A shot of Life

I had a moment with the little ones the other day that I will treasure for the rest of my life. When I am old and grey I know I will hold onto this memory and it will give me warmth and a feeling of life and love. It was just that good.

The kids had eaten dinner and we were outside playing in the last light of the day. It had been raining on and off all day long and the air was that fresh, crisp kind that makes you want to breath in till you burst. The Bear had been busy digging and building and the Butterfly had been playing in the sandpit whilst calling out for "BUBBLES!" at random moments. I had gathered them together and we were sitting on the front steps taking off our shoes when, right before our eyes, a rainbow appeared. As I started singing the rainbow song (you know the one, "red and yellow and pink and green..." etc etc) the Butterfly leant back, rested her head against my shoulder and wrapped her little hand around mine. The Bear slid over closer, wrapped his arm around my waist, rested his head on my shoulder and in his clear sweet little voice started singing along with me.

If I could have kept on singing for the rest of my life I would have, just to keep that moment going. It was pure bliss. And then to top if all off? To make it a real gift of love and life and all things good? When we stood up to say goodbye to our rainbow we saw that it was actually a double rainbow, and it looked like it ended slam bang in the middle of our roof. You know how they say rainbows have a pot of gold at the end of them? Don't believe it for a second - this one had something eternally more precious.

It's not a great photo but I quickly snapped a pic of the rainbow, just so I could always have it. Was it the words most beautiful rainbow? Nope. Was it the biggest? Na-ha. Was it the most precious one I've ever seen, thanks to the little ones around me? Hell Yes.

A Change is A Coming

Wow. I have been really really bad at blogging lately. Funny thing is I've been THINKING about it a lot, just never actually getting to do it. As I run out the
door, scooping up clothes and nappies on my way, I'll see the computer and wish I could sit down and type something out but alas, too many things to do. And now I do have time I'm totally distracted - the people across the road are having a party and all I can hear is a rather drunk man singing at the top of his lungs and strumming a guitar. Quite poorly. And did I mention that the people across the road are in their 50's? :D

Anyway the winds of change have been blowing in the direction of my family recently. Lots of little things like new hobbies, new friendships, the end of an old friendship (looong story that one), but mainly in the form of a serious intent to move house. And not only move house, but move state. Yup yup. I have never lived anywhere but sunny QLD but we are seriously thinking about moving to Melbourne. I'm just ready for a change, you know? I've only visted Melbourne a couple of times, and only ever the city, but Hubby has been there a lot and he says I will love it. I'm really excited about the thought and spend every spare moment googling suburbs and schools. We're trying to make a short list of suburbs based on reccomendations and the results of my manic googling so when we go there early next year we can spend a couple of days in each short-listed suburb. Sounds very logical doesn't it? Given I'm likely to be the least logical person you will ever meet in your life I'm quite proud about that :D

The typical thing is I love the house we are currently in. And we've said that before we think about selling we need to do all the things to it that we've wanted to do since we moved in (new tiles in the sunroom, new coat of paint, etc) which means that we would make it just perfect - only to sell and move away! Argh! Can we move a house to melbourne I wonder? ;)

Speaking of painting Hubby has just carried all the painting gear into the middle of the living room so I think I've got my night planned out!

The man across the road is onto "Throw Your Arms Around Me Now". I'm contemplating singing along with him.