chronic(what?)cles

the days ebb and flow. some days i'm overwhelmed with the realities of life with young kids. some days i feel like i'm basking in the sweetness of watching my children grow up.

with isaiah lately i've been experiencing new and wonderful aspects of him growing up.

we're three books into the chronicles of narnia. he is devouring them! he would sit (and sometimes does) for hours reading. daddy and i silently fight over who will get to read to him. we love reading them again. the battles, the swords, the knights and aslan. it's becoming part of isaiah's world. just this morning we finished 'the horse and his boy'. he's already grabbed 'prince caspian' and is begging me to just start it. the only thing i can't figure out is why when we 'play' as a family i'm always jadis - the white witch...

i made the mistake a couple weeks ago of showing isaiah how to create a playlist on iTunes. he has been able to get around for a while now. he has the covers of the albums memorized, and then within those covers knows the number of the song he likes. so instead of him spending all of his time at the computer getting from song to song, i thought it would be great to have all his favorites in one place. well, he works on his playlist just about every day. and we listen to his playlist every day. granted we go from bob and larry singing, 'i am a promise', straight into 'bodyrock' by moby, then 'creed' by rich mullins and (my favorite transition yet) into 'be my lover' by la bouche. it takes some getting used to.

last saturday i discovered that i LOVE soccer. it's never been one of my favorite sports...but watching my son play last week awakened a deep love. it was like everything just clicked for isaiah. he realized that he was faster than most kids. he was no longer afraid to be aggressive and take the ball from someone. the competitiveness that runs through his blood emerged and i could see him thinking things through on the field. he used his mind and body to play the game - excuse the gushing - and play it well. half way through the game i thought, 'i am having so much fun...i love this.'

he's growing up, and i am witnessing it. i've heard it so many times before - 'it was such a joy to watch you grow up'...but now, i'm experiencing it for myself.