Just A Day

Today was a good day. Today I chose to take it easy and enjoy it. I normally spend Mondays cleaning and doing laundry. Not today. This  morning we were artsy. Eva started out the day making a picture with stickers and markers, then we got out all the paints and she painted two more works of art, then she cut up tissue paper and glued it to make a rainbow, then we printed out a rainbow coloring page and she colored that. THEN, we had to paint her fingernails all different colors!

We spent a little time doing work. I vacuumed and steam cleaned the living room carpet while she cleaned up the enormous pile of clothes on her floor. She's back to wearing 15 different outfits every day. That's fine with me, as long as she cleans it all up.

Then, I did something a little different. Instead of saying, GO OUTSIDE! I went outside with her. We played on the swings and jumped on the trampoline together. The boys came home from school and joined us on the trampoline. A friend or two popped up in the backyard and we told them that we were having family time.

Eventually Elise woke up from a hugely long nap and enjoyed her first outside swing! 

Caleb, where'd you go! 

I also got to cook up a deliciously unhealthy meal of chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes . . . (with salad; romaine, carrots, grape tomatoes, avocado, croutons, and sunflower seeds) and I finally nailed the cream gravy! I was so excited! Thanks Pioneer Woman!

Andrew got home from work not too late and was able to help me get all the food finished and on the table in time for Caleb to head to karate.

He had his belt test tonight and moved up from yellow to orange! Yay!

It was a good day and I'm glad I got to spend some sweet time enjoying those little guys. They're my favorite.