, that was our experience over here.

We had wonderful birth plans for each boy, and then they came their own way. And guess what, we were still blessed, and they were still babies. It was for us an indicator though, these were not to be the children we dreamed they would be. No, they were each their own person, and they continue to be just that. Our task these days is to take them and love them as they are.

The outdoor skateboarding time was less than the time it took to type this. Wisconsin weather, it's always interesting.