Ah, hell - why not? Here's one:
But more important are these two. How do we feel about dressing twins in matching clothes?
Matt, contemplating where these nice ladies could go in our backyard:
General running around, despite the heat
Want. Along my fence. Maybe some grape vines too.
That would require actual gardening though. Huh.
The always fabulous Auntie M:
I love going when the lilies are in bloom - many have faintly scandalous sounding names:
We went back to the gardens again last night for a members-only picnic and music-thingy.
Beautiful late afternoon light? Check.
Industrial sized bubble machine? Check.
Happy children? Check.
Extra camera batteries?
Extra camera batteries?
...*DOH!*
Before the camera died:
At one point my girl needed a diaper change so I was standing in the very crowded, very humid bathroom with a stinky child and 40# of gear, while waiting a questionably long time for the large stall to open up to use the diaper changing table therein. That is the moment that a mom approached me and told me her 13 year old son had DS too. And, bonus, we're in the same school district, which she loved. Nice! I'll admit I would have preferred she'd said hello while we were lolling about picturesquely on our blanket 10 minutes earlier, but I'm not complaining.
The whole thing was also funny because I had not that very morning made a comment on Becca's blog that in a perfect world these interactions would not be so noteworthy, because those with disabilities would be as much a part of "mainstream" society (forgive the term) as various races/ethnicities/sexual persuasions are now (as compared to 60 years ago). But it's not a perfect world - so I'm make note. Because it's just fun to find "like".
I also saw this at the gardens but this post is long enough, and I haven't decided what to say about it yet:
I like the idea of our lives needing to have purpose--doesn't have to be something huge. A small but meaningful purpose is lovely.
ReplyDeleteAnd were those two ladies in the statue gettin' it on?
I certainly suspect they were - getting it on, that is. Matt liked it!
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree w/the need for purpose, including small lovely purposes, but I suspect the commenters you discussed in your pre-natal testing post define it differently. THAT is what distresses me.