Anyway :), we're talking about different kinds of lights. The kinds made by a campfire, moonshine, and twinkling stars.
Kinds that put my soul at ease.
Last Friday, we were having a late dinner in the backyard when inspiration struck. Let's sleep out here! We checked the weather report and decided why not?
It took Hope about three seconds or less to get on board. We put Maddie to bed and let her join us thereafter via satellite.
Then the rest of us got to work. I made the campfire, while Daddy set up the tent. Hope dabbled in it all, but mostly kept announcing how her job was to hold the big silver flashlight. "I'm doing a weally good job, awen't I Mommy? Dis is my job to hold the flashwight. So, don't take it away okay?" Humble flashlight holder and negotiator, that girl.
Funny thing was she quickly picked up another part time job when she realized there was no one to carry over the bowl of S'more making ingredients. And, truth be told, she was the best stick finder in the yard when it came time for roasting.
Needless to say, we couldn't have done the camp out without all her skills and expertise. Like her self invented S'mores dance. A stroke of silly genius.
I never want to forget her face when she got in the big tent for the first time. Sheer joy. Plus a lot of yelling and rolling around. Sorry 'bout that, neighbors!
When we finally settled into our sleeping bags, while reading Llama, Llama Red Pajama, what a peace there was. Never mind all the knees and elbows as the late night S'more worked its magic or the monitor going off at about 2 am.We have an almost one and a definite two year old. We never mind pretty well these days.
The next morning we asked Hope all about her favorite parts of the night before. Surely it was running in the yard well past bedtime or eating gooey desserts or snuggling in the sleeping bags with brightly colored glow sticks."When I was yooking for God up in the sky," she said.
We had no idea.Sure enough, these are the kinds that put my soul right at ease.
1 comment:
So, so precious. Alex has been wanting to camp out in the yard for a couple of weeks now... we'll definitely have to give it a try! And, Llama, llama will be making an appearance in our tent, too... when Ivy's particularly fussy I'll say, "Please stop all this llama drama..." and she'll finish with, "and be patient for your mama." We are SO blessed!
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