Quiet Day…
A lot has been going on in the Kleinschmit condo over the passed few weeks. We finished yet another move…this one is promising to be the last for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time (crosses fingers)! Now a month later, most of the dust has settled, has been swept and mopped up, and most everything is in it’s place. And, I tell ya what, we are jest tickled pinker than a top earner for Mary Kay! Ahem! We’ve been wanting this place as long as we’ve been together…in fact it is the very condo where I started getting to know the beautiful lady who has become my closest friend and wife, as well as partner in crime! The place has a tidy little courtyard that is shaded by a canopy of big aged oak trees…I swear it must be 10-20 degrees cooler on our front stoop than just around the corner. Oh, and there’s a pool!
Things continue on much the same. The kids are getting accustomed to the flow of the new place. Prayer, worship, Word, work, shopping, doctors visits, Boys and Girls Club (brand new facility and Josiah loves it!), lots of coffee, smoked meats, assorted chef and meat salads (ala Marie), some good dry vino (Angel’s Landing Cabernet!) and a few brews now and again; and, yes, a few cigarettes (still planning the eventual quitting…I promise!), oh and a few video games and movies here and there!
Josiah is making friends from the complex and at “the Club” and has started to ride his bike again (thanks to daddy for filling the tires with air again!) He has also started to overcome his unease about the pool. I actually had him going under the water with his goggles on. Oh, and he is no longer afraid of the “big swings” at the park! LOL His tastes for different foods is also broadening, which has been somewhat of a relief, but the boy still refuses to eat a burger…oh well! He’s getting huge, sometimes I look at him and swear I can see him growing. He’s changing and starting to tackle bigger things, and getting more adventurous, I love that he is finally getting over the petty fears that he had and trying new things…a little more practice and we’ll be going to his basket ball games! He aspires to be a Rock Star/Sports Star/Movie Directing/Entomologist. A ver!
Phineas is making great strides of his own. We are daily amazed to see the character of who he is coming out and being made known. He is walking and running, and his greatest joy (besides Shaun the Sheep!) is just being outside. In fact that was his first phrase. ”Let’s go!” he chants enthusiastically as he takes our hand and guides one of us to the door. He loves being in the pool as well…ah don’t we all! And not too long ago, I was just arriving home from work and just inside the door he runs up to me and clear as day says, “Hi daddy, I love you.” That is one feeling you cannot describe: the first time your child says “I love you.” I could barely contain myself! He’s been growing big and strong, and shows such intelligence, and interest and aptitude towards all things mechanical. Our little Sports Star/Engineer/Musician/Poet…that’s what I see and much more, but time will tell!
And those times when the two “harmonize” together are amazing. Phineas will almost literally pull Josiah off of the couch when he wants to play. And when they are outside he will run up to Josiah and grab his hand and the two will just walk around the courtyard best of friends. Phineas loves his focused alone time to play with his cars and toys, but when he wants to play, he lets big brother know! And Josiah has had to learn what it truly means to share and be patient…we’re still working on that one. Yes, things can get chaotic at times when Josiah is yelling over Phineas’ crying, or one or both are being defiant, or a hundred other things that could and sometimes do occur, but we are all learning! We love it!
Sure we have our ups and downs (and any partner/parent that claims otherwise is just lying through their teeth and ought to be ashamed of themselves!), but we daily try to keep things in perspective, positive; and each other and the kids in check. Let’s face it, while marriage and child rearing have their joys (and they are abundant!), they don’t come without their difficulties, trials, and failures. We emphatically love the triumphs; but through the rest we fight, and we pray, and we laugh, and we cry; and at the end of the day I couldn’t ask for a better family…this is what I love and have searched for my whole life and what is really worth fighting and even dying for! I welcome this life-long boot camp called parenting, and with Marie at my side can see coming out the other side decorated veterans! AMEN!!!
God bless you, and thank you for your time!
You are all beautiful; and Jesus and James Keller want me to remind you that you are special!
Oh, and one last thing, Phineas was just laughing in his sleep. That means he’s dreaming about me! ;-P
-Peach (pie…yum!) Out!
Are we really moving again? YES!!!