"If you never have, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.

This is a great moment that Matty captured at a recent spring lacrosse game. The Dr. Seuss quote seemed to fit. I remember last spring when there were huge mud puddles everywhere. I encouraged Zoey to stomp in them. When it rains, Matty told her to stick her tongue out and catch the rain. Neither of these recommendations come from us because we are just zany parents. In fact, it is really to the contrary. I grew up in a way that makes splashing in mud puddles brand new to me--last spring was really the first time I ever remember doing it. In my family, especially if you are female, I was all but taught that you'd melt if the rain wrecked your hair. I'm not so much rejecting my upbringing by changing things with Zoey (and now Ollie) than I am trying out a different perspective. So, I love this picture. It reminds me of the way things should be. I hope Zoey and Ollie would both see that "these things are fun and fun is good."

I have to credit Matty completely with my desire to have fun. When we first met, I was VERY serious--an intellectual hippy of sorts--who took herself VERY seriously. I could never laugh at my self or much else. Unless, of course it was deeply ironic :) However, Matty has a great sense of humor (though he warned me on our first date, quite acurrately, that he often has inappropriate humore) and quickly brought out the lighter side of me. Zoey has his sense of humor, and I hope Ollie does too. He has offered her a goofiness that I just don't have naturally in me, and I am thankful that he is this way.

Anyway, Zoey and Ollie are resting up for Toddler Time. I'm taking Zoey tonight because Matty has to work. I can't believe that Ollie is only 8 days old, and I am up and out. But, we took Zoey to see Crash and out to the Olive Garden by her two weeks. Zoey loves Toddler Time and is dying for me to do the March of the Dinosaur with her. She is a dork like me--she loves classes. Soon she will start her tap/ballet for beginners class. Don't worry, I'm not really going to let her do ballet. ("Suck it in!") But, this will let me see if she likes dance classes.

I'm going to run for now. Things are more and more "normal" having two children. Weird!
Amber