Or rather, sings.
Soren + Pre-School = has been ADORABLE. I can't contain it. This was my serenade a couple mornings ago before school. I almost cried. It's too precious.
Yep - I'm that mama. And since we are talking tunes - here are couple of Soren's favorites as well. Enjoy!
'A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015'
first day back at the spray grounds!!! temps were hot and Washington Park was in operation. Was a good, no - great, amazing day.
Soren has this new 'thing' now. It's so cheek pinching adorable and frightening at the same time.
This week I posted about his session. He did the 'thing' here. Soren turns to both Rick and I and says:
'I want to introduce myself, can I?'
The permission part kills me along with the look of enthusiasm on his face. We respond,
'Absolutely bubs. Go for it!'
'Hi - well. I am Soren and I am 4 years old! I have a birthday coming up. I will be 5. It's nice to meet you!'
Yep. I'm not exaggerating any of this. It's that stinking cute. So in this crowd of mixed adults and older kids - they eat it up. They introduce themselves genuinely and surround him with kindness.
The playground - completely different beast. Last night, we went to play soccer and there was a birthday party going on at the same time. Kid fest at the playground. Soren is so amped. He asks me yet again:
'Momma, I want to introduce myself. Can I ask them to play with me?'
Me:
'Of course bubs - go for it!'
Soren to a kiddo not much bigger than him:
'Hi! I'm Soren. I'm 4 years old! What's your name?'
The kiddo:
'I'm 7.'
That's it. And turns his back on Soren, NOT with kindness. Soren looks at me, you know parents - that look - like 'what did I do wrong?'. On my toes I look over at the other side of the playground and see some other preschoolers - I respond with:
'Buddy - there's a villain over there. We have to go save the world, hurry!'
He ran to the other side and was quickly wrapped in play with his fellow preschoolers. Whew. My heart still melted for him. I hope he never loses his enthusiasm for socializing; even if not everyone is up for the task. Always try bubs.
'A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015'
this adorable little dude took me to mom prom last week. I am a bit late getting this up - 18 is soon to follow and in the works. I can't get over how much fun we had. they had a huge bounce obstacle course up and beach balls a billion in the gym. after they shut it down I was sure he would want to jet, but no - he wanted to 'dance! momma - it's a dance, you have to come dance with me!'. you bet bubs. anytime. xo
No - this is not a 'work, life, balance' post. I wouldn't do that. In fact - if I see one more of those blog titles I might lose my mind.
Time and time again, I find myself searching in the depths of those blog titles thinking - 'oh! she has the answer!' or 'he has to know how to balance this all out, right?!!' - and honestly? they are filled with listing ideas, tea recipes, yoga advice and 'just breath', like I haven't been doing that already.
The one thing they are almost always missing - honesty. It's tough people. Being full time, all the time. This space sees it the most - the neglect. For me, it's about letting go.
Letting go of the assumption that it gets easier. The tough days are part of the reward and it gets tougher and more consuming. But that's just it - it's consuming. And letting go of the hefty, weightiness that it is a bad thing to be consumed is a freeing experience.
Not going to lie - this realization followed a LOT of heart ache and yoga practice, but it happens. So I guess I did follow some of their advice (*wink). On the flip side, being full time ALL the time (the point of this post) has it's perks. Like watching your child work on a tune with his father - who is also full time ALL the time.
side note - these shots are priceless. the studio they are in was built by Rick's father (Soren's Papaw). Rick spent evenings here with his dad, not much older than Soren - when he was working on it. now Rick works there; 3 generations on those wood floors.
Here he is in his first recording session. The tune will be featured on Around Cincinnati's Holiday Special by Lee Hay. The song is ridiculous amounts of adorable. I can't wait to share it with you all! He was so proud and SO brave.
one of the side effects of being the kiddo of two full time recording engineers - you end up on one of their records eventually. he proudly explained the whole process to everyone.