These Two...

Last Friday night we made meatballs

(at Mila's request) 

and Pecorino mashed potatoes. 

We all watched a little 

Strawberry Shortcake on Netflix.

We laughed at the same lines from the

same Shel Silverstein poem we've been reading

Mila before bed for two weeks running

(also at her request). 

We were dead tired by 9pm, 

but we put away

 the brightly colored plastic dishes,

 and marveled at how we got here... 

full-blown, in the thick of it,

Parenthood. 

All I can say is I try to remember
a phrase I've heard from

so many parents:

The days are long,

 but the years are short.

These years ARE pretty awesome,

and so were those mashed potatoes.