Moments to live for

Today I was surprised by a visit from my family at the mall where I was working. After talking for a while they decided to go to the food court for lunch. Before leaving however, Solomon grabbed the last bite of dad's taco and poked all of it into his little mouth and then, with mouth still full, he took a sip of my Sprite leaving brown goo all over the end of my straw.

As they walked away it was a picturesque moment as my wife was pushing the strollor with our baby and behind her our ornery 3 year old was jumping every crack in the tile and then skipping only to run into mommy because he was not watching where he was going. Then suddenly he saw the Starbucks counter and went rushing toward it only to be distracted by the fountain and the want of a penny to toss into the water.

Then as fast as he forgot about Starbucks the call of the elevator button called his attention away once again as he left his spot behind mommy in a fit of three year old marathon trainng as he headed to hit the oh so important elevator button.

It is a great joy to be a dad and these are the moments we live for.