Got to spend a great evening with the munchkin tonight… Sarah had book club with her girlfriends, and Mimi was out for the evening catching Avatar [jealous!] so I got to stay home with E. Usually I’m so tired by the time I get home and have dinner that all I want to do is veg out, but I pushed through and decided to just go for it — we played for probably an hour or so after dinner… games on the floor, created some stories for Monkey and Horsie, read books, sang songs… it was a nice evening. I was totally exhausted and falling asleep while he was reading his two stories, and woke up just in time for him to say “I love you Daddy”. What a great night.

“Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would I’d never leave.” – Winnie the Pooh

I got to thinking about how wonderful life must be for a four year old with no responsibilities and only needing to worry about when the next time was that he was going to get to play Wii, read books or play on the computer. The world is still one huge adventure to Ethan, and sometimes I wish I could feel an ounce of that excitement he shows every time he sees something new, learns something or has a new experience…

So, as an homage to childhood, I give you Kenny Loggins’ “Return to Pooh Corner“. The song wasn’t finished until later in Loggins’ life when he added the final verse while watching his son sleep. Priceless.

So help me if you can, I've got to get back
To the House at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised, There's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh...