A Sense of Normal

Today has been a great day.

• We went to see the doctor- at his office, not the hospital- like normal people do.
• We did our schoolwork together upstairs.
• I am typing this to the sound of clanging play dishes, clicking play shoes, and little pretending voices. They have not played together in longer than I can remember.
• The TVs in our house have been off all day! This has been Julia's primary recovery and pain comfort and she doesn't need it today! I thought I'd be sick of Little Einsteins by now, but I actually like it and find the theme song oddly comforting because it has helped her so much. It is her 'happy place'. But thankfully it can rest today.
• My kids are making get well cards for others, instead of always receiving them. Wow.
• There are games of baseball being played in our living room. It is April after all.
• I couldn't figure out why the floors were such a mess. It honestly did not occur to me that I used to vacuum them every other day. Needless to say, it's been a while. I felt like a normal person.... vacuuming :)
  
• My house is a mess of toys and you can't see the floor because my kids were playing today :)
• Julia is napping and I am cuddling on the couch with Carter just like we used to do every afternoon.

Tomorrow's a new day and more chemo, but for today, we're relishing in the normal :)


(There are lots of new posts and pictures in the entries below, so keep reading down through Easter... )