I went to the Animal Fair...

[beetiger]

I took Rhys to the Dutchess County Fair today. It was a longer drive up the Taconic than I expected, but he slept the whole way, so it wasn't really a big deal. Rhys was amazingly good the whole day, giggling at pigs and crawling around in the horticulture exhibit area and letting me drink 4H nearly-right-out-of-the-cow milkshakes and eat corn dogs and stuff, though he did eat a good portion of my pierogies and managed to swipe a bunch of fried clams. I won him a set of fuzzy dice for his stroller by looking young at the guess-your-age booth. He didn't sleep the whole day once we arrived, but he didn't whine or fuss either. He seemed like he was just having so much fun, like this was a great world he'd decided to show up for.

You know, some days I feel really kind of guilty about still being home with the baby after almost a year, doing what sort of feels like leisure activities all of the time. But today was one of those days when I just felt lucky. "While you poor fools were out making a living, I got to hear my son break out in laughter at his first carousel ride!" kind of lucky. I wouldn't trade these things for the world.

(An aside: Someone said they thought this icon looked "intimidating". Does it?)

Comments

[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

Yes, the icon is intimidating in a "don't mess with mama" kind of way.

Don't feel guilty about being home with the kid. If you can afford it and you're not being a burden on society, there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a mommy as a full time career. I couldn't think of anything more fulfilling. I know society doesn't see it that way (it's even worse for those of us who don't have children and elect to be housewives) but it's true. Anyone who says it isn't work has never had to clean ketchup off the cat or wipe the walls your angel painted with diaper material at three in the morning.