Out of the mouth of 3 year olds

I have a three year old and a two year old. Nothing is boring around here, and there is never real peace, or should I say down time. Monday I have the kids for most of the day, and we are starting a ritual of going into Boulder to the Scott Carpenter Park. Nice park with a rocket for the kids to climb in, slides and rocks to climb are around. If there is snow, a hill to slide down too. Monday we had enough snow and a place for the kids to burn off some energy. Of course I get to pull sled up hill, sled maybe empty of not! Sometimes I am riding in sled or running along side so I can met them at the bottom. I then get to pull sled back to the top of hill. But I am always paid off with smiles, laughs and sometimes a thanks or I love you. So this fills up my tank and all the while it keeps my tank in shape. Both good for my heart and good for my head.
After were finished sledding it's up to the mountain above Boulder. We hit up table rock and do lunch at the picnic table and a short hike with scrabbles up the rocks. This is with one of the nicest views in all of Colorado. This Monday we had Mountain top view covered in snow and a bright blue sky. Kids got to try out their new hiking boots too. My son's name is Jack he is a good teacher for his sister Sydney, while Sydney has a go get em sprit and not much that hold her back she needs Jack to give her a balance. Now Jack was showing his sister how to scrabble up the rocks, were to put your feet, she showed Jack how hopping down the rocks was fun to do. She just loves hopping sometimes does not matter the height she jumps from. I have to watch her. Both giving each other attention and showing each other how to do things in a diferent way, a different approuch. Some of the things they say are precious and driving down Jack just burst out in song about a beautiful day. I am sorry I did not have a video camera to take it in. I was very lucky to hear it and that I will always have that memory. A proud Dad is the pay off. I had been treated with the adoration of others that day too. As while we were at Whole foods I was given a "oh such beautiful kids comment by a lady waiting with me in the deli section. At the check out a lady behind me said what adorable kids, and I had to look around for a camera, thinking this was a set up as we walked to the car through the parking lot, a lady driving by stopped, roll down her window and said what beautiful kids I had. A perfect hat trick! And how could I argue! I had to agree and say thanks, but some how thanks doesn't sound right. I mean they are my kids so I had something to do with it but they are there own persons. Now people that are taking an active part in dressing themselves and that is nice, but that is not the good looks they were showing this day. What I saw was kids having a good day, the smiles they were giving where from the heart, the inside. As I saw Jack stopping and waving to the lady in the car, along with his smile, the good vibes he was passed along. In the store, both of them were taking care of each other, Deciding which sandwich they would like to split. Working it out as they each wanted a different sandwich, Saying ok, today we get this one and next time we will have the other. They had decided it was better to agree and to be cautious of the niceties of being with each other, not fighting. The people in the store I am sure were seeing this too. This is what makes people really beautiful. It was showing in them that day.
Yesterday I spent with my daughter as my son goes to school from 9-1. Sydney right now is hooked and I mean hooked on the little Einstein. Oh baby, is she even. She is hooked so much so that I now have a copy of one DVD on my phone. This works all the time. If she is coping and attitude, pull out Little Einstein, if she is impatient - tune in Little Einstein, if we are trying to distract her- Little saviour comes out. I knew she was going to like seeing what I had made for her but I had no idea to what extent. I made a picture of her and all of the little Einstein people aboard the red rocket. When I handed it to her. They was no reaction at all. She just stared at it. She just stood there and looked and looked. I wanted to see if she was ok, if she was still breathing because I had not see any movement, no reaction and no sound coming out of her. What I saw was that she was in heaven! She just could not believe how she has made it into the red rocket. She had made it. A picture of her aboard the red rock. She just carried the picture around with her the rest of the day. Her Mom put it into a frame and she was so proud. She did not ask me how she got into this picture, she just accepted it and loved it. Her brother asked to be put into Nemo, which I did for him but there was not the same reaction or love for the picture, he just wanted one of himself. One like his sister's. Well Little Einstein can work for me, what is nice is the baby sitter that baby Einstein can be. While yesterday I wanted to do some work, and do a little cleaning- Sydney is happy to watch the DVD of Little Einstein. And after I did a little work, we had lunch and, we then rode our bike to the library. I have a seat that lets her sit on the back of the bike. She has good protection and a great view too. In fact while we where approaching the library she called it out from far away as she can see well. Both kids love the new library and rec. center which the town just added. They are only a mile or 2 away from our house, so it is easy to get to them.
Today what inspired me to write was my son Jack. Now they are kids of 2 and 3 but Jack says things which amaze me all the time, Today was such a day. As Sydney looked up to the shelve that holds ours cereal she spots a box that shows a bowl full of the cereal with blueberry and raspberries in the picture. She starts to yell out Blueberries, blueberries. I turned around then because I did not think we had any blueberries. To my amazement I hear Jack, saying to her. No Sydney there not blueberries, it is cereal and that is the suggested way to have it. WHAT I say to myself, suggested way to have it. Here he had broken it down so quickly, and without any question. He knew thats they way it is in the picture but not what is really is in the box. His sister just stopped asking and knew that her brother had the answer, no more asking was needed. No doubt that her big brother had given her the answer and she was satisfied with it.
Well today is my 2nd post- I am going to try and add more. I want to remember that this is the most amazing time, watching the kids grow, hearing their words of wisdom. This is my out of the mouth of a three year old wow factor for today.