Pictures in my mind

Yesterday was the kind of day that you see on cable movies. It was a perfectly crisp fall day outside and we were all cuddled up in the house just being together. We did crafts, played games, ok there were a few little battles, but all in all it was just a great day to be a mom and wife. The best part of it all was just before my youngest daughter went for her nap, my husband and five year old daughter burst into her room and started a tickle fight that lasted about 20 minutes. The four of us were jumping and rolling and laughing on the bed. When I think back to the toddler and pre-school years in our house--this will be what I remember.

Today on the other hand was a bit different. It is after 9pm and my two year old is still screeching in her bed. She needs a drink and then she needs to pee and just a minute ago she yelled to see if I could go down and get her some goldifsh. Oh for the love of god GO TO SLEEP!!

But I guess that is what makes life so interesting. In the middle of my bad day all I have to do is picture them rolling around and laughing their huge belly laughs and I don't even care about the miserable stuff...At least not right now.

I love their little messy heads of hair when they wake up in the morning. I love when they crawl into bed in the middle of the night and just fold themselves into my arms. I love how they try to tell me these complicated stories they saw on TV that just sound like a mess of "and then the guy did this and then the thing fell over and then the lady laughed." I love knock knock jokes that make no sense but send everyone else into hysterics. I love the Fall and going for hikes looking for adventures.

Yes this was a good weekend......