(this moment) & keeping it real

A Friday ritual. A single few photos - no a few words - capturing a moment from the week. 

A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

If you're inspired to do the same, link your 'moment' in the comments for all to find & see.

We celebrated Avi's 2nd Birthday this week. It wasn't until a few days after his birthday that I realized I only put one candle in his (gluten free, sugar free) blueberry cupcake (recipe to come). We lit it twice -- maybe that counts. wink! Thank you lisa for taking these great photos. 

Inspired by Soulemama

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This week, I'm also joining monica with:

Keeping it Real #7

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arriving home from our Hawaii trip to Colorado on fire

feeling the urge to move (near water) but not knowing where

flying red eye - never again!

leaky sprinklers leaving a pond under chicken coop - ugh the flies

feeling distant from my evacuated family

witnessing my wife's high stress work environment leave her exhausted physically, emotionally, spiritually 

yay:

celebrating Avi's 2nd birthday

rain

reminiscing about our family trip

sprinkler guy to the rescue!

Avi's love of music - he listens to a song and start singing with it immediately

seeing the hard boiled egg pan on the stove every morning - everyone's eating breakfast again

when we make the tired, frustrated, grumpy trade off in the game of tag-team-bed-time-ritual-for-the-little-bird-who-won't-sleep ... knowing that "love will not elude us"