I have been in a horrible mood lately. I think it's the combo of a bunch of different things but whatever the reason, I've just been feeling sorry for myself and the non-funness of life lately and today I was sitting on the couch trying desperately to get Evan to take a nap because he was being so whiney and fussy while crusing FB and seeing how wonderful everyone's life is compared to mine. He was laying there in my arms, jibbering away. I wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying, just mindlessly looking at the computer and hoping he'd fall asleep.

Finally I paused long enough to actually listen to what he was jibbering about and heard him singing "Tinkle tinkle wittle stah, howa nuna nuna awwe". Translation: "Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are". It was so sweet and HE was so sweet and it immediately put a huge smile on my face. It's amazing how one tiny thing can brighten up your day but it was just what I needed. I love those moments!

New Way To Bond....

My hubby loves to come up with DIY gadgets. Solar panels that we can use to run our lamps and other small electronics for free from energy from the sun, mini wood stoves made from tomato juice cans, an air conditioner made out of a large cooler and some 2-liter bottles with frozen water in them. It's funny but they all actually work quite well. And he gets a thrill from making these things and watching them actually do their job. He's always tinkering around with some project. It's annoying sometimes because he'll drag these gadgets in the house and force us to use them, even if it's inconvinent but what I love about it is how much the kids like it. They think Daddy's gadgets are SO COOL and when they get involved, it gives him a way to bond with the kids. The other night I came home from work and him and the kids were outside on the back porch roasting marshmallows over his ghetto tomato juice can stove. The kids were amazed and it was actually quite cute. He, of course, thinks it's the coolest thing in the world that he can rig up something so functional. He tries to get me as excited as he is about it but it's hard to muster up the enthusiasm because most of the time I just think it's silly and pointless. But I don't say anything because it does give him and the kids an activity to do together and they share his excitement over the little gadgets. There's nothing sweeter than a man being a daddy. :)