What We Loved About Today

Lucy:
1) Getting up to her neck in Lake Washington
2) Scooting out on a low branch that hangs over the lake and swinging around on it
3) Burying herself in the blackberry brambles and shoveling blackberries in her mouth
4) Playing on the playground
5) Climbing higher in the willow tree than she's ever climbed before

April:
1) Hiking in the woods on a beautiful day with my kids and my friend and her kids
2) Watching Lucy do the above things that made her so happy
3) Playing "Peek," "Get you," and "Tag" with Jasper around the hollow tree trunk by the lake
4) Watching Jasper, Shale, and Ryder hanging out together by the lake and realizing how rarely Jasper gets to hang out with other little boys his age or older, and seeing how much he loves it.
5) Feeling Jasper fall asleep on my back as we hiked up the hill
6) Watching Lucy and Shale in front of me as they hiked up the hill, hand in hand
7) Having a nostalgic moment as I realized that life will be changing for us and our little ones when big brother Shale and big sister Lucy both start kindergarten in a few days.