positive family time

i have no photos to show of our pleasant evening yesterday. i’m too lazy and huge to want to go find the camera. some moments we capture in our mind and heart… only my brain doesn’t remember things very well these days, so journaling becomes an important thing.

for supper we had french dip with corn on the cob. easy-peasy-lemon-squeasy. jimmy made it. and i don’t think we had any crying or much whining during dinner (at least it was minimal). even hannah commented that we were having such a nice dinner as a family.

we might still be a happy family.

the kids were so pleased to have corn on the cob – especially tru. Abe didn’t even complain about eating his sandwich. amazing.

after dinner, we went outside to play. jimmy watered and worked in the yard and played basketball with abe. abe rode his bike and kept having to fix the chain. max rode on the sidewalk with his little trike. tru wandered around trying to get his poop out (fact of life around here!). success. hannah was cute. she had ‘the secret garden’ book in a satchet and was walking up and down the sidewalk reading it with bare feet and rolled up jeans.

we had popsicles and enjoyed the nice evening. i was finishing up my civil war novel and abe sat by me and said, “soooo, do you want to talk about anything?” we talked about abe going back to school. lately he and i have talked about how fun the summer was – focusing on the fun activities the kids did with other family members. summer was fun after all.

then max came up to me and stood 2 inches from my face. he touched my face and said, “I love your face, mom.” Then he told me he loved my ears and my hair and my tummy and my shoulder. it was just funny.

there are wonderful moments together as a family and I love remembering and noting the happy times.