Today was just a typical Fall day for us...our schedule revolved around entertaining kids, exercising the dog and making sure that the football viewing quota was met. I started the day at the final cross country meet for St. Joes...it was an absolute joy (aside from the wind) and I was so impressed with how much our runners have improved. Helping to coach them has been a big part of why I love my job. Good kids, awesome parents. After the meet I came home and we decided to take the dog up the school playground. While there, we met up with a neighbor who has kids similar in age to ours. Pretty soon everyone was paired up with a playmate and the grown ups got to visit (while throwing the football of course). All good fun until the inevitable "I'm hungry" from the small one brought an end to the fun and we headed home for grilled hot dogs and frozen pizza. #lunchofchampions
Matt went for a run after lunch...I opted for the nap. Hannah and Ben laid down (unwillingly) for a bit, Caitlin watched drawing tutorials and practiced with oil pastels while Matthew played with Charlie & Ethan. Later on we trekked up to our favorite wings place to make sure we had the necessary supplies for gametime. After an awesome dinner and a great ballgame it was back outside for a fire in the chiminea and more football throwing, which we did until it was too cold (and the Ole' Miss game was too interesting!) to stay outside. Back inside we hung out, cheered on the Rebels and laughed at Matthew's crazy antics until teeth brushing/prayers/bedtime.
Minutia, all of it. But these are the best days...nothing unusual to report; and when I'm old and gray I'm pretty sure these are the days I'll look back on as the happiest...the ones where we just lived and enjoyed the little things. Like fires in the chiminea and throwing the football in the backyard.
Today was a good day.
