A few of you have been so kind as to ask, “When are you going to show us the entire playroom in one shot?”  With me and big projects, it’s always, “just one more thing”.  Just let me touch up the fireplace.  Finish the pillows.  The curtains.  Wait!  I’m rethinking the curtain pattern (or non-pattern as you well know, I rarely use patterns).  The kitchen tools were missing something, but what was it?  Ah-Ha!  I found it at Mass Ave Toys…we needed a rolling pin.  Of course!  All kitchens need a rolling pin!  The perfect tool for beating the cats!  I’m joking.  Unless they are puking up Cheerios again, and then…let me just say this out loud…I’ve got some cats for sale.

Soulemama is encouraging us to take Fridays to blog a moment in the week we’d like to remember.  The girls have been a handful this week, to say the least.  The weather broke today, and that was a very good thing.  So this week, I’d like to remember that right after the sun set, I ran across Mass Ave with 2 hot coffees in my hand, and peered into the windows of my favorite toy store, to see my hardworking husband holding 2 tiny coats, watching his girls play and laughing with Kay and Felicia (who can magically help a store full of people while chatting with the girls about their hilarious hodge-podge outfits, at the same time).  With the cool wind (not bitter cold) bouncing off my parka, and the sounds and smells of eclectic Mass Ave all around me, I was energized to be in my life.  Not wishing for a hot bath or better weather or easier times…just content, in that moment.  Maybe that should be a weekly moment for me as well: find a time in the week when I’m not wishing for just one more thing, either material or ethereal.  Contentment, amidst the chaos and unrest that comes with parenting, replacing the need for “just one more thing”.  Hmm…with that thought, I shall leave you with wishes for a lovely and “contentful” weekend.