If you give a boy a nice spring day...

He will want some water to go with it.

And if you give him some water, he will make a muddy lake in the garden

 and he will need to put his "gardening boots" on.

And if you give him some muddy gardning boots, he will need to get 

some dinosaurs and crocodiles to play with him in his muddy lake.

And if his dinosaurs and crocodiles can splash around in the muddy lake, 

he will be a very happy boy, on a warm spring day!

we need each other

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Rest

Meredith is home from school with a fever and a very sore throat today. 

Her demeanor has pinballed between pathetic (before Advil) to "I'm feeling great!" (after Advil) all day long.

Michael isn't sure if he has a playmate or an adversary at home with him.

A little bit ago, I announced that they were both looking tired

 so we were going to lay down for naps.

That was then...

I heard cries of

"But I'm not tired!!" and

"I'll never be able to go to sleep!" 

And

this is now

And here is how much time had passed

I have a snoring, little girlie on the couch
and a twitchy, sweet boy next to me on my bed.

They were both so tired, they never knew what hit them in those 2 minutes.

Score one for the Mama
Smile.