grace in small things #8

• I bought the How Stuff Works book as an impulse purchase off the sale table at the bookstore downtown, and when I showed it to D he seemed as excited about it as I was. I'm sure we will utilize the internet a ton in our learning together, but I'm also pretty excited about building up an at-home reference library as well.
• Q has been in underwear for something like 2 weeks now, with only a handful of accidents here and there. I am so hesitant to make any proclamations about him being officially potty trained, like I can't quite believe the process could really be this simple and easy with him, but well... yeah. Related aside, why do toddlers look so friggin' adorable in underwear? 
• I picked up a bunch of books at the library a few days ago, many of which have become new favorites including this book about Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs which we have now read about 582 times because, well, PIRATES and DINOSAURS. 
• Even better, in searching for that book link I discovered that there's a whole series of these books about Captain Flinn and his pirate dinosaurs. We will be checking those out soon, too. 
• We've been going through a bit of a rough patch with Q lately, he's just been a bit...um... difficult.  I'm often reminded of that honey badger video, because Q just does stuff and just doesn't seem to give a shit.Which is not so great, but what I do feel very grateful for are those moments inbetween the chaos and the meltdowns and the tears and the wanting-to-tear-my-hair-out when he does or says something really sweet, or is just still enough that I get a chance to really look at his face, the softness of his features, and get lost in his beauty and my love for him. Those moments are my saving grace.