Wednesday 31 October 2012

October

This October has certainly held it's highs and lows for us. Much like the weather this month life has fluctuated with the warm Indian Summer days to the cold gray rainy days reminiscent of the long winter still to come.  But I believe that life needs equal parts sun and rain in order to be fulfilling. It is on those dark and rainy days that we most challenge ourselves. We find new and creative ways to get through them, we find strength to get up even though bed seems much more cozy and inviting, we come up with ideas of how to entertain our children indoors for twelve hours, we cook comfort foods, and get through the gray. We do this because we have to, because lying in bed all day is not how we were built to last. So taking the cold wet days along with the warm bright ones and turning them into days worth remembering are all a part of living this one wild life we have. Especially life with children.

Reenacting scenes from the Lion King with Uncle Jon, to get through the last leg of the day.
With a high on life child like Jake, who seems oblivious to changes in the season, it sometimes takes a lot of creativity and will on my part to turn a gray day into a yellow one. This week was particularly challenging for me. The cold dark days have made our comfortable and warm bed seem all the more inviting, but I have kicked off the sheets each morning, and used the excuse of Halloween to inspire me into action. We decorated, we crafted, and we helped Nana make decorate pumpkin marshmallow rice crispy squares. When it wasn't raining Jake leaped outside to do more raking with his Grandpa. When I was at a loss of what else to do, when the rain belted mercilessly on the rooftops, when it was an hour shy of Jake's bedtime and he still had spades of energy stored we turned on the radio and had dance parties.

Gramps splurged and got them matching rakes.



And all of a sudden, the Monday that loomed so dauntingly has turned into a week worth remembering. And October, from her warm beginning to her chilly end, with her brilliant colours, her earthy scents and her inviting coziness, has delivered to our door the perfect reminder of how precious and beautiful life can be.


"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible is we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?"      Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables.

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