Today...

Today was....

Being woken by my two year old, "mommy, sun come out!  Time wake up!"

Grabbing a few more minutes sleep on the couch while she played with her princess toys.  Then breakfast and a quiet time with the tea I brought from Oregon.

Sidewalk chalk on the living room floor (what's the fun of having a rough cement floor if you don't break out the chalk now and then?)  Learning letters, drawing butterflies, playing hopscotch.  Then out came the brooms, the scrub brush, the hose, and we washed away all the chalk and mud from the last month.

Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. Taking advantage of the beautiful sun to wash and dry some clothes.  Washing all the sheets again and praying the lice are gone for good.  Looking at the sky and wondering if maybe the sun is here to stay and summer will come early this year.

The weather makes it feel like Christmas is just around the corner.

Cleaning done, the girls play school with our neighbor's daughter, making "letters" and drawings and folding them up and delivering them to me.  "For you Mommy!"

Alex called this afternoon, rushed, on someone else's cell phone, probably up on some hill or around the bend on the river where you could sometimes get a cell phone signal. One of the team members is sick and they will be taking an early boat tomorrow morning, at 4:00 am.   Making plans for getting the house nice and clean tomorrow and having a good lunch waiting for them when they arrive.

Walking slowly to the store in the fading sunlight, to buy milk and just to get out of the house.  Walking at a two year olds pace.  Hoping the girls go to sleep easily tonight and that tomorrow comes soon. 

Thankful for another day, for the sun, and for my little sunshines...