Stolen Moments

I love stolen moments with my boys, when I get them all to myself for a minute or two. I find these moments are too often far and in between, but when I capture them, it is like an unexpected gift, uninterrupted time to simply enjoy my child one on one.

I have had two such moments with my Brennan over the last few weeks. We didn't plan them, but in the midst of running errands or carpooling here, there and everywhere, it was just the two of us. We celebrated our first unexpected date with a quick ice cream. Brennan's favorite thing in this world is ice cream. I love how happy a small bowl of ice cream makes him. It's watching pure joy in action.

Our second moment was just ten minutes in a car, in between basketball practices, basketball games and a few errands. We were in waiting mode and entertained ourselves blowing bubbles, bigger and bigger to watch them pop. We both giggled uncontrollably as we chewed our bubble gum and Brennan yelled, "Let's take our picture!"

And so we did. A self portrait of ten minutes soaking up my sweet boy.