Joyful Noises times six!: A Good Trade

My inspiration for this record of my days:

“The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less” -Anna Quindlen

Thursday, April 8, 2010

A Good Trade

Today Caleb and Jonah worked out a trade. Jonah really wanted “cool lessons.” He learned to spike his hair, wear a necklace and sunglasses, and how to jerk his head in greeting.

In exchange, Jonah helped Caleb gather eggs from the chicken coop.