1 month and counting

Today marks the one month anniversary of staying home! It has been wonderful and I am looking forward to the summer when Cailey, Ben, and I can get out and about and do some fun field trips.

Today Ben got a hold of the sidewalk chalk and turned our hardwood floors into a chalk master piece. I would have (should have) been mad, but I am the idiot that left the chalk within his reach and then went upstairs to put a load of laundry in...not smart with Ben...I have learned my lesson. Plus, he was so proud of his design...he was so excited when I walked down the stairs and ran over to his design on the floor to show me. All I can say is "thank goodness for the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser"!!! If you haven't used this wonderful creation...get one! It works on everything - especially crayon and chalk :o) :o)

We had a wonderful thunderstorm this evening - I LOVE thunderstorms and, obviously, I have passed that thrill onto both of my kids. The three of us sat by the open window to watch the rain and lightning and waited for Daddy to get home. Cailey and Ben were so excited and giddy. Ben learned the word "raining" and has been using it all evening...too cute. Cailey said it made her feel "happy and lovely" (how cute is that!) to smell the rain and feel the cool air coming through the window. She also said she wants to visit Grandpa Gary and Grandma Mer in Arizona so she can dance in the warm rain. This stems from a conversation I had with her about when we lived in Arizona and we played in the rain. It was always so WARM and so much fun. Apparently, her teacher also lived in Arizona and told her a similar story. Now, she really wants to try it out!

Tomorrow, I have plans to catch up on some house cleaning - woo, fun :o) I have been really busy the last several days and I have quickly fallen behind on the house work thing. Oh, well. Can't say I really care... :o) :o) :o) I love this very flexible, do as I want thing :o) :o)