Skyline

There's so much new construction in this city of ours. Dave will take a picture of downtown and it's littered with cranes here and there...and then he'll take another one a month later and the skyline has changed with the addition of buildings. And bringing it right close to home, a house was torn down two doors away and a new house is being constructed and then on the other side of us a house is about to be torn down and two are going to built where it now sits. 

About twelve years or so ago this would have thrilled my little guy to no end. He LOVED construction and everything about it. 

He even named us construction truck names! 

Yup, yours truly was "Mommy Dump Truck".

Dave was "Daddy Crane".

Big guy was "Backhoe".

And the little guy named himself "Bulldozer". It suited him perfectly.

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Balance

I find the older I get, the less of it I seem to have.

The kiddo and I were at the gym again today and after he'd had me do a crazy challenging upper body workout, he wanted me to work on my core...and my arms a tad more...just for fun.

He wanted me to stand on this upside down half sphere thingie while doing arm work with dumbbells. Well, I could not manage to get on that thing no matter how hard I tried. So the kid gave me his shoulder and after a couple of tries I was able to stand on it as it wobbled fiercely. And then he handed me the dumbbells. I teetered. I tottered. But somehow I managed stay on board.

Little guy: "You did great, mom."

I love that kid!

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