best Sunday evening so far

First, Yesterday was The Wife and I's (is that right?) anniversary. We been married a long enough time that we are barely newlyweds, but not so long that we feel like we have been married forever.
You guess how long. Mom and all the Dales and Nois, no giving it away.
She got me a nice gift, more than I deserve. I got her something practical that takes a battery. If you know Wife well, you know she is always 5 minutes late... So I got her a nice watch! Nothing says I love you like saying, be on time.

Tonight, we all took a walk around the garden. Wife has bronchitis and the kids are all fussy cuz it rained so much this weekend that it was wonderful to go out as a family and enjoy each others company.
In our walk around the garden we counted the apples (23) and walked the rows until we came to the peas. We noticed the peas were ripe and so Wife and I introduced Kat to the art of picking fat pea pods and splitting them open for the goodness within. Let me tell you, rabbits got nothing on this girl. She ate peas for 15 minutes straight. Later, as we were getting her ready for bed, she wanted to go back out and "pick peas".
Kyle wasn't much interested in peas... in fact, he had a hard time staying upright in the tall grass. After a while he just laid on his back and rolled around and laughed at us, nibbling at the peas on the vine.
It was such an nice experience I ran into the house to get a camera to capture this moment forever. People tell me they won't be little nearly long enough and I am starting to feel uneasy that they might be right.

The boy

[to the tune of Seger's Night Moves]
Woke up last night to the sound of thunder.
What the hell is that, I had to wonder.
Is there a big freight train coming near?
What is that sound, that I hear?

Holey smokes! I woke up at 0430 this morning to the sound of squawker snoring.
Loud and steady, like the throbbing diesels of a train.

Positions

Lately, we have discovered that Squawker will sleep in just about any position but on his back in his basket.
He will sleep on his side, either in my lap or on the couch.
He will sleep chest on my shoulder while I slouch on the couch or in the rocker.
He will sleep chest to chest on my chest as I take a nap on the couch.
He will even sleep scrunched up in a vinyl bean bag chair for hours on end with not a sound.




He will sleep folded over Wife’s arm as she works on her Calc II homework.

But put him in his basket for the night and 15 minutes later we hear, “uh, heh, mbmb, huh”
Not hungry, not wet, just doesn’t like the laying on his back position for long periods of time.
I cannot wait until he turns 5 and we can put him on his tummy to sleep for the night!