Adventures of a Family

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I have stopped breastfeeding Mae as of three days ago, and although I know it's time to give it up, I'm SUPER sad about it. It was starting to drive me totally nuts. But today I feel like I'm really loosing something. It is something that you share with your babies that is so special. I know that breastfeeding is symbolizing Mae's babyhood....breastfeeding is coming to an end, and so is her babyhood. And so are the years of having tiny kids. Just like everything is seems with parenting...you loose something, you gain something, you regret something, you are happy about something.

I was asking Jonah if he knew what the word "mother" meant. He said, "yes, it means your mommy." Then he said "it also means, Creature." Happy mother's day.

Mae has been walking for about a month now and likes it when you sit at her level while she walks around presenting gifts, offerings and food scraps to you. She brought a chip from off the floor well beyond the 5 second rule and brought to me as I sat on the floor in the kitchen. As I opened my mouth for the chip she snatched it away from me and laughed. She did this two more times. We laughed. She got close to my face and then ate the chip in front of me with a smile.

A friend of ours was visiting with Jonah and asked: Brian: What has wheels? Jonah: My bicycle Brian: What else has wheels? Jonah: Another Bicycle. We had a good laugh but Brian, being a teacher by nature and profession, wasn't quite done with the lesson. He found a dirty yellow Tonka dump truck and brought it over. Brian: What things have wheels? Pause. Pointing at the dump truck. Brian: What about this? Jonah: No. This truck has 4 tires.