Beautiful Day

It is absolutely gorgeous out there today! It's cool, the sun is shining, there's a fantastic blue sky, and the birds are singing (all but the dead baby bird we found in the yard, but that's just a hazard of spring). It might be a good idea to get that out of the yard before Gary mows... Anyway, we are enjoying the day thus far. (As a side-note, we didn't end up having ANY bad weather last night! What a blessing!) We've had a good morning. Hanny spent a relatively restful night at Meme's last night, and that in itself is reason for celebration. I think she's finally beginning to feel a little better. The problem we've got here (read back a few days if you don't know what that is) is hanging on and probably will until the meds are out of the system. Oh well... Our morning has been busy already. We installed a new learning game on the computer and tried it out. I convinced the girls to have French toast (with homemade bread, no less) for breakfast. These two are not big on breakfast and are usually not inclined to eat any more than I insist upon. They both ate all their breakfast this morning, though, so that added to the good news of the day. I then cleaned while they read and puttered around the house for a little while. As of right now, they're both fed (both breakfast & dinner), happily playing and are totally content. I am happy to have the place cleaned up (for the moment anyway), the laundry almost done, the windows open and my kiddos happy.

Last night we were bowling on the Wii when both Doodle and Boo made it to the pro level. They were super excited! I was super impressed! I asked them what I would be (I thought they'd tell me that I'd be a pro too) and was told, with absolute frank honesty, that I would be a loser. Yes, Boo used that exact word. She soon realized that that might not have been the kindest thing to say and then drowned me in kisses and hugs and told me that I would be a pro someday. Apparently today was my day, even though it will be very short-lived. We played this morning, and I made it to the pro level for at least one game! They're pretty proud. It was all overshadowed by Doodle bowling 5 strikes in a row, though...

We're going to spend some time outside this afternoon. We went out to check on the strawberries earlier and are going to have a nice amount of them in the coming weeks. While I'm sure we'll eat many of them fresh from the garden, I'm preparing to make a few batches of freezer jam as well. I need to get the peach freezer jam used so we have a spot to put the strawberry. It's so nice to have that available to put on homemade bread or biscuits or pancakes. :) I predict a bread-baking morning coming up soon...