Sweet Afternoon

This afternoon I didn't go to work because Missy had stayed home with a stomach ache. (I detest stomach aches--it's such a non-specific symptom!) Anyway, as I was tucking the boys in for their nap, Abel said "I love you" for the first time. Both boys were sleeping on the floor so much that we took out the crib and toddler bed, laying their mattresses side by side on the floor. Buster asked me to snuggle with him. I laid down between them.

"Mommy," Buster said, "did you take your shoes off?"

"No."

"Why?"

"Because my feet will be cold."

"Use a blanket."

"I don't have a blanket."

"You can use my car blanket!"

I obligingly kicked off my shoes and snuggled my legs in his car blanket. He was not willing to share his pillow, however, so I went and grabbed my own.

We chatted for a few minutes about random things, and then one by one, we drifted off to sleep. Well, Abel and I did! When my timer went off 20 minutes later, Buster was still awake. I left him, though, to go accomplish things in the quiet house.

I could have not have better spent that half hour, though. I love snuggling my little people, and it is always a miracle the first time they say "I love you!"