My Little Family

Earlier this week, as I was preparing my Thanksgiving post (come on-- with NaBloPoMo occurring in November, the holidays during this month-- Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving-- more or less provide freebies in terms of blog topics for those days!) I went into my blog archives to see what I'd previously written about the holiday, so I wouldn't repeat myself unnecessarily.

One of the posts talked about Thanksgiving 2009, which is the only time we broke away from the tradition of getting together with Allan's family at his sister's house. In the post, I wrote about how the "little Knight family" stayed home and had a small celebration. As I re-read the post, I smiled at the "little family" designation. We do have a little family. It's just the 3 of us. Even the extended family is quite small-- Todd may have 5 grandparents, but he only has one aunt and uncle. And no first cousins. At least, not human ones ;-)

We inevitably get the "are you having more kids?" question. I will admit that the thought still crosses my mind once in a while, especially when it's obvious that my little boy longs for someone his age to play with. But we're done, and our family shall remain little.

It's quite cozy, actually. With a 3-bedroom house, each family members gets their own room. It's fun to be able to all crowd into the big bed and have a snuggle-in. It's comparatively quiet and peaceful at home. Emphasis on "comparative", because there is nothing quiet or peaceful about a rambunctious, active 7-year-old boy!!

I like my little family. I like that it's so little. It feels very compact and efficient, and though the amount of energy and money it takes to raise one single little boy never ceases to amaze me, I like it this way. Just the three of us. Just the right size! :-)