my glasses are still on, my comfy sleeping clothes (that actually double as 'work-out' clothes so no one is the wiser that i haven't gotten dressed yet today and have not truly 'worked out' in months, unless you count dancing around the living room or chasing my trio around our new perfectly spacious and hard wood floored home) still on.
two little ones napping, still in their p.j.'s because we have spent the ENTIRE morning cuddling and giggling and enjoying a rainy thursday.
A is in school of course, but will join the parade when she returns.
Last night we had a spectacular time at one of our town's whimsically eclectic parks, and then splashed in the fountains downtown. this followed by ice cream on a bench by a cobble-stone street.
these things make me happy.
our household has been slightly obsessed with musicals lately.
A2 and i always try and bring a lot of 'classics' into our children's lives, either through the books we read (which none of us can seem to get enough of), or when family movie night ensues.
Our three lovelies have become fantastically enamoured with the likes of;
chitty chitty bang bang,
mary poppins,
annie,
bed knobs and broom sticks,
more that i cannot recall at the moment...
and most recently hello dolly and cats (the broadway musical).
we watched hello dolly [in two parts, mind you, it is really lengthy] 2 weeks ago and every one of us became immediately infatuated with the dancing!
wow. have you seen it? the athleticism and fluidity is beautiful.
uncanny.
and the story line is quite enjoyable. dolly is so pleasantly intriguingly created.
we had to have an encore viewing.
last night, after rollicking about town, we embarked on cats. the first 1/3 of it anyway.
the 'trio' became, again, instantaneously drawn to the music and dance, as did O and i.
however, the concept of who should be which cat, and which costume they each wanted to don, is what became the main topic of conversation.
so much so that A2 and i had to struggle to follow the story line, of which i am still not completely sure of.
i am going to do some research, though A seemed to have it all figured out, and quite correctly, from the start.
before bedtime was upon us, we had nearly perfectly replicated cat-like moves from the stage flitting about our basement play-room.
it was absolutely lovely.
A and 'B are both in ballet of course, and L is anxiously awaiting the start of his career next fall.
happy happy happy.
thank you Lord for these gifts.
-enjoy. (=
