A great Day

Connor has been having some really good days recently. I'm so thankful for the good days. It seems we have more bad than good so having the good ones are such a pleasant change.

Our day started out a little early which was okay since Connor had went to bed last night at 6:30. I should say he begged to go to bed. Poor guy had missed his nap and had a busy day. We got up, and I got Connor dressed for the day. Tom was having his breakfast and Connor joined him. Yeah, breakast was already out of the way. I was moving a bit slow this morning. My brain hadn't gotten the memo about waking up. Tom left at his usual time.

Connor and I headed downstairs after a bit of playing and whipped up a batch of brownies. We were going to take them to Tom's work and stop in for a quick visit. I got showered, put on makeup, and did my hair. I even packed a lunch for Connor since we were going to the park afterwards. I'm still shocked that I got all that done and was out of the door by 9:15! Truly amazing!

We got to Tom's work at about 9:40. Tom met us in the parking lot so I didn't have to walk into the office and be confused on where to go. The company doesn't want children on the premises so I get nervous that the big boss will see us and ask us to leave. We visited with Tom's office friends and showed off Connor. Of course everyone's eyes were glued to him and I think they all enjoyed his short, brief visit. Anything has got to be better than work, right?!

After we gave Tom a big hug and kiss good bye, and watched the UPS truck drive off we headed back to our car. On the way there 3 diesel engines roared by ringing their bell. I think the first honk or whistle scared him but he waved at the man and for the next 15 minutes all he talked about was the train.

We got to the park about 15 minutes earlier than I thought we would. Connor got right out and headed for the tire swing. These seem to be the worlds best swings and he can stay in it swinging for the longest time. I finally had to tell him it was time to move on so other kids could have a go. He had a really good time playing and was so excited when his friends showed up.

Of course no trip to the park is complete until we hit or push someone. Connor was trying to save Leif's toy from another boy and got into a pretty good fist fight/pushing match over this truck. We had to have a little time out on the picnic bench and talk about sharing and that our friend brought the truck to share with everyone and everyone means everyone. I made Connor go appologize, which in Connor's mind means appologize while hugging them and for good measure he throws in a kiss too. Most of the time it looks more like Connor tackling a kid to the ground to give him a hug and a kiss on the shoulder or any body part he can reach. What surprised me today was that these two hit it off after the apology. They just started playing and it was totally awesome.

Later he met up with another boy that was a few years older and they hit it off well together. My little baby is making friends all on his own now. I can't tell you how happy this makes me. We are finally getting to a place where we might be able to go to the park and Connor will play on the play structure and I can read a book, chat with friends, surf the internet or whatever else I would like to do. I know he's still young for that but seeing a small glimpse of it today gives me hope!

I'm enjoying being able to stay home and enjoy watching Connor grow. It hasn't always been easy and I know that tomorrow could be a day that makes me regret staying home. For right now I am just enjoying every day as it comes and hope that every day could be as perfect as today felt.