My memory use to be so much stronger but then I had Grace and "Mommy Brain" sprung itself upon me.
It is a real thing-I am living proof.
That is one of the reasons I have this blog. I do not ever want to forget. I want to be able to share with Grace all about her childhood without missing any details.
So bare with me as I recount my Wednesday. It was a good one and I do not want to forget.
I sadly forgot my camera the entire day..... Not sure what I was thinking as it was beautiful out and we went on some unique adventures and the day was simple and easy going. Love that combination.
....so I had to borrow some photos from Google Images. I promise to take my own photos next time.
On Wednesday Grace and I spent the morning baking chocolate chip banana bread (YUM) & playing at home. Then we went to story time at the Ellensburg Public Library. I was sad to find out that it was the last story time until June 21st. Ho hum. We usually go once a week to story time, pick out books and videos for the week. I guess we'll have to go and just do our own story time ~ maybe even invite some friends to join us. I secretly have always wanted to be the "story time girl"who gets to read to all the kids, sing silly songs while helping them form a love for the library and for reading.
After story time we went home, made lunch and ate it outside. Did I mention the weather was finally nice again after 3 days of either extreme wind, rain & gloom, or cold (yes, we still have to keep winter coats on hand for rare days of cold + wicked wind). After we at our lunch basking in the sun we hid more eggs and ran around the back yard searching for every last one of them.
Fresh Air + Running Around = a tired monkey and monkey's mama
After some much needed rest time, I didn't want to miss a minute of being outside on this rare spring day of sun and warmth without wind. We ate a snack, packed a water bottle and drove to Olmstead State Park (Olmstead Place State Park is a 217-acre day-use park that features a working pioneer farm. The park hosts tours and school field trips. Pioneer artifacts are plentiful in the park, and many can be seen in action in the work of maintaining the farm. Picnic space and walking trails interweave with interpretive activities.)
We walked the trail, sat by the stream, threw grass and sticks into the water while watching it get pushed away by the current and we ran from the "Dragon-o-saurus," whom Grace demanded must stay in the woods and leave us alone! We even got a special tour of one of the houses built in the 1800's (they usually don't do tours of any kind until the summer months but they saw us and asked if Grace wanted to look in one of the houses).
Oh the many adventures of Grace & Mommy. And, we are able to do everything we do for free or just about free. It is such a gift to not have money is excess. It allows us to 1. fully rely on God and 2. use everything God gave us to entertain us. It causes us to be creative and explore everything around us that is just screaming to be explored and admired. Thank you God for all that you've supplied for us.
After our time away, we ran home, cleaned up the house and made dinner in time for daddy's arrive at 5:30.
After I got dinner on the table I got to do something extra special-something I don't normally get to do. I got to have a Girls Night Out!!!! Rhonda picked up Brooke and I and we headed to The Soup Bowl for sandwiches. After that-we got a bit wild & crazy and went to Goodwill and shopped around for an hour looking for good deals with out little munchkins pulling us this way and that. I found a black dance skirt for Grace for .99! Score. And, to end our G~N~O we stopped by Utopia, of course. We talked about deep stuff, silly stuff, laughed so much our stomachs hurt and just had a great time being with each other. Nights like this are needed. I feel so refreshed today after getting a little "me" time and I feel ready for the day.....and, thank goodness because it is going to be filled with lots of little girls. I will be babysitting two twin sweeties in the morning, and two spectacular sisters in the afternoon. That's 5 girlie's total and we are going to rock it! Play-doh, dress-up, a walk to the playground, some stories and maybe even some dancing are in our future.
Now-go outside-find the unexplored areas near your home that are screaming for you to look at in awe and wonder giving all glory to God for what He has created. You do not need money to be joyful. You do not need money to find adventure. Joy is a choice and adventure can be found with every breathe you take.
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