Deliberate

I've been trying to do a fun, inexpensive one-on-one task with Madeline daily now for a while.  It has been messy and memorable, that's for sure! Some days, we just go get a special lemonade, but other days take a little more effort.

We've made homemade play-doh.

We've made a HUGE mess with my dusty cornmeal.

We've made a homemade bubble blower.

We've made biscuits. And cookies. And lots of other things.

We've "painted" with water on the concrete pad out back.

We've painted. A lot.

We've gone to the library for reading hour.

We've had lunch with Daddy.

In a nut shell, we've made mess after mess.

And you know what?  There will be plenty of time for a clean house.  The kids will eventually move out and on their own and I'll have a surplus of time to do laundry.

But today? Today is brief.  Today, we're building a fort out of the couch cushions.  Maybe I'll regret it later when she pulls the cushions off over and over again, but I don't think so.  Today is going to be fun.