Bubbles.

I confirmed today that among the greatest joys in life is that of teaching your child. I realize that in the whole scheme of things, blowing bubbles really isn't that big of a deal. Learning new words, learning to walk, learning to eat with a spoon...all of those are far more useful skills and all things that I have had a part in teaching Owen. But, for some reason, teaching him today to blow bubbles gave me more joy than any of those things have so far.
Maybe its because he picked it up so fast.

Perhaps because his joy was so transparent.

Could be that the bubbles are tangible proof that he did it!

His huge eyes looking at his creation had a lot to do with it ;-)

It is probably because he was so proud of himself and couldn't wait to blow "more, more, bubbles, mama"....

Whatever it was, I was so proud, so caught in the moment, and so happy that he was able to accomplish this task! I was blowing the bubbles for him one moment...asked him if he wanted to learn how...showed him what to do... a few fumbled attempts and about 2 minutes later... he was doing it.

All that bubble blowing made him thirsty! Good thing we'd been to Sonic and he had his Owen-sized-Sprite.

What fun!

{Thought this of Tobie and Owen was sweet. They do love each other.}

Can't leave Liam out of the post!!! He wasn't awake for the bubble blowing; but, he did spend some time trying to figure out what his big brother was doing... LOVE this face!!

Can't wait to see what we learn tomorrow! Owen is a sponge these days!!!