Easter Week Snippets

Oh my God, I am heartily grateful for, among other things:

• warm, cloudless days
  

  
  



• quick-growing grass
  

  
  



• brother giggles and the "ding" of ball on bat
  

  
  



• chocolate-rimmed smiles
  

  
  



• one-on-one playdates, leaving me with only two at a time (and two is so much less than three)
  

  
  



• teaching LilBro to play checkers
  

  
  



• LilBro/Mom team crushing BigBro in a diehard checkers match
  

  
  



• intricate chalk drawings on the driveway
  

  
  



• building a circuit-board with BigBro and watching him create all sorts of neat experiments with it
  

  
  



• baseball practice
  

  
  



• five butterflies where there were chrysalides
  

  
  



• socks and shorts replacing tights
  

  
  



• friends/playdates in walking distance
  

  
  



• ceiling fans whirring overhead once more
  

  
  



• furnace resting
  

  
  



• pollen-sneezes
  

  
  



• to-do's crossed out
  

  
  



• stilted reading suddenly flowing smoothly
  

  
  



• bits of four-year-old-wisdom: two is not enough
  [works for oreos (him) or children (me)]
  



• anticipating an eighth birthday

  
  

• longer days and sweet-smelling nights

For these, and for all my blessings, I am truly grateful.