In contrast to Tuesday afternoon, today was perfect. It was sunny, clear and the leaves were many colors of beautiful. Nobody was injured or wet their pants. In fact, no one even cried. A perfect afternoon for me goes something like this:
11:30 meet Allison on time
11:50 feed James and Abby, who both love what I'm serving for lunch
12:15 walk twice around "Fristle Drive" (Crystal Drive, around our block) while James rides Josh's tired Spiderman scooter and Abby rides Laura's rusty old red trike. We have a few rituals on the walk: the bee bush, Ruby, the neightbor's cat, who follows us home, the "muffin" tree, and the basketball hoops that we have to maneuver around. I kind of love that only the three of us care about them, but our walk has to be the same every time. The only difference is which direction we go around.
1:00 Abby goes happily to sleep in her big girl bed, in "her" bedroom at our house.
James and I have our "rest" so Abby doesn't feel bad. This usually involves a game of garbage, or Zooreka, our current favorite, a little Nick Jr. and snuggle on the couch, followed by making a batch of oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip cookies for snack.
2:30 Pick up at Columbus on time with no waiting or traffic
3:00 We gobble up warm, homemade cookies and milk
3:15 Out front, I sip my afternoon coffee in a lawn chair while all six of them play happily together in the fall sunshine. There is chalk art all over the driveway, bubbles floating, bikes, trikes, wagons and rollerblades wheeling, soccer balls flying, and lots of laughing.
4:00 Allison pulls up a lawn chair and joins the fun. Dinner's in the crock pot and the laundry is magically done.
2 comments:
Ahh...sounds like the perfect end to the week! Good for you!
you have some contrasting days, rollercoaster rides are more like it. But those perfect days make up for all the crazy ones from...well, you know. You are blessed to have time with such great kids!
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