A gift

I am so thankful for today. I had lots of energy, we got much accomplished and I even made some headway with my chores which have been largely neglected. I'm trying out a new schedule and today I designated "laundry day". So all day long the delicious smells of soap and softner filled the house.
It helped that Madie had no school so we were able to stay home all day. Here are some precious moments from the day. Today was a gift that I gratefully accepted.




Since she had no pre-school today, I decided that it would be a good day to start teaching Madie to read. She was a very willing student