a good day

Wednesday is my morning off. The two older littles get themselves up and on the bus. Well, the oldest female little does and then she helps her brother, the actual oldest little, fall out of bed and somehow crawl to the bus. The middle female little decided she wants to ride the bus in the mornings so I get her on her way and then I sit down with the preschool little who doesn't have school on Wednesday. I don't even have to leave the house Wednesday mornings unless...

The middle girl little, while lounging in bed and getting her morning back scratch announced she didn't feel like going to school today. "Sure, stay home," I said, "who needs school?" Besides, we have so many activities after school and on the weekends right now, I feel like we're all a little beat and could use more breaks than we get. And anyway, she caught me on a good day.

So middle girl little had a leisurely breakfast, snuck in some PBS with her little sister and then began to look at me. She began to make me uncomfortable with that intense gaze that seemed to say, "More now?" More what I'm not sure, but I knew I didn't have it to give to her. This was as good as it gets on a Wednesday morning. Although there will be laundry later, maybe that's what she was waiting for.

A few minutes later she came in dressed, teeth and hair brushed with backpack in tow. "I want to go to school now," she announced. Not a problem. So we loaded up and drove her to school getting there only a few minutes late. I signed her in and explained her miraculous recovery to the school secretary, because of course being the good citizen I am, I had already called and announced her absence . She ran into her music room and her classmates cheered out her name. Aw, it does a former homeschooling mama's heart good to see her little enjoying school so much and seeing her classmates love her.

Now the preschool little and I are back home. She just asked me if we could just snuggle on the sofa all morning. I guess that's where you'll find me for a few more minutes. After all, she caught me on a good day.