Wonder and Magic

Back in November, her little legs curled up to fit perfectly in the sling of her bathtub. 

Months later, she still sits in the sling of the tub.....its just a little tighter these days.  Her toes no longer rest at the bottom of the sling, but at the bottom of the tub.

One of my favorite times of days is when the lights get dimmed, the candle gets lit (yes, literally every night!), the play button is pushed on the Jack Johnson CD (we'll get use to that i-pod thing soon enough), the fireplace is kindled (aka...the switch is turned on) and the Aveeno Nighttime bath bubbles are put into her tub.

We know we'll have to transition her from taking her baths on the island of our kitchen to the bathroom soon enough. 
For now, it's the perfect place. 

We read different books to her every night...but I've fallen in love with ending with the same book every night....
"On the Night you were Born". 

























One of my favorite lines is the first one, "On the night you were born, you brought wonder and magic to the world."

Wonder and magic...she certainly has.

I also started reading an adult book this week.  I bought it on one of my "Night escapes".  I call the hours between 8:01pm and 10pm the time for the escape.  The grocery shopping, the cleaning, the Target-fun-runs, the dishes, the bookstore runs. 

Chapter 6 of the book is titled, "We all do the same things.  It's how we do them that makes the difference". 
Oh, I feel the inspiration entering my bones.

Its a simple a choice. 
A choice between going through the motions....or making the wonder and magic happen in life.

This week, I'm committing to doing the "same things"....but doing them differently. 

To get my spark started.....

I'll still go to the grocery store....but I'll buy an extra can for the food shelf box that I have NEVER purchased anything for, but yet I walk buy it EVERY time I go. 
I'll still drop Maya off at daycare, but I'm going to bring Maya's daycare provider, Kelly, breakfast one morning this week. 
I'll still hope that Dan is thinking about making dinner before I get home at the end of the night, but one night this week, I'll pick up take-out and surprise him. 

Small things. 
Not going to change the world, but might bring a little more to my world.
A little more wonder. 
A tiny bit more magic.