Breathe

With the Amesbury PTA Science Fair over and done and the youngest scientists in the house (pictured above) resting their science brains, we took a break. This weekend was the first weekend in a looooong time when we had nothing to do. Our house is a disaster, nobody has clean socks, and we can't find a single thing in all the clutter. Our intention was to clean and put everything in order on this rainy weekend, but instead we got the gift of sun (or a least not rain), and all conscientious plans were scrapped.

We dug in the dirt, planted things, watered things. The kids made fairy houses with our neighbors and by themselves, hooking those lucky fairies up with tasty berries and flower buds. Henry just got plain dirty and walked around with his blue rain boots and a big grin. Sophie rolled around in the grass and hung out with our neighbor on her back porch, sunning herself like a starfish on the rocks.

Danny and I sat on our side porch drinking coffee as the fog rolled in.

Time just stopped and it was glorious. We really just needed to breathe.