I am not one to usually complain about the weather. I don’t mind rainy days and I don’t mind snow, usually. But this week has been so nice and sunny! It’s so much easier when it’s sunny because my boys love to play outside. We have been lucky and been able to spend several days at the park this week. So, when I woke up this morning and saw all this wet and soggy snow, I was really disappointed. Fortunately, both my boys woke up in happy moods so I was able to swing my mood around, too.

I was sort of dreading them coming home from school, however, because I knew they were going to want to play outside and I just don’t have another mud day in me! It’s wet and soggy and my boys don’t just play when it’s wet, they basically swim in mud. I did not feel like spending tomorrow morning scrubbing mud off of shoes again and I was dreading the five minute argument I was going to have while standing in the rain, begging the boys to go inside.

But, I’m happy to say that Jacob got off the bus smiling from ear to ear, happy to see me. He couldn’t wait for me to look in his folder. Two minutes later, Bean’s bus pulled up and out skips Christopher. First thing he said was, “Mom, look in my folder!” They were so excited about those folders they didn’t even mention playing outside or going to the park. We get in the house and I open up Christopher’s folder and there’s a big smiley face from Miss Lizzie! He looked up and said, “I was in green all day today, Mom!” Jacob then said, “Mom, you have to look in my folder, too!” A nice big coin stamp and a note from his teacher saying what a great day he had! They were both so happy!!

What a great way to start my weekend!! I love Friday afternoons like this!