Nothing magical happened but it felt good and wonderful and I smile knowing that Grace thinks today rocked.
Loren and I both had off today.
Something that's very unusual for us on a week day.
While Grace went to school Loren worked on his scooter and I tidied up the house and worked on plans for Gracie's birthday party (only 38 days away!).
When she came home we ate lunch together (hooray! We never get to eat any meals with Loren during the week typically so breakfast + lunch = happiness).
This, however, is when the fun began....
After lunch we met up with our friends at Starbucks to enjoy some game time.
We had fun playing Curious George, Hi Ho Cherry-O and Yahtzee.
Then the girls colored while us mama's chatted.
I know it sounds simple but it was needed. It brought us gobs of joy. We laughed and watched the girls eat goodies. The girls laughed so loud multiple times that we had to constantly remind them to laugh quieter--a good thing to have to tell a kid. This was one of my favorite moments of the day!
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| E& G The only photo I got from today! |
When we got home, as a family, we went out back and got some good old deck cleaning and poop pick up done. I know it might seem odd that I enjoyed that but it felt great to be out side, in the sun (even though it was windy and cold) doing some "spring cleaning." It made me excited for what's to come. Warm weather can't come soon enough. We will flip our routine and spend most of our day outside and very little indoors.
After our outdoor chores were done, we took a family walk with Bailey. Everyone came home refreshed (& a bit frozen). Grace collected random things here and there along the way. Bailey frolicked when we made it to the park. Poor girl kept looking for her pale Perry but he was no where to be found. Trying to set up a doggy play date for them for tomorrow as it's looking like it's going to be a super awesome winter weather day: High 40's and sunny!
When we got home, we washed up and ran back out. Fred Meyer was having a massive 70% off sale prices CLEARANCE. We found a $150 winter coat for Grace (that will surely fit her for two winters, just like her current one did) for $37! And, we got her two pairs of shorts and a Oshkosh zip up sweater and two pairs of tights for pennies. By the end of our shopping trip we ran to our favorite place to eat in town: The Pita Pit. Healthy and yummy.
There's something so nice about eating out when you don't get to do it often.
When we got home Grace was exhausted so we did bedtime immediately and she was in bed by 6:45. She asked if she could read quietly in her room. She ended up reading for an hour, then lights out and peace and quiet. That except for sounds of a trimmer as it was Loren hair cut night and I'm the barber.
It's now 8:23pm and we are done for the day, minus a few things to tidy up before bed.
I really loved today. Grace said "yes mom" a lot! Didn't argue with me that much. Grumbled a bit but some is to be expected during the day. She was kind and loving. It was pure joy to be around her today. I needed today! Thank you God for answered prayers.
Honestly we've been struggling lately with Gracie's obedience and respect towards us. The last week was especially hard. And, it didn't help that for some reason her body was fighting sleep at night. My poor kiddo who's normally asleep by 7:30/8 was up until 9:30/10:30 each night tossing and turning (I'm guessing her body is going through some grand and beautiful change) & she had an icky belly for a few days in a row. All that combined with some stressful days at school (Mean Girls. Who knew in Kindergarten my sensitive five year old would have to emotionally deal with that. It's awful & heart breaking. I cried hard Tuesday after dropping her off from school due to witnessing it first hand and not for the first time. Thankfully the teacher is aware of what's going on and steps are being taking to change certain behavior!) made for some aggravating days and made for a mommy who was quite stressed out and found it hard to be slow to anger at times. Thankfully, Grace is gracious and forgave me and in turn showed me again just how special she is. Her heart is beyond description. She's so willing to quickly forgive and love more deeply.
Again, thank you God for teaching me more about you through my child.
I see you in her eyes and in the way she responds to others.
Thank you for your forgiveness and for never loving me any less.
Happy Wednesday night.
Hope your Thursday is an adventurous one.
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