Insert: Quality time

I love it when the day flows and feels full.....

when Mommy guilt does not surround me all day,

I am not rushed and ragged,

my kids are joyful,

the house is tidy and moderately clean,

and I know I had a little bit of quality time with everyone including myself.

Yesterday was that kind of day. Sigh.....

~I woke early (my youngest told me to) and emerged from underneath my heavy duvet with a cold nose and a warm body. I love this feeling. Beginning yesterday my tall and tanned man will no longer be leaving the house at 5:55 (or earlier) a.m. each Monday morning. He will spend the morning at home and work late. It was nice to start the day with him in the house.

~I nursed my little giraffe and zoomed off to the Y for a fantastic workout.

~Insert: "Me Time"

~I made a few phone calls while sitting (parked) in the car. Yeah productivity.

~Insert MORE "Me Time": I happily drove off to get a hot latte.

~ Shower, nurse and off to Michaels's (not the highlight of the day but it was fairly smooth trip in search of bag decor for my new pre-schooler).

~We got home at 1:30 (opps took to long at Michaels) and got little brother to bed.

~Insert: O and Mommy time: A cup of chilli (a la Tim Horton's) and several hours of wheel barrow adventures in the backyard.

Look what we found. I almost broke my back getting it to the garage.
A good find especially when we live in a weed jungle. ( Landscaping starting very soon) O loved it. Tons of lady bugs. I periodically left him to get a few more jobs done and each time I checked on him I found him day dreaming in the weeds.
~Nurse hungry man in the garage and off to the playground. The weather had cooled so we needed to bundle up. Apparently my little giraffe is not a baby anymore. He needs a bigger toque.

~Insert: Boy time. J goes on his first slide.
~Dinner

~Bath

~Books

~Bed

~Daddy comes home with sushi.

~Insert: Husband and wife time.

~Sweat pants, sushi, & Ipad Scrabble.

~ Went to bed a little too late......but the photo site has been updated once again. Enjoy. I did.