The little moments

Evenings are rush, rush, rush for us. I leave work, pick up Ryan at school, go home, make his dinner, watch him eat, sometimes give him a bath and by then it is already his bedtime. We rarely have any time to just be together and play and, as much as I hate to admit it, sometimes even when we do, I am too tired to engage and instead let him entertain himself or play with Tim.

Last night Ryan ate his dinner very quickly, and it wasn't a bath night, so we did have a little downtime before bed. He went into the living room and gathered up his beach toys - for some reason over the weekend these made an appearance and he has been pretending he is at the beach. He pretends to put on a bathing suit, suntan lotion, goes swimming and builds a sandcastle. This kid certainly is creative! Last night I was tired, so I turned on the TV and flopped on the couch while he went to "the beach." He looked up at me and said "Mommy, you going to come to the beach too?" The way he said it, the look in his eyes....I immediately turned off the TV, got off the couch, and the next thing I knew, I was at the beach with him. It truly is the little moments like this that add up to something big.