7.09.2010

Just a Moment

A sudden awareness of fairly prolonged peace and quiet jolted me this afternoon while I was checking my email, and that familiar "uh-oh" feeling when things have been too quiet for too long spurred me into investigating, dreading what I might find...


AND...

Jane: sitting in the hallway, happily chewing on age-appropriate toys by the bedroom door...

Charlie: busy lining up cars and trucks on the rug in the playroom...

Henry: intensely enjoying MarioKart without screaming at his virtual opponents...

Calvin: propped up on pillows on my bed, reading a chapter book.

What's wrong with this picture?

The answer?

Nothing!

Amazing! Weird!

Wow.

I just needed to appreciate and document the beauty of it.

P.S. You know what else happened today? Jane napped. Charlie napped. I napped. All at the same time. The big boys were quiet and got along and did not dismantle anything while we napped.

Today might be a good day to buy a lottery ticket or something.

5 comments:

Janelle said...

Good call, buy a lottery ticket!

Katrina @ Callapidder Days said...

Oh how nice. Those moments are (very) few and (very) far between with kids. Hope you have a repeat before too much time goes by. :)

Super Happy Girl said...

Bliss!

Sir Nottaguy-Imadad said...

As soon as you said it was too quiet, I thought "Uh oh, not good." I must be a parent or something. Days like this are too few.

Sara said...

That sounds amazing!