Butterfly moments

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Butterfly moments are the specific instances where you realize that your children are wonderful and you're thrilled to be a parent.

I'm naming them that as a tribute to Elizabeth's butterfly morning a few days ago.

Claire had a butterfly moment last night.

She likes the potato bin at Oma's house, mostly because it puts potatoes within easy reach. She likes to take a potato, put it on a china coaster, and serve it to people. Last night at dinner, she served several people, in addition to carefully posing the potato on the dog's cushion. It wasn't a couch potato - just a cushion potato! Then she laid down next to it.

Right now she's putting bins on her head (plastic, with no lids attached) and running around the house, seeing what things look like through the plastic. It's adorable.

Every parent has moments when they long for the pre-child days. Every parent has moments when they don't really like their children very much, or the circumstances of the current mischief are making them wonder about changelings. But parenting is worth it, and we always come back to the butterfly moments.

Pictured above is another butterfly moment.

Comments

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

Gerhardt is being a superhero, right now, putting his comforter on the floor between the dining room and kitchen, and using that as his spaceship. He's flown through a few mountains, this morning, but is none the worse for wear.

Earlier, because I'm having Yet Another Tension Headache™, he dragged me to the recliner in the living room and gave me his unicorn stuffie.

Yeah, I get aggravated with him (and he gets aggravated with me), but I swear - I've got the sweetest li'l boy in the world :) not that I'm biased, or anything.

[spiralsongkat.livejournal.com]

I loved the story of Elizabeth as a butterfly with her wings still drying -- absolutely loved it.

I, too, cherish the butterfly moments of parenting.