My Children

Today's Child

By Kristal C. Coles

When we get to tomorrow

Will you remember today?

Will you think of the ventures

That brought you this way?

Will you think of the bumps

And the cracks in the road --

Or the vistas you see

As your journey unfolds?

Remember me today.

Don't hurry on so fast --

For the me you are missing

Will be left in the past.

Historic car on Rt 66 in the Petrified Forest National Park.

When we get to tomorrow

Will you look back to today
And wished you had stopped

To laugh and to play?

Will you think of my errs,

All my slights, all my wrongs --

Or my squeals of delight
At your laughter and songs.

Remember me today,

Tonight I go on --

I'll leave behind youth

And be older by dawn.

Grampa gives scratchy kisses.

What a busy month March was! It started with my 30th birthday and never slowed down. As I was going through all the new memories my little birthday gift had captured, I realized how fleeting our time with our children really is. They seem to change overnight. So with that in mind this post is all about my children and what we've shared together in the past few weeks.

Doing the Rain Dance at the Painted Desert Inn, Petrified Forest National Park.

Matthew discovered that petrified wood gets warm in the sun -- and he liked it!

How does wood turn into rock? Click HERE to learn more.

Junior Rangers Brandon, Sam, and Matthew building adobe houses.

They're so cute you could eat 'em!

Oh no, it got Dad too!

Really. His face says it all.

Why did we choose to visit the Petrified Forest National Park? Because that's where Grammie and Grampa Keysar lived and volunteered until this past Tuesday. Now they're off to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Yep, only 51! The kids had a blast being led in the birthday song by Grampa.

The Easter Bunny came a day early to the Petrified Forest (good thing, too, since our route home on SR 87 was blocked by a landslide!)

Instead of tons of candy he, the fluffy talented hare, left toys and created a scavenger hunt to find them!

Elizabeth turned 2! Click HERE to see her reaction to "Happy Birthday" and HERE to see how cute she is when she knows she's on camera.

Princesses and cars!

"Ooooooo!" The purple bat and ball from Sam got the best reaction.

Nothing says slugger like a tiara.

March was also the start of the sports season. This is our first year putting the boys in any programs and boy, oh boy, are we busy now!

Click HERE to see the movie, "Brandon's First Basketball Game."

Click HERE to see the movie, "Sam's First Baseball Game."

My sweet Matthew.

The only daughter (so far?) of the only daughter of the only daughter.

Now, if you have 'em, and you're able, go give yours a HUG!