Is it bedtime yet?

Today is Monday, which is usually my absolute favorite day of the week. I had it all planned out to get up early so I could have some time to drink my coffee and exercise before the little beauties got up to start their day. So much for planning... I was awake from 4:00-5:00 this morning because of weather alerts on the radio. I don't do storms, to put it mildly. None of them were headed our way, so I fell asleep again and was awoken at 5:50 by the noise of horrendously strong winds. While we were still not in a storm, it managed to make the twins' noise machine go to the "stupid birds" sound which woke them. I hurriedly changed it back to the waterfall and tried to convince them to go back to sleep. Fifteen minutes later they were still awake because they were afraid it was storming. They crawled into my bed for 15 minutes (this was at 6:15) and we got up at 6:30. At 6:34, Suzie Sunshine (not!) crawled out of bed 2 1/2 hours ahead of her normal schedule. Let's just say it's not going to be a friendly, pleasant, happy-go-lucky day around here! It's only 10:38 and I'm already ready to hog-tie and muzzle little Suzie! She's already resorted to the "I'm NEVER, NEVER, NEVER going to play with you EVER AGAIN!" Joy. The other two are continually telling her that she's doing that mean talk again. Joy. Can you say naps? Perhaps it would be a good day to either send them to their respective rooms to play (Twinkies are getting along marvelously), or maybe I should just retreat to my room and barricade the door. Somehow I don't think I'd get any peace if I hid - they do, after all, know how to use their voices quite effectively and would probably figure out how to unlock the door in a pinch. They're geniuses. Today, though, they're irritable, less-than-friendly geniuses. Oh well - we all have our days.

We've been waiting for this day!

Tuesday, March 4. The girls have been very patiently waiting for this day. Two months ago we learned that 101 Dalmatians comes out on DVD on this day and they have been asking "how many days?" for the past 3 weeks. It's finally here. The twins were up at 6:35 this morning picking out the clothes they want to wear to town. Can you tell they're excited?!

Their excitement in little things inspires me. I should be excited at the prospect of every new day. Granted, some days are easier to be excited about than others, but every day deserves some level of excitement. What can I accomplish with this day? God has blessed me by giving me yet another day in this life to make a difference and I should be excited. I'm excited to live another day taking better care of my body and doing things that improve my health. I'm excited to spend another day with my family. I'm excited about the joy I'll see on my daughters' faces when they pick up that movie in the store. It's the little things. They're all worthy of excitement, I just have to be conscious of them. So today I'm going to delight in the little things. I will enjoy the sunshine. I'll get excited about my exercise. I'll sing Veggie Tales all the way to town and appreciate that I get to travel with the three most amazing little ladies in the world. I am a lucky woman!