Solo Aqui: Sunrise Moon

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Lately it's been our morning ritual to go outside to see if the moon is still "awake." E loves to look up in the early morning sky and try to find that sometimes absent, sometimes full and sometimes crescent shape he has recently learned to call the "moong."

He points his little chubby finger up to the sky and raises his voice in excitement the moment he finds that mischievous moon.

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It has become our silly tradition. One that brings a spring to my step each day. A memory that I will write down in my son's baby book. A topic of conversation later in life. Perhaps a  jumping off point to begin to tell him the importance of the moon to his family. A way to share with him the legacy of his great grandfather, whom I can't help but think about every morning as I look for that moon among the sunrise.

Daily Rhythm #1- Juan in a Million

Here we are...the morning. Yes, that early time of day when my son decides to wake up before the roosters and I can barely see straight. Hence my new found infatuation, and dare I say addiction, to coffee! In my case ever since I have become a parent I seem to have graduated from just herbal tea in the morning to the richest of rich coffee...oh and a whole lotta cream!

So, yes I am embracing the fact that I need a little black gold in my engine to get me moving. The funny thing is I have developed a whole sense of rhythm with my morning cup of joe. Not only do I always make it my mini french press but it I always seem to have it in my vintage Juan in a Million mug. My mom used to drink her coffee from this very same mug when I was a child, so perhaps that is where the comfort factor comes in .
Well, all I know is this is one ritual that has maintained since the birth of my son...and I don't foresee it disappearing any time soon. As long as he continues to wake up at 5:00 AM! I am thinking I might share some other rituals of mine in the future. Maybe on Wednesdays?. It's amazing how a day is truly comprised of just a series of rhythmic tasks that some how fall in the same time slots each day, week, month. What is one of your morning rituals?