Remembering.....

Monday morning blahs....the girls are home from school today. After much resistance, I mustered enough energy to get busy and get a few things done. I started gathering laundry after a quick shower and was beginning to get into a groove.

One thing bothering me lately is the coat closet near the entry way. Games, crafts, coats, shoes, boots, you name it was crammed into that closet. I won't go into the boring details of it all, however, I did discover a little fanny pack that belongs to S's bike and remembered last spring.

A few months after relocating to New York we started to explore the town and find the fun places for kids to play outside. We were lucky to have a great park close by with playgrouds galore, children's garden area, picnic tables and intimate benches along the water for courting couples and of course moms and daughters. Around this wonderland was a two mile trail that was meant for running, biking, roller blading ect. S had just gotten her new bike on her birthday complete with her very own set of training wheels and a little pouch on the front. A fully equipped machine for any five year old girl with jelly beans and a helmet. She would ride around the park on the trail, jelly beans in pouch and I would walk along beside her. There were quarter mile markers all along the way and stretching stations. We would stop at every other one, sometimes every one and she would stretch and gas up her engine with those jelly beans she got from Easter. Her expressions were priceless as she drew her hands in the air and stretched her little shoulder muscles and legs. A memory worth remembering.

Inside the fanny pack I found inside that closet this morning had a little jellybean tucked away inside. I'm so glad to have these memories.