Simple Sabbath: A Week Well Done...

I love those quiet Sunday afternoons when I get to reflect on the great accomplishments of the past week and brace myself for the week ahead. Here's a few of the highs:

*Lulu timidly bit into her first corn on the cob only to have her eyes light up and exclaim, "MMM! I like this...it's really yummy!" Ruby lit up similarly when I turned the oven light on while baking chocolate chip cookies. She stood there patiently gazing, drooling at them for the next few minutes until they were done.

*Sunshine and Bunny went ice skating together with our Co-op this week. They had an absolute BLAST and skated with grace and charm (they already have one up on me. I'm neither graceful nor charming when I attempt many things, much less skating). The most triumphant part of this experience is watching them interact, away from their family (we were in the bleachers). They were so sweet together. They watched out for one another, pulled each other up when the other would slip and hold hands to keep each other steady. It made all those recent lectures about how they should be best friends less tedious...and some how made Sunshine kicking Bunny in the head a little less frustrating.

(Sidenote: When we informed Sunshine this week that we've purchased Karate classes for Bunny her panicked response was, "Oh No! How am I going to be able to defend myself?!" Ironically, the Big Sister Smackdowns have been becoming much less frequent.)

*He-Man and I had a much needed break from the world, compliments of our neighbors/friends. We went to the Orlando Temple (which is a big deal for Mormons especially since ours is 2 1/2 hours away). We went out to dinner, only to realize we really didn't really want to be in public so we grabbed our food to-go and holed ourselves up in our hotel room. The next day we explored Downtown Disney (SANS kids!!!) and realized upon arriving at home, we hardly spoke to another human being during the entire trip. It was kind of amazing and wonderful to reconnect like that.

That brings me to today, post church and afternoon nap.

I'm happy for the new week and looking forward to the month of June, bringing its cross country trip, 200 mile race, end of the year test/assessment for our school kids, high school friends get-together, a trip to Star Wars Weekend at Disneyworld and loads of family time.

Phew! It's gonna be a GREAT month.

Happy Sabbath everyone!