Changes and Choices

I've been struggling with the decision to put Gabriel in preschool part-time so that I can get some work done. My photography work is bubbling to the surface, and I've got to find a way to pay for that D3! But when he was born, I committed to spending at least the first three years as his full-time mama, and I'm not ready for preschool five days a week just yet. But, two, maybe...from 9 to noon. There are lots of schools opening up near our home, and I've got open houses to attend in the next few days. Just looking.



Today was chock-full of moments that remind me how fast Gabriel is growing, and how glad I am to be spending so much time with him. This morning he learned how to take off his own shirt. And this afternoon he told me how is pal Madeline taught him about echoes. "If you clap your hands like this, you hear a echo! [lots of loud clapping] It comes from the house to the air. To the air to the two doors (garage doors)." He really understood it and I was thrilled to make echoes with him. "You have to clap louder, Mama!" Thank you Madeline! Lastly, a little strawberry showed up in our garden. Guess who volunteered to eat it?



So many of the yamas to practice this week: asteya (non-greed) and not craving expensive camera equipment other great photographers have; aparigraha (non-attachment) not holding on to Gabriel's terrific twos, and ahimsa (non-harming) being more compassionate with myself when I spend too much time in the "shoulds."