ducks and family and cute kids who ate dinner

Since Milo seems to be obsessed with this duck video, I decided to take them to the duck pond today. What a good idea! Yeah, I get those from time to time. Milo and Catherine walked around that pond looking at ducks for about an hour. It was magnificent; and overcast.

Catherine was sitting with her feet over the water, so I pulled Milo up next to her and put his feet over the edge....and...he started crying. Sad little sniffles of fear. So I pulled his feet back up onto the decking and then he was fine. Grinning at the ducks. What a mean mom I am.

At some point during the day I was talking to Catherine about Milo...or maybe Dane...I can't remember. Cat turned to me suddenly and said "I'm glad I'm part of this family." Um, tears. That was a prick of happiness to my soul. One of the sweetest things anyone has ever said to me.

Then at dinner tonight, both kids ate what I made! Catherine even stated that it was amazing, and it was "just a little piece of heaven." Ha. Take that. I just had to make pasta with hardly any flavor, and a little bit of cheese. They even ate the squash mixed in.
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