Why?

Luke has officially entered that rite of passage stage that every preschooler goes through.....the Why? stage. Oh dear! If I have to hear one more string of 'why?' questions today, I think I might just loose my mind!!!!! And the silly thing is that we are usually about 10 why's into the conversation before I realize that I'm been answering him almost mechanically and I feel my blood pressure rising and my nerves beginning to rattle! It is happening so often now that I just go on auto pilot!!That child can go on and on and on..even about the most random things!!! Sometimes I feel badly when I finally snap and say "Ok! Enough!! No more questions!!!!" But so it goes, I guess. For those of you ahead of me in this parenting thing...how long does this typically last????????

On other fronts, we've had a few quiet days around here. Quiet in the sense that we haven't been going anywhere or having play dates and such. But truth be known, quiet isn't really a word I would use to describe our house! :) LOL! Not with two little kiddos here, anyway! :) Luke came down with a fever on Sunday night/Monday morning that morphed into a little bit of a cold, so that has kept us home, laying low. That and the skyrocketing gas prices! We can't afford to go too far! Hmph! So we've just been working on chores around the house, playing games and watching movies. Its been a welcomed change from the crazy schedule we had last month. I like being at home. I took a really cute video of Ellie waving and dancing today, but I can't find the right cables to download it onto the computer, so I guess it's going to have to wait. She has had a bit of a cognitive 'leap' this week. She learned to sign 'more' (finally), wave hello or goodbye (with her hand facing herself no less!) :) and much to my dislike, has developed a healthy level of separation anxiety recently. **sigh** Gotta take the good with the bad, right? But she is so, so, so sweet that her tears at my departures (even if I'm just running to the laundry room to change loads) are tolerable. She still melts my heart each and every day. They both do! This evening, after I had gotten her ready for bed, Luke was sitting in her rocking chair waiting for me to lay her in bed, but instead, I chose to lay her in his arms. Together, they rocked back and forth for a long, long time, and I choked up as Luke nuzzled into his sisters cheek, kissed her gently and whispered so quietly that I could hardly hear "Love you, big girl." He kissed her again then, and she stared at him with such adoration in her eyes that this momma's heart just about exploded with pride! I whispered a quick, but fervent prayer that the moment would etch itself into my mind for eternity. I pray I never forget moments like those!!!!