Wednesday, January 26, 2011

a kind of day

Today was a stay in pajamas all day, shower, and get back in pajamas kind of day
Today was a smoothie full of spinach and fruit kind of day
Today was a checking off to do list tedium kind of day
Today was an every toy possible is covering the floor at one point of the day kind of day
Today was a long bath for a 4 year old to distract him from missing his sister who's at a play date kind of day
Today was a grilled cheese and tomato soup kind of day
Today was a take care of the fevered husband and runny nosed baby kind of day
Today was a clean out the fridge of leftovers that are still left and expired food items kind of day
Today was a two loads of dishes kind of day
Today was a lot of phone calls kind of day
Today was a feel sad for the abundance of problems that exist in the world and grateful for your own relatively small ones kind of day
Today was an early bed time for the kids kind of day
Today was a decline fun invites because you need to be at home and take care of things kind of day
Today was a learn from other people kind of day
Today was a be impressed by those who make amends kind of day
Today was a make banana muffins late at night to surprise your kids in the morning kind of day

3 comments:

Michelle @ Twig said...

Hi Christina! Thanks so much for your comment on my blog. So glad to know that other people can resonate with my marriage learnings. 9 years wow! That is so wonderful. P.S. love the idea behind this post too. I can relate with many of your listed items everyday!

Unknown said...

love it! sounds like a really good one. and a beautiful way to document it.

Hannah said...

You are such a great mom. Every post of yours (and every second we spend together) makes me want to be a better person.