Friday, September 10, 2010

Celebrated Summer!


The end of summer and the onset of fall has always been a time of conflicting emotions and upheavals in daily life. Part of me has always loved the sense of impending change and the crispness in the air. The end of the oppressive heat of this summer was welcome. The slow death of the flora is sad and unwelcome. Bob Mould said it best (as he often does) in the closing lyrics to "Celebrated Summer":
Then the sun disintegrates between a wall of clouds
I summer where I winter at, and no one is allowed there

Do you remember when the first snowfall fell
When summer barely had a snowball's chance in Hell?

That lyric always captures how I feel at the end of the summer.
Devlyn has begun sleeping in his "big boy" bed and has also figured out how to open his bedroom door. This means that several times during the night, he ventures into our room to demand a bottle or a snuggle. I'm hoping that as the fall season progresses Devlyn makes some changes and begins to sleep through the night.
Devlyn continues to be fascinated with all things musical. Among his current favorites are the old stand by guitar and a new addition, the giant piano keys that he operates by dancing on them with his stocking feet!