Today

Our weather has been to-die-for this week! Today was in the upper 70's, and this afternoon I had a glimpse of the perfect life:

Henry and Ellis decided to play in the back yard, and they spent nearly two hours doing this:

and this:

and this:

I didn't get great pictures because I didn't want to break their spell and remind them that there was another world inside our house.

I LOVE having a trampoline because it draws these boys outside. And it really does make for some fun playing TOGETHER - for the two of them as well as for our whole family. We have so many good times out there. I also love that Henry and Ellis are such good companions for each other, especially lately.

While they were outside, I cleaned our disastrous kitchen, got dinner ready, and even washed the back kitchen windows so I could watch them a little better. The whole time I got to listen to the priceless soundtrack of two little boys laughing, wrestling, fighting, scheming, imagining, and racing. And there was a lovely breeze . . . and birds were chirping. It was straight out of the "Jenn's Prior Imaginings for What Being a Mom Would Be Like" archives. Let's just say that we don't see those come up very often in reality. :)

Apparently, I also spent a few minutes taking funny self-portraits and indulging in one of my secret Mom-only treats - A WHITE CHOCOLATE MAGNUM BAR!!!!!

I have been waiting for over ten years to welcome Magnum Bars into my neighborhood American grocery store. I seriously think I have looked for them every time I have walked down the freezer aisle for the past ten years. And now, they are HERE! A little taste of Europe right here at home. And finally in the white chocolate variety! They have other chocolate-y flavors that most of you regular people will certainly fall in love with. Worth the $4.59 for 3 bars? OF COURSE.