Take a breather, Mama

Cy and I stumbled upon a little arts and crafts corner at AC Moore this weekend. I needed to run in quickly and find a few picture frames and some of that tacky stuff to adhere pictures to the wall. This was one of those mornings that I had a number of errands to run and a short amount of time to do it. So, when we walked by this sweet woman who said, "would your son like to make a hat", I smiled and hurriedly said "No thanks, we're in a hurry". Just as I said that, Cy started bouncing and said yes yes yes. I find myself presented with moments like this a lot. I have a plan, something that needs to be done, yet Cy doesn't sense the urgency. I try very hard to be present in the moment with him and remind myself that the things I need to do are not as important as his experiences and our time together. It's kind of like when he wakes up in the middle of the night because his covers are messed up or he dropped his water. Brad gets annoyed with him and tells him to fix his covers himself, but the way I feel about it, very soon Cy will no longer call me into his room in the middle of the night to do things like that....and then I will wish that he would. So, I try to go with it. Hence, the wonderfully purple (his choice and his favorite color) hat that he made at AC Moore this weekend (that he hasn't looked at or worn since, shocker!)