The Simple Life

No...not referring to Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie's reality freak show...but rather just finding joy in the simple things of life. I woke up this morning with a desire to go out somewhere as a family and do something different. DH suggested we go to breakfrast at Elmer's, so we got the kids up and got going to have a brunch there. The kids got to enjoy their pancakes, Kevin ordered the famously delicious German pancake (takes up the whole plate and then some), while I indulged in some tasty country biscuits and gravy. Mmmmm. It was kind of in celebration of my new job. We rarely get to do this kind of treat, but we decided to use the the magic power of the credit card...:)

Anyhow, after stuffing ourselves, we opted to go to Target and walk off some of our hearty breakfast. We just did a lot of window shopping. N got to give us some ideas for his birthday wish list too. Then we headed over to Lowe's to check out prices for wood flooring. We are toying with the idea of replacing our worn out carpet with some pergo (sp?) wood. We were tired after all the walking around, so we came back home to relax. The kids rested quietly in their rooms and DH played his new addiction, Warcraft. We were pleasantly surprised to find an old favorite on PBS, John and Caprial's Kitchen. You have to know us well to know why we love that show so muchm, so it was a treat to see it again. It has switched to a channel we don't get. Ooooh, can't wait to get our cable back. Anyhow, I found myself struggling to keep my eyes open. I opted to take an extended nap. I had a headache, so I slept pretty hard once the ibuprofen kicked in.


After a very light dinner, we sat down to watch Dirty Jobs. We love that show, but don't often get to watch it as a family. Our friends are out of town camping, so we have a rare Saturday night to ourselves. We usually reserve our Saturdays to spend time with friends and playdates for the kids. N and K were going a little stir crazy and wanted to play at the park. It was about 7:30 in the evening, but the sun was still out and it was warm enough. I grabbed the leash to take our dog for a walk. DH decided at the last minute to join us. After walking around the neighborhood, we stopped over at the park for a bit. Met a nice neighbor there that has a son N's age, so we talked about a possible future playdate. It started to get chilly, so we called it a night and came back home. It wasn't quite the "different" day I had intended, but it was actually better because we hung out together. We took pleasure in the little things and that was enough.