october ninth: ciao and ciao

We've had quite a day.
Maddie and Harrison were playing Market in the livingroom

and Maddie headed outside dressed in her drawers, Daddy's bike helmet, and his bike gloves before the Mama was even out of bed this morning. Not sure where she was going.

There were computer games

and more concerts (the organ and the guitar)

and tangrams

and jumping

and more pretend play

and too-rushed goodbye's to cousins and sisters

and eventually we were ready for A Very Important Date.

Recognize these sweetlings??

We got to play with Ainsley, Hannah, Grayson, and Sarah!

How wonderful to get to smile at and touch friends that we have only ever visited with on the computer!
:)

How grand that Sarah wrote and said, "Hey, we're going to be in town...."

And how lovely that we got a warm and sunny day to play


and romp

and swing
and climb
and investigate
and share.

The afternoon was comfortable and easy and sweet.

And now JumpStart is on for one
and the smaller one naps at the other end of my couch.

Trevelyn is coming down with a cold (wish that honey medicine was done brewing),
the cousins are heading back to Maine
our house is thoroughly and completely messy
we haven't read a book (well, the babes haven't) in what seems like days

... and I think we're ready to Fall Into.

So we'll work on that over the next few days.

Life is so, so good.
'Specially when we get to share it with others.

Loves to all of you who share this life with us.
No matter how far away you are.