Sweet, Unpredictable Moments...

Last night I experienced a very sweet moment between my two boys.  It made me smile and all warm and fuzzy inside.

Owen was running across our kitchen floor and slipped.  He scraped the side of his stomach pretty good.  He cried really hard and I comforted him the best that I could.  I had just gotten Aidan out of the bath, so I finished dressing him and then went to see if Owen was alright.  We put a big Band-Aid on his scrape to make it feel better.  Then I gave him a big hug and kiss.  Aidan in turn gave Owen a big hug and then reached up to give him a kiss (he doesn't give those out very often).  Then with Aidan's hand on Owen's back, they walked together to their room and Aidan kept saying, "It's alright, Owen, It's alright."  It was so sweet!!!  I love moments like this when they show innocent compassion and love towards each other.  It touched my heart and I was reminded that they really DO love each other--some days I wonder.

Then we went to read books before bedtime and I hadn't made it through the first book before Aidan told me, "I hurt," and that he needed a Band-Aid.  He had bumped his eye in my bathtub earlier this week and had a little cut on the corner of his eye, so that's where he needed his "sympathetic Band-Aid."  I didn't think the Band-Aid would last very long, but he still has it on tonight.  It was a cute, unpredictable moment where I wish I would have had a camera rolling.  Something to write in my journal, so I can read it back to them and hopefully remember it vividly in my mind.