DAY 113 - Saturday, January 14, 2017 - The Good Bits

Finally, my bad mood broke! Well, I suppose that it "broke" last night, but it remained good today, so I'm happy to report that we're seeing sunny skies again. Ugh, that just got cliche and much more bubbling sounding than my voice is. Ignore that part; in the end, you get the point, I think.

The cleaners came today, which meant that we were forced to leave the house. Initially, I didn't really want to leave the house (shocked?), but once we were out, it was nice to be out and about among the peoples. It wasn't a very exciting trip, but it was a trip out of the house nonetheless. The kids were well behaved and Jeff scratched a bunch of errands and to-do's off of his list, so it was a success.

We came home to a nice, clean-smelling and looking house and had a good remainder of the day with our little lads. I laid on the couch while Grayson napped and, though it was only an hour, it felt pretty luxurious - as middle-of-the-day lay downs tend to feel. The good parts of my day revolved mainly around my littlest boys.

1. When Gray got up from his nap, he and I just came and sat on the couch together for a good ten minutes. We weren't doing anything. We weren't watching TV, or playing with a toy, or talking, or anything. We just sat there, him in my lap, curled right up into me and were together. It felt so good. 

2. Playing cards with Carter for a good hour (or more today). We played Crazy 8's and Animal Rummy. I love that he's a little person that I can actually play card games with now. When I was younger, I was always playing cards with both of my grandparents and I hope that Carter loves games as much as I did. I also love that, in teaching him Animal Rummy, he will learn the premise of the game that I grew up playing (and still play) with my grandpa. Rummy = my grandpa, so having my little boy play it and like playing would be something else. My family will completely understand this since we've all be playing (and good at) Rummy since we were about seven. *sigh* Happy memories. :-)

3. Going for lunch with my three handsomes. When we do take-out food, we usually pick it up and bring it home, but today, because we needed to leave the cleaners to clean the house for another hour we went for lunch and dined in for a change. It was Coney Island and it was delicious. So good. And just a nice little date with my best guys. 

I just feel happy today. I feel a lot of love for my little family as a group and each of them on their own.