Adara's Birthday, Very Belated

Here's Adara's birthday as celebrated in our backyard on thanksgiving and then, at Liam's request, at Casa Loma in Toronto.

Gratitude

We've had a pretty hard couple of weeks here between massive work being done on the house, jury duty for me and a lot of difficulties at work. It's been challenging and we've been tired.

That being said last night when the drywall dust was finally cleaned up, the laundry done, Adara's birthday cake prepped and everything cleaned up, I was happy. It is a cliche, but we are lucky. I was at the Mayors luncheon for the arts this week and the incomporable Molly Johnson was singing here song Lucky. If you get a chance to check out the tune on itunes, do. It's a swinging, glorious anthem to how lucky she is to lead the life she does. And you know what, us too. We are surrounded by brilliant artists and craftsmen all of the time who's job is to use their knowledge to bring joy (or sorrow) to the masses on the stage. It's a wicked cool job and the only thing that I ever wanted to do, even when it's not going very well this week.

Meanwhile, I have these two gorgeous ones to frame my days. Adara is joyful and excited right now as she learns to count and learns her letters it's like every day she can't wait for one more discovery. There is no anxiety to her learning, it's just plain discovery.
So, today with the whole family (except for Greg who is in Afghanistan) coming, we are filled with gratitude.