peace and quiet?

This is exactly how I feel most days. Things are rarely calm around here. Luckily, in cub scouts, we only have 3 wolves so scouts isn’t too bonkers. But tonight after dinner the boys started running around and around and around the kitchen/family room. It reminded me of this picture. Wintertime means boys that bounce off the walls.

so . much . energy .

but i have to share a calm moment for it was a miracle. We were recently given this great book/cd/dvd as a gift. Last night instead of watching a Christmas movie and having popcorn, we sat around the tree and listened to this book with me turning the pages. We had 16 whole minutes without fighting. Tru wandered around a bit but there weren’t any major episodes. This was grand. We had the entire family in the same room – sitting by each other and there was joy. I grinned inside. Plus, the story really was fun with Qui Gon Jinn reading to us. Hurray for miracles of a little peace and quiet.