These are the Days
We had no plans for Memorial Day weekend. It was perfect. We had a picnic in our backyard, let Jack play naked in a tin tub, watered the garden, swam, grilled burgers, and made a fort out of the dining room table. Right now, the kids are eating lunch in it on their Dora and Diego tv trays, compliments of Honey, and are covered in mud from the puddle and sprinklers they played in all morning.
When I called them for lunch, Madalyn came running in her pink polka dot bikini and string of beads. Evan followed closely behind carrying a tiara and calling out, "you have to wear your crown!" I'm sure she was supposed to be the queen off of one of their movies, but he was annoyed with her for running off, and when I asked him if she was supposed to be a princess he said, "No, I'm changing her into a different Madalyn so she won't be cranky about her surgery."
These are the days, aren't they? For all of us. I want to have more family time like we had this weekend. It's life's greatest gift...
(Although, my role is maid or butler and just now I was asked from beneath the fort, "Why is it taking you so long to open my juice box mommy?")
Labels: family, kids, parenthood, siblings
