Hibernatory Reprieve

Notice the little reddish package in P's pocket? Its the Paris Metro Map our neighbors gave him. He's in love with our neighbors (who claim to love the noise we inflict upon their ceiling!) and carries the sweet treasures they leave for him everywhere he goes...


We've been having so much fun playing indoors this month that I didn't even notice the weather change yesterday afternoon. Leaving bed in the morning, the flat was dark despite the daylight, the windows banged in their frames and the rain blew sideways through the tree tops. It was winter-bleak perfection :)

Hours later, a friend called to invite us to the park. Surely she must be kidding. Still ensconced in our jammies, we looked out the window... and saw the sun! We were too knee deep in BB's visit to the American Museum of Natural History (P was reconstructing it on the couch for BB to visit) to leave right then... but her call planted the seeds of change...

After BB wandered the hallowed halls, I encouraged the Little Man to feel the windows. They were warm(ish;) I mentioned the awesome puddles that must be awaiting us and whalah! He was ready to run out the door.

We streaked our wheels through the puddles, then ran through them , then jumped through them, then wandered further and further into the park. P was all adventure, taking the lead, thrilled to be in total charge of our direction. He wound us as far from home as humanly possible... and there we bumped into his friends! More mud hopping ensued and we parted ways as the sun slid low and behind some more clouds.



Clouds I should have been paying better attention to, but we had just found a frozen pond with a pile of rocks. So all we noticed was the amazing sound of the rocks careening off of the ice as we chucked them into the thick fog. The tinklings were mini versions of the vast cracking sounds you hear in an IMAX on Antartica. It was way cool. And then the rain returned, and we hustled our wet butts home, P doing his darndest to ride his bike uphill across the huge park. I love watching his little legs pump :) At one point my scooter got a bit ahead of him and he yelled out for me to wait, he didn't want to get lost in the fog :) I'm waiting. I'm just sure that someday, the kid will trust that I'd never leave him behind....