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I haven't had much intelligent to post about lately, so I've kind of slacked off, but I'm in cheery mood today and I think I can ramble on in a semi-coherent manner. First off, I had a great Mother's Day. My husband let me sleep in, brought me breakfast in bed, and (squeals of delight) bought me a sewing machine! I've wanted one for some time, but they're so hideously expensive for such poor folk as us. However, he managed to find one used, in great shape, and it's even the same brand that my mom has, so I'm reasonably familiar with it. I haven't really used a machine since I've been married, so I'm probably going to be rusty at first. Once I get the hang of it again, though, I hope to start churning out costumes and garb and other such things that you can never find in a store, no matter how many places in the mall are devoted to the varied themes of fashion, wear or apparel. :P
My day was made even better when, after church, we picked up Luke at his class and he had made me a necklace out of noodles. Oh, he didn't know he was making it for me, he just likes putting things on strings, but when I took it and put it on, he didn't protest. It's the first Mother's Day gift he's actively made for me. And even more miraculously, he actually participated in the coloring activity, scrawling all over his paper with crayons. He hasn't shown interest in crayons in, oh, two years. Might I see a glimmer of hope on the horizon? I'm going to believe so.
Oh, yes, and our other child, the one who's normal. ;P Emma is astounding. She manages words like "dinosaur" without any tongue-tripping. She still has a few adorable mispronunciations ("Piserman" for Spiderman) but she can be quite intelligible even to strangers. And she generates quite lengthy sentences, sometimes with confused syntax, but good grief, she's two years old and she's well on her way to fluency. It really is a great gift after all our struggles with Luke's language acquisition.
A topic I've been considering a lot lately, related to parenting, is marriage. Specifically, what makes a marriage successful and happy. Now, we just celebrated our fifth anniversary, so I really can't call myself an expert by any stretch, but I know what's worked for us so far, and I think we have a pretty darn good relationship on most days. I think one single rule can sum up what makes it work. ( Arrogant advice from a novice )
My day was made even better when, after church, we picked up Luke at his class and he had made me a necklace out of noodles. Oh, he didn't know he was making it for me, he just likes putting things on strings, but when I took it and put it on, he didn't protest. It's the first Mother's Day gift he's actively made for me. And even more miraculously, he actually participated in the coloring activity, scrawling all over his paper with crayons. He hasn't shown interest in crayons in, oh, two years. Might I see a glimmer of hope on the horizon? I'm going to believe so.
Oh, yes, and our other child, the one who's normal. ;P Emma is astounding. She manages words like "dinosaur" without any tongue-tripping. She still has a few adorable mispronunciations ("Piserman" for Spiderman) but she can be quite intelligible even to strangers. And she generates quite lengthy sentences, sometimes with confused syntax, but good grief, she's two years old and she's well on her way to fluency. It really is a great gift after all our struggles with Luke's language acquisition.
A topic I've been considering a lot lately, related to parenting, is marriage. Specifically, what makes a marriage successful and happy. Now, we just celebrated our fifth anniversary, so I really can't call myself an expert by any stretch, but I know what's worked for us so far, and I think we have a pretty darn good relationship on most days. I think one single rule can sum up what makes it work. ( Arrogant advice from a novice )
