It's all good.

This is one of those days when life is good and I have no reason as to why it is so, so I'm just taking it for the time that it is and know full well that it will come to an end, and probably as soon as I'm done with this sentence. But it's all good.

See, here comes Elia to pull herself up on my legs and bite me with those two itty bitty teeth that she has on the bottom. Man, are they sharp! This little angel took a near 4 hour nap this morning, which got me a lot done inside and outside the house and means that she'll be up half the night. It's a give and take sort of thing, and at this point in my life, it's all good.

Lars left at 0700 this morning to spend some time with his respite provider. He had what I assume was a wonderful time. When I asked him about it at snack this afternoon, he said, through butterscotch pudding teeth, "I went with my Shauna to the farm and she talked to my Kurt and I had FUN!" The pudding that didn't hit the floor at this point landed in his lap. Again, it's all good.

And Miss Eden, the oldest and wisest of them all, asked for Lars 100 times while he was gone, and wanted to know when Elia was going to wake up from her nap. While having Mom to herself, she began to wallow in her self pity. Before she got too far into it, she helped in making pudding (According to her, "Mom watched while I made pudding!"), and she got her toe nails painted (it was a failed effort last night with two little siblings trying to 'help'), she tried on new-to-her clothes from the summer box, she ate ice cream from the Schwan's truck, and played chase with a girl who ended up over here during a rescue call. She had a great time, so, It's all good.

Allen went to church after a late breakfast this morning and worked through the lunch hour, which, for me, was surprisingly nice. I'll have to figure out why later, but again I say, it was good.

As for me? I got supper figured out, thawed out and ready to go out on the table. I unloaded and re-loaded the dishwasher. I cleaned the mirrors. I sat on my back deck and chatted on the phone with Mom, I sat on the front patio with a friend and visited about life, I worked out in the garden, I worked down in the laundry room, load after load after load. I ran with the dog. I read an old letter from my grandma. I ate chocolate chips.

And I stood at the window and watched the kids play and grow and have fun.

And it was very good.