Day 28

Happy Monday!  What a fun way to begin the week!  I certainly enjoyed my moments of happy today and I hope everyone had a nice day as well. 

First, Connor was accepted into this playgroup for which I am eternally grateful.  Joel never got to be in a playgroup when he was little so I missed out on this joyful experience!  Connor has so much fun playing and I get to take a couple of hours, totally kid free, to do things I NEED to do and also do some things I WANT to do.  I have wanted acrylic nails for forever BUT when learning how to heard cattle, or riding on dusty trails, I didn't think they would last long or stay pretty white.  Well, it is not looking like I will be back in the saddle any time soon, most likely after the start of the new year now, so I went ahead and did some pink and white nails!  I did this new thing called Shellac which is slightly different than the old style nails.  It is so fun to feel so girly and pretty!  I would be happier learning cutting and herding on the back of my pal, but for now I am content to have nails that make that "click click" sound when I type!

Picking Joel up from school was so nice today.  It was great to see his face light up when he saw me and we held hands as we walked back.  Such a neat mother/son moment and I know those are going to be less and less as we grow into kiddom and then teenagedom and then onward...so holding hands and walking while he told me about his day was a happy moment indeed. 


On Monday nights in our church, we are asked to do something called "family home evening"  it is a family night with a spiritual side to it.  Sometimes we play games, other times we just try to get through a spiritual message, but tonight we talked about love.  It was nice to talk to Joel and Connor about their love for each other and how important it is to be kind and love one another.  Especially since earlier today Connor slammed a toy car into Joel's shoulder and made him cry.  I made Connor say sorry, but the REAL sorry came when Connor put his head in Joel's lap and looked up at him.  It melted my heart and I pointed out to Joel that even though Connor SAID sorry, he could see he really meant it by his SHOWING it.  Oh if only I had a camera to capture those precious moments!  Well at least I can blog em here! 

I wish everyone a happy week and am looking forward to some much needed down time this week. May you get to do something that makes your heart happy!