Lame poster...

I've got several pics to post and stories to tell but for reasons known to most people by now, I'm just so tired.

Today Henry and I went to the Botanical Gardens. I didn't take any pictures though because that would require extra energy. But it was a raging success. There were hardly any people there and the temperature was perfect. Warm and breezy. The sky was blue and the flowers were gushing from all over. This is one of the greatest perks about being the mother of a toddler -- I get to go to the botanical gardens without hearing any groaning (which would come from Justin) and my date is thrilled to be there and is even more enthusiastic about the Japanese gardens than I am. Such fun to be walking down those scenic rocky paths with my sweet little boy holding my hand next to me. He loved splashing in the stream and talking to the fish. I pointed out the mama fish and the baby fish and he thought that was fantastic. He kept saying, "Hi mama." to the big fish.

Henry climbed all over the rocks and ran through the gazebo's and then took a rest with me in the rose garden. We sprawled out in the middle of the green grass, under a giant oak tree, and ate an orange. It was so pleasant. The sun was low enough by then that it was not in our eyes and we could lay on the ground and look up at the sky. After our orange, we walked over to the pre-historic gardens and discovered a water fall. I'd never seen it before and didn't know it was there but he loved it. I actually got some cell phone footage of that so I might post later.

That reminds me...I've been thinking about my job as a SAHM lately and it seems that with each day I appreciate this opportunity more and more (the luck of being able to stay home). Someone on my mama list serve posted her feelings about the drudgery of being a stay at home mother, and granted I don't have two and I've only been at it 23 months, but it really made me stop and think how lucky I am to have all the support from friends/family and of course Justin, b/c without that--it would be drudgery. The mama who posted has been doing this for 4+ years and she has 2 and it sounded like not a whole lot of support. A lot of people joined in the conversation, commiserating about the boredom and loneliness of being a SAHM and I fortunately could not relate. I can understand WHY they feel that way (see above points) but again, I'm not in that situation and so I am thoroughly enjoying (almost) every minute. One mama did add some perspective to the thread and posted "It's not exactly coal mining" and that made me laugh. Probably because I'd just come back from an afternoon of riding the mini train at Zilker park, eating an ice cream cone with my little boy...at 2:00 on a Thursday.

No, coal mining it is not.