Wonderful Day!

We had a fantastic day today! It's a nice change of pace and is very much appreciated at this point. We had minimal grumbling about school today, primarily because Friday is Library day and is therefore the girls' favorite day of the week. In my two hours of solitude I did laundry, made beds, and stirred up a double batch of oatmeal cookies. The girlies got to eat a popsicle on the way home from school, so they weren't interested in a snack when we got home. We immediately headed outside so they could play and I could try to dig up some of the weeds in the mud puddle we used to call a flower bed. I think I ended up digging more worms than weeds, but it was time well spent. After lunch we waited for Dad to make his daily lunchtime call, I worked out, we baked a couple pans of cookies, and then we all headed out for the rest of the afternoon. Those girls ran their legs off today! They puttered around while I hoed the small flower bed, cleaned out the strawberry patch, came in to fix a meatloaf for supper, then picked up nails out of the garden. Yes, nails...in the garden. They've been there longer than I've been alive, I'm sure. I spend time every spring gathering up the old junk and never feel like I've made a dent in it. Oh well... We didn't come in until Gary got home (5:30) and wilted pretty quickly. He gave baths while I finished up supper. The twins were done eating by the time I sat down with my plate. It's so nice to have kiddos who really eat. It seems impossible that they eat as much as they do considering the terrible mealtimes we used to have.

Everybody is tucked in now and there's no noise. It's a miracle! I know we're all tired this evening, but it's a good tired. I had hoped to make a couple pies tomorrow, but Wal-Mart didn't have any pie tins yesterday when I went. I have two glass dishes but thought I might give one pie away. Guess I'll have to check again or just wait until I can get some. We might just make some vegetable soup with big, fat noodles and homemade bread tomorrow. That wouldn't be all bad! :)