The Downside of Living in the Moment or Why We'll Never Have a Penny to Our Names....

A successful Milktoast rehearsal yesterday (who knew that drumsticks and a cardboard box could resonate throughout the neighborhood?).  Throughout the day, and in fact for the last two days, Ernie has been entranced with a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor plane that is in town and offering rides out of Frasca Field.  Every time he hears it he runs to a window or yells to our neighbor-----and just stands there looking up-----just starstruck by it.  It's funny.....I don't know if it's the little boy growing up on an air force base coming out of him....or just the romance of the early plane but whatever it is it just hooked him in.  He even said he wasn't quite sure why he was so fascinated by it. Of course the boys were excited about it too-----Owen came racing in to tell me the shadow of the plane went RIGHT over him and by the end of yesterday we were referring to it as 'Daddy's plane.'

So today we decided to drive out to see it and I told Ernie I wanted to him to go up on it.  Given our meager budget it was WAY too expensive but I really wanted him to do it.  He demurred of course....said he just wanted to see it.  The boys started sticking up for him and telling me that Daddy didn't have to do it if he didn't want to.  I explained to them that Daddy really DID want to do it he just isn't good at doing things for himself.  The boys get Lego, I get plants and whatever else I'm dying for but Daddy never does anything for  himself.  "Ohhhhhh," they said.  Eventually Ernie agreed....then Owen wanted to go.  Leo was adamant that he didn't want to so I said he and I would stay and watch and the two blondes would go up. 

I'm so happy..... because THEY were so happy....and Leo and I had a delightful time watching them take off and wandering around looking at other planes......and you know how I said I rock because I guessed pineapple sage at the farmer's market?  Well today I think I rock because I made my boys happy and NOTHING is more important than that....  So could we afford it?  No....but what the hell.....we made some memories.....