Saturday Mornings and Rainy Footprints

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June 16, 2012 by CassieCravings

I love Saturday mornings.

Eli doesn’t sleep in on Saturdays. Between 5:45 and 6:15, I get to wake up to sloppy kisses and baby breath. Sometimes there is a gentle wake-up song and rubbing of my hair. Sometimes there is a yell, “Watch out!” as he pounces on me.

I roll out of bed and stumble to the caffeine as Eli bounces about and gives me his list of must-do activities. This morning was especially creative and especially specific.

“I builds a house. I climbs a mountain. I jumps ‘da mountain. What ‘dat? ‘Wisten to your ears, Mama! ‘Dat rain. I’s dance a song!”

I hold up a stop sign hand, “Let’s watch one cartoon while I wake up. Deal?”

Eli thinks carefully, “Well…I’s builds a house. I’s see Bot, Gio, Milli [translation: Team Umi Zoomi]. Mama, Mama, Mama….WAKE UP!!”

Even though the blanket thrown over a couple of chairs and the couch is declared a tunnel and not a house, he  goes with it.

A bit of snuggling, some playing and a lot of caffeine later, Eli decides that he wanted to “open ‘da door” and to “say ‘dood mownin’ to ‘da rain.”

Saturday morning and a warm summer rain, now that is perfection.

We dance in the rain.

We giggle. We splash.

We are shivering and satisfied.

I love Saturday mornings.

trying to bring the umbrella into the house

still working on squeezing the umbrella into the house…