Getting Priorities Straight

I have found that when things get busy and I am behind in everything, the best thing I can do is play. Especially if the day is beautiful, sunny, and warm. Today I was so grateful that we are homeschoolers. My kids were outside enjoying the world instead of sitting inside a building. It is what works for us. We spent the afternoon at Tyler Arboretum exploring their tree houses.

Playing inside a giant guitar. How cool is that?

This is my favorite. Ropes hang down that are attached to bells all over the tree. I have the perfect spot for this in my yard. Now I just have to get the Damn Husband to help me build it.

I was inspired by this outside musical wonderland. I want to recreate this in my yard. Neighbors beware.

For Nigel this was a fun tunnel to climb through, for Mikaela it was a horse (Of course!), and I enjoyed making it sing.

And by the end of the day, I had my priorities in place and all those things I felt behind in, didn’t feel as important anymore. After writing this I read Karen Maezen Miller’s post about exhalation and I realized, yes, that is what I did. I remembered to exhale.

Carrots, Coconut, Celery and Love

After a very long night trying to meet a deadline I was hoping to sleep in until Michael left for work. Mikaela woke up early and started to tell me about all the plans she had for the day.

That’s great baby, but mommy needs a little more sleep.

It felt like only seconds later that she came back announcing my breakfast in bed was ready.

(photograph by Mikaela)

“Mommy did you know that carrots and coconut are quite good together?”

Love and breakfast can be much better than sleep.