Hi all,
Rin’s big adoption day came this summer and he decided it
would be fun to go on a pirate boat trip up in Annapolis. He was excited about it for weeks and would
ask multiple times a day when we were going.
Guess I need to get this kid a calendar and show him how to read
it. Gigi decided to join us and it was a
fantastically fun adventure.
I have to say that the people who were running it completely
made the trip. They were young, full of
energy, and had no qualms about acting completely ridiculous. I have no idea how they can muster up that
much pretend enthusiasm but my gosh it was effective.
Rinat was so excited when he got there that he could barely
contain himself. He wanted it to start
NOW. (He needs a watch too I guess) And he wanted to buy everything in the pirate
store. And of course, Gigi obliged with
the gift buying at the store and they ended up with a plastic sword or gun for
every hand.
Poor Bek was just confused by the whole thing. They did face
painting before we boarded, and he wanted absolutely nothing to do with
it. Not even on his arm. No one was going to touch him. He did love the ‘wahwah’ (water) though and
he loved the pirate songs they played.
At one point, we water gunned the bad pirate off the side of his dingy
and into the water and Bek was very concerned and kept asking “Man go,
Mama?” He was very worried about him
apparently. He does have such a loving
heart. He is very empathetic and does
things like see a photo of a dog somewhere that looks sad and he asks “Pantpantsound sad, Mama. Pantpantsound
mama back” (The dog is sad, Mama. He
wants his mama to come back home.) and starts to cry. I have to reassure him that the doggy will be
just fine and his Mama will come back.
It sort of breaks my heart. He is
apparently full of love for both real people and also imaginary animals.
And have I mentioned that I just love Bek’s hugs and
kisses? They are fabulous, and most of
all I love that every single slobbery, smushy-lipped kiss is followed by a
hug. Not a half hearted one but a full-on
bear hug that he won’t stop until you reciprocate adequately. I just love that.
We also celebrated Peter’s 40th birthday this
summer. My sweet husband, the best Dad
ever, is middle aged. But he can still
hang with the best of them. I just love
to watch my three boys be boys together.
I sort of thought I might feel left out or like I was missing something
if I didn’t have a girl but I really don’t feel that way. I love it actually. And I can’t imagine my life any other
way. I love all of the sports on TV, the
Legos strewn across the floor, the excitement over a construction site, and I
love the trips involving pirate boats.
YoHoHo. Love to all, -m
