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This may seem very trivial, but when I notice these moments, a smile automatically comes to my face. We are finally getting around to re-doing our downstairs bathroom after nearly 2 years of living in the house. A new light was installed and now I am prepping the walls to paint. (I should do a before and after photo). We are not going overboard on this project because we actually plan on opening up the back of the house for an addition; yeah, we’re playing the lottery weekly.
Anyway, I had to go buy a new towel bar, switch plate cover, towels, and shower curtain. When I was in the bathroom-stuff aisle I noticed the kiddie bathroom supplies such as train toothbrush holders and goofy rugs. As Min man gets older he becomes more independent so I thought it would be nice to give him a little space of his own. I bought a cute monkey toothbrush holder and tumbler just for him. He has his own bathroom to brush his teeth.
These ordinary purchases and decisions sometimes alert my brain to a time when I would have given anything to purchase silly bathroom paraphernalia. I remember walking through many aisles in many stores where so many tangible items were ready to be purchased but simply scoffed at me.
Now as the days pass and different milestones come and go I remain grateful when Min man needs new sneakers and little big-man undershirts like daddy. I try not to spoil Min man. But it also felt good to see a Buzz.Lightyear action figure on clearance and throw it in the cart. He just found this movie and absolutely loves it. Nothing pleases me more than when he says,”Mom, to ‘finity and ‘yond.”
This is so cute!!! Love your moment!
So cute! Toy Story is my favorite! I love not having to scurry past the baby section with my eyes averted anymore!
thats because.. mommy.. you will go to “finty and yond” for your min man. xoxox
That is a lovely moment, hearing those words and watching your child be so content.
What a sweet story.
I totally know what you mean. I try not to spoil my daughter too, but after such a big battle to get her here, I can’t help it. There is rarely a day that goes by where I don’t think, “God help me for I WILL spoil this child!” Nothing brings me more joy than buying new clothes or shoes for her. Even buying her something as simple as toddler food makes me giddy. It is the little things others take for granted that bring me the most joy when it comes to my daughter. I feel so blessed to be a part of it all.
Please don’t post this comment, but I wanted to make sure I didn’t upset you with my comment about interpreting your dream. I wasn’t sure how you took it. What I meant by it all was that it was a very positive dream. They don’t always mean what we think they do on the surface, or maybe they do. Who knows? What I got out of it was that you were getting ready for your big project to take flight, and that was the best part of it. I think I was way off on the reasons for embarassement. I thought about it for days afterward. Often in dreams we express those feelings because they are something that is rooted very deep inside of us that our concious mind supresses. Usually we supress them for good reason, and I think a lot of the time it is because they are fears and not reality at all. Neverless, they are always on the back of our mind just like any other “what ifs” in life.
If I upset you, please accept my sincere apology. I was trying to be helpful, but I think I might have missed it on that one.
I don’t think it seems trivial at all. It is the dream coming true.