Little Nudies!
last night was a thrill for sebastian, we let him go starkers swimming in the moonlight. for the last couple of days he had been requesting,
daddy, i need to go fimming in da gark.
it’s a pretty great thing to be able to fulfill your children’s biggest dreams. so why not? so after dinner (no, we never wait one hour after meals to re-enter the pool), we told sebastian he was taking a special swim. no bathing togs.
he slapped his hand to his barrel chest and said,
me and my daddy go fimming? in da gark?
yes. right now.
it took a little longer to explain the concept of swimming in the nudie-rudie, but finally he cottoned on to it,
like i am in the baff?
exactly.
he was a riot once in the water and oh so reluctant to leave it. we took some great pictures that charles will post soon.
the water is also affecting others here…yesterday my mother jumped in the water wearing a dress, bra and knickers, simply because she couldn’t be bothered to change into her bathers. she stayed in the water for maybe five minutes. i got a picture of her smiling as she sloshed out. this wasn’t a premenopausal flash that got her into the water, this was my mother, deciding WHY NOT? i like this impulsive side of her and i think she does too.
the babies are well..carys’ snotty nose is improving, while jasper’s vomitting is down to about once a day. sela is sliding around the house, opening drawers, pulling books off shelves, and when she is crying, if you show her a picture of sebastian, she usually stops. (depends how deeply she is into the pity party…you know how that goes.)
the aching to see them is so great. i am surrounded by beauty, heat and water, but i am constantly counting down the hours until i see them again.
and, it is officially the chinese new year, so may i be one of the first to wish you a KUNG HEI FAT CHOY!! happy year of the rooster!!
