tiny chats

now that hugh is talking...all the time...i look forward to our tiny chats. sometimes our exchange is only a couple of words...followed by an "oh" or "i see". {those are hugh's favourite follow-ups}
over the weekend we had quite a thunderstorm...actually, more of a lightening show. it began around midnight and although i appreciated it's beauty...i also mildly dreaded it's arrival because i was sure it would awake our not-so-sound sleeper.
sure enough.
hugh climbed on to my chest and pointed out the window.
"look mummy. lightening"
"yes hugh. you're right"
crash. flash. crash.
"wow!!!! do it again mummy!"
"okay."
on cue. flash. flash. flash.
"again mummy"
"sure".
crash. flash.
and then seconds wander by...
"mummy. lightening gone?"
"yes. i guess it is."
"lightening having dinner?"
"uh maybe. what do you think the lightening is having for dinner?"
"asparagus."
and with that hugh climbed down beside me...and fell fast alseep...

we're off to the cottage for the week.
until then...here's to many tiny chats.
xo albert