Ren Allen

"The other day I saw his 6-year old brother
close his eyes, cross his legs, put his hands on his knees and
say "Ohmmmmmmm" in a meditative way. When he finished, he looked at
me and said, "THAT's how I handle my brother." I wish he'd show his
parents how to Ohmmmmmmm. :-"


What a cool kid! That's awesome.

I'm sitting here exhausted...we spent all day on the go. The main
activity was
tie dying at a friends house and swimming.
Jalen was SO damn cute, all serious with the dye and so proud of his
new shirt.
He's been wearing it since we pulled it out of the dryer tonight,
AND today is
the first day he wore underwear all day (decided to poop and pee in
the toilet
for the first time this week, seems potty "training" isn't
necessary:).
So after a really hard week with him, he's had this glorious day,
and I'm
wondering why on earth I think he's so intense.
Sierra and he are playing with some pvc pipes (they've been used to
build forts
and water channels this week) talking to each other through
them...she just said
"I love you Jalen" really sweet.
sigh. I just love these moments.
The tent is set up in the living room for a second night of "camping
out" and everyone's bellies are full of sugar and cinnamon tortillas
we
cooked a while ago.
It was a good day. And we're all colorful in our tie dye.

Oooooohhhhhhmmmmmmmm......:)

Ren