Thank you God, it's Friday!

i had a WONDERFUL day at home with the girls this morning. it's days like today that get me through the four days that preceded this one. :)

i thought life would normalize once the school year started, but it hasn't - which has left me feeling like we're caught in a whirlwind - which makes me not the nicest mommy on the block.

but today, we wiped off the stinky days we had this week, and started new and energized!

we made Pillsbury cinnamon rolls this morning and the girls iced their own. we planted our bean-in-a-bag seedlings outside and the girls wanted to bag and grow some more.



we did a relaxed and fun and artful mommy school today. we painted the leaves of the seasons on their handprints trees.


we painted the homemade clay creations we molded last week. we made birthday cards for nana's upcoming 60th birthday. we read some hungry-related books. we played macy's new busytown "eye see it" game (at least 6 times). we sorted and named picture cards. we made horse masks. we laughed about all the silly things they've said that i've written down in their "-isms" books. and other stuff...

it was a GREAT morning! i love not having to rush to get ready to go somewhere by a certain time! i love just being with my girls and learning and playing and creating without a set schedule.




ah, deep breath. big smile. i live for mornings like today (and long naptimes like right this moment - where the girls had me cover them with stuffed animals before they went to bed). it makes up for the ones where i completely understand why animals eat their young...