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Of miracles and fire engines..

It's days like these I really enjoy being a stay-at-home mom.  I was with Liam last week and as we were driving out of our street we saw a fire engine ahead of us. The sirens weren't on, so I figured it may be going back to the station a few blocks from our house.  Not having to get to work, I was only too happy to follow it around, besides, I could hardly do anything else because Liam was squealing so loudly.  Good thing he was strapped-in otherwise he would have literally jumped out of the car.

So we followed the fire engine around for a few streets, talking about what we could see on the truck (the hoses, controls, ladder) and then finally it reached the fire station.  We stopped and I turned the car so he could get a good look at the firefighter reversing the engine back into the bay.

What could be better than that?

Well, it's the little things that occur in the day.  Last evening, I saw my husband looking at Liam (my 2-year old) playing happily in the bath. So I said to him, "Are you watching Miracle?" referring to Liam.  Liam, sensible child he is, starts looking around the bathroom.  "Where's Miracle? I don't see Miracle?" and he scrunches up his face and turned up the palms of his hands to show that he couldn't see or find Miracle.  So sweet.

Makes my heart feel so full.  Ahhh, it's those moments that make parenting incredibly rewarding.
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