A Good Day

So, have you ever had those days when you just sit back, take a deep breath, and sigh, and really understand what God must have felt when He looked at His creation and said, "It is good."? I had one of those days last Saturday. Yes, it was cold and slightly icky outside, but my girl was bundled up, enjoying the outdoors like she does, and I was doing my favorite thing in the whole world...working in my yard.
Yes, winter can be a little gloomy given the small choices available for color during this season, but I loaded up on pansies, snapdrgaons (which by the way, are my absolute favorite flower...they are awesome! I'm sure you'll see more pictures as they really get going=), and for this year, I am experimenting with ornamental purple cabbage. I loved catching pictures of Savannah enjoying the pansies, or what I thought was the pansies. Turned out she was enjoying some good 'ole Georgia red clay! Children...

She loves pushing around her mower...

It was a great hour of fun in the yard before it starts to drizzle cold rain, so not wanting my just-recently well and happy daughter to get sick again, we hurried inside for a nap, then I went back outside and continued to work in the wind and drizzling cold rain. Did I mention I LOVE working in my yard?

So later that day, it felt only right to bake something. I mean, a cold drizzly day? Perfect baking weather! Especially since Joey was building me a fire=) So I mulled through my cabinets and recipes, discovered I had what I need to make $1,000,000 Cookies--my Dot-Dot's recipe, and began the satisfying process of throwing everything together. But I really enjoyed watching Savannah enjoy her first beater of dough with her Daddy. (Yes, I cleaned most of the batter off before I gave it to her...I'm not a horrible mother.)

It was really sweet when she started sharing with him. He didn't even ask her too=)

And then it was off to bed, and so ended a really good day. These are the days I live for as a stay-at-home mom. The simple smiles and fun moments of life that slip by so quickly and quietly. When was the last time you had a simply good day?