Today as I picked up the kids from school this afternoon, it rained. That’s not really unusual here in Seattle in October. Or pretty much any other month. What was unusual was the double rainbow afterwards.
DOUBLE RAINBOW
Now I’m not entirely sure, but I think it was the first one that I’ve seen. At least the first one that I could clearly see.
I spent the rest of the afternoon cooking up a triple batch of my (admittedly already large portioned) baked ziti. A family from August’s school had a baby recently, and it was our turn to bring over dinner. Let’s face it, when you’re deep in new baby mode, spending a couple of hours in the kitchen isn’t high on the priority list.
Plus it’s a great way for other people to come and see the new baby in turns without taxing the parents and the baby all at once with a grillion people showing up over the weekend.
So I was headed over to take the food, and August went with me. The kid has never met a baby he didn’t like. He used to shake around babies because he was so excited. We took the food over, I held the baby (SO SMALL!!!) and then August got in on the baby holding action.
Who doesn’t like a baby?
Actually, August got to hold the baby more than I did.
Double rainbow and a baby. Subtle connection? You make the call.
Very sweet. I enjoyed the connection to double rainbow at the end. I’m a total sucker for that sentimental stuff with kids. And yes, the triple batch of baked ziti is so clutch for new parents it’s not even funny. It’s really just a survival game at that point with newborns, and the last thing parents have time for is cooking. I loved my freezer full of food from friends and family, and I’m sure this couple did as well. Great post.
Thanks man. I didn’t mean to make the connection initially, but then as I looked at the two pictures while scrolling through my phone (they were taken sequentially) it just sort of “happened” and the blog post wrote itself.
I just couldn’t live in Seattle. I’d spend all day gazing East to see if the mountain was out. Or all day looking out over the sound for whales and such. So much beauty everywhere.
I’ll take some of that ziti if you happen to be in the Tampa area any time soon.
August’s take on little babies is a lot like my 6 YO’s take on lizards, fawns, (small) alligators, chickens and rabbits.
It’s funny, at a very young age he has always gravitated towards babies. Kindergarten T-ball, I couldn’t get him to pay attention to the game because he was always hanging out with the mother that had twin babies. (To be fair, he was also highly distracted when he was on the field as well.) And yeah, there’s plenty of beauty, but there’s also 9 months of grey.