my smile box

it has been busy.  

as in blog-fall-by-the-way-side busy.

busy.

as in,
lots of company,

spring is coming,

i have three kids,

selling books, 

busy.

when my days are so full 

and i'm not blogging

i find myself writing down those little best moments on the back of envelopes

in my mind.

then i fold them up and cram them into a little smile box

in my mind.  

do you ever do that?

here is one i've had in there since last week.

forgive me if you've already heard it once
or twice.

one day last week, taija (my niece) was outside with the kids.

char was playing on the backside of our hill/ cliff.  

(this is something the kids are starting to do more and more and its no more dangerous than... 

a lot of other things).

this time, however, char started to scream, frantically,

"HELP HELP."

taija nearly had a heart attack.

the neighbour lady behind us probably did have a heart attack as

she nearly scurried up the embankment to attend to my 4 year old.

fortunately, taija got there first. 

char had repelled down with a vine of sorts and was channeling an imaginary 

stranded animal in extreme distress.

(an animal that could apparently speak english - thank you Go Diego Go! for that one).  

after taija assured the neighbour lady that char was fine, she brought her to me to relay the story.  

char looked at me with an ever so slight annoyance and said

"it's ok mom, it was just super hero stuff."

maybe this is where i was suppose to go into the whole 

"boy who cried wolf" saga.

but i didn't.  

i mean.

i have no expertise when it comes to super hero stuff.