Dessert Before Dinner

Tonight we had dessert before dinner
... because I said so
... because the first week of spring break has been a bit of a dud
... because it's the little things.

"We're going for a walk," I declared at 4:00. It had been a lazy day with Gracie getting over an abdominal migraine, Gavin fussy from teething and not enough good sleep the night before and, aside from a few stolen moments playing cars alone out back with Preston, a rather boring day. Everyone (including me) needed to get out, crabby or not! So, I piled the "G" children in the BOB, Preston hopped on his bike and I gave directions as he kept questioning where we were headed. Once we walked toward the shopping center where his favorite fro-yo shop is, he was ecstatic. Then I told him he couldn't eat it right away! Ha! "Where are we going now?" he asked. Again, I led him with directions and we ended up at a park he has been wanting to explore. Two hours later, full of frozen yogurt and happy from the fresh air and playing with new park friends, we headed home... all four of us more content than we'd been all day.