Happy to YOU!!

Poppa's birthday last night. We all gathered at the ranch for victuals and moonshine.

Cousin Josh was there, much to Bax's delight. The two of them rolliced around the house playing cars and chatting, then we threw them in the bath. Bax thought it was so funny that Josh scrubbed his feet with a little facial brush Granny gave him. After their bath they lay on all the pillows in Granny and Poppa's bed and watched Postman Pat. When we had to leave Bax yelled No No Not!!! and to that everyone in the room laughed which sort of defused his attitude!

Poppa and Cousin Josh walked Bax and I down to my car (G had taken Izzie home to bed an hour or so earlier). It was pitch black. We stopped on the path in a gap between the trees and Bax looked up and said Stars! Night night sun. There was no moon.

At the car Josh and Poppa said their Byes and Night nights and Bax said Bye Josh Bye Poppa Happy to you! and off we went. Out of the dark Titirangi valley up onto the main road. All the way home I said what do ducks say? And Bax quacked. What do sheep say? and Bax baaaed. I can't tell you how cute and funny he is. He says things like Sun sleep and Dada Awake. He said the shops were asleep and I said they were closed. To that Bax said Wash your clothes! And then when i laughed he said Mummy Funny.

I can have real conversations with him now. Conversations that make me laugh and think and conversations that let loose a little tear or two. Conversations that I want to hold on to and make last for ever. Conversations that really only last the trip home and then into bed. I guess they are conversations that will keep going when we see each other next, and conversations that will just keep going in and out of days and moods and road trips. Quite frankly even these first few fragments are the best conversations I have ever had - you know what I mean.