saskatoon

summer in saskatoon is short.  it was even shorter this year, but it was full of memorable moments.  i remember a few::

• elijah climbed up the monkey bars and walked across, by himself.
• i was driving our crashed car to the body shop when the hood opened all the way up and smashed back into the windshield.  no one was hurt.
• i came home to our house repainted with the color we chose, wondering if i’d like it.
• elijah looking sorry after he dropped our camera on the concrete patio and broke it.
• elijah singing ‘people on the road can turn an LOL into a great big OMG‘ — over and over.
• a young boy bought my handmade toy at the fringe festival.  he took off.  i looked at the money he put in my palm — two dollars short.
• elijah found a ladybug on a sidewalk.  he was so happy that i was happy.  and he stepped on it.
• i was saying ‘whee~’ as i playfully tipped the rocking chair back and forth.  elijah who was watching me by my side tamed me “mama, ‘whee~’ shinaide.  abunai kara.” (mama, don’t do ‘whee~’.  because it’s dangerous.)
• elijah and i picked dandelions for papa late one afternoon.  he held them tight in his palm until he got home.  he gave them to papa.  papa gave him a big hug.
• elijah ate a whole watermelon in one day, by himself.

i hope your summer is full of beautiful moments…