Drop it like it's hot

Yesterday was a fantastic day. Just plain awesome. The weather was great, my dear husband was home all day, and it was just a "drop what you should be doing, and have some fun" kind of day! I would love days like this came around more often!

I needed to do laundry very badly, but I made the executive decision to mix up these guys instead

Unfortunately they didn't turn out as I had hoped, but no biggie, I just whipped these up instead.

 daily 3:00 pm snack crisis averted, for that day anyway. They (and the first batch that I didn't care for) were all scarfed down in record time by my crew.

I still needed to do laundry and I really needed to sweep up the crumbs/grass/matchbox cars that my boys had left all over the floor, but I decided that could wait so I could go outside and watch this!

They will call him "J Rod" and he will play for the Rangers. I've got it all planned out.

Luckily he isn't too big of a star yet to pick flowers for mommy.

Ahhh...melting.

We played in the backyard, jumped on the trampoline, played every sport we had the equipment for, and just enjoyed the sun and each other. So great.

Because of the fabulous weather, a BBQ was obviously in order. I even got brave and decided to make some homemade tortillas to go with the fajitas Michael was grilling. 

Things got a little stressful (as they often do at dinner time when you add kids to the mix)... the baby was crying and tired, there was flour everywhere, and there were whining and pouting noises coming from every direction.

Then something totally out of character for [my OCD self] happened.

We just dropped what we were doing, and gave in to our kids, and sat and enjoyed them.

crazy, right?

It was great. We seriously just sat down in the floor, in the midst of the chaos, in the dining room (with Abbie's comforter drying over the back of the chair, as you can see) and just gave them our attention. That's all that they wanted anyway, that's usually what their whining means. And apparently that's what we needed too because the whole atmosphere of the room changed, and we were all much more pleasant people!

After we ate, got the kids in bed, and finally cleaned up all the flour and dishes in the kitchen, it was shopping time!

 And by "shopping" time...I mean "standing outside and waiting in line for 30 minutes" time.

Don't worry, we made the best of it!

It was a great day, full of blessings and chances to stop and count them.

 I've been reminiscing of yesterday all day today, because today hasn't panned out near as nice as yesterday. Maybe it's the fact that Michael isn't home today, or maybe it's the fact that I can't breath through my nose and the Emergen-C isn't working it's magic. Perhaps it's the fact that Jaxon, instead of sleeping, is in his bed saying "Maaahmee! I wan watch Bob n Larryyyy!" (veggie tales for those of you who are confused) instead of sticking to his sleep schedule. Take your pick, but it's just been one of those days. Oh well. I'm OK with it. I wouldn't be able to appreciate the good days if it weren't for the bad. 

Here's praying for a yesterday-kind-of-a-day for tomorrow!

xoxo