Peter Pan #2

During Hugo's bedtime routine last night, he suddenly burst out with a new twist to his before he was born story for me.  Today I phoned up my Dad and was in the midst of relaying Hugo's new twist to the story, when Hugo interrupted and began to correct me on the details. I've asked the little man himself to repeat his tale for me here so we can read it over and over again.

"I was up in the night sky because I was looking in every house for a Mom that didn't have any boys or girls. But all the Moms already had boys and girls. Then I found a brick house and I saw a Mom that didn't have any boys or girls. Then I looked in a window and I saw a room that was painted and it had lots of toys and books. I was sneaking around so that no body saw me. Because if they did... I'd have to hide. I saw one Mom and a work place with a black truck coming this way, to the red brick house. It had a Papa in it, and some gum."

Hugo Augustus Nicolau Baptista

Career Choice

Hugo:  Hey Mom, when I'm big, I gonna be a police man or a soldier!

Momma:  Really, that's nice.  What about being a doctor?

Hugo:  No, they don't have guns.

Momma:  Oh, yeah.  You're right.

Lilacs and Dreams

After we finished our dinner tonight we all headed outside. Cesar had last minutes of sunlight jobs he wanted to finish while Hugo and I decided to pull on our boots and go smell the lilacs. We all love the wonderful fragrance that is perfuming our yard at the moment. It is sad that their season is so short. Our driveway is lined in lilac trees and I feel like a queen of old as I walk under their purplely petals and drink in their summery scent. A little dramatic I realize but their beauty inspires me!

Inspiration, inspiration, inspiration - where does it come from? what does it all mean? I have met and lurked around in blogs of some truly inspiring women recently. They have given me the kick in the pants that I have been needing. I am still not certain in what direction I am heading but it is all busily percolating away in my brain. I have been dreaming. I have been creating and making and doing in my dreams. Something wants to come out. Something is waiting to take me off on some new life avenue of adventure. For me to write it down here is admitting to it. I have been trying to talk about it with my husband and sisters and a few girlfriends but I don't know . . . I'm not there yet. I can feel it before me like a carrot on a fishing line tempting the stubborn donkey who is pulling the laden cart. I am very, very curious and must admit to being a little excited by it all!