My smiley face greeting

One busy morning as I was getting items ready for work and making breakfast I noticed that the girls were a little more pre-occupied than normal.  I heard whispers and giggles but from what I could see they weren’t being bad just mischievous.  Soon I finished up what I was working on, moved onto the next task and they started eating breakfast.  As we hurried off to do the activities for the day I noticed the item they were working on together out of the corner of my eye.

A smiley face…..  They had taken their dry erase board and made a smiley face out of their nerf darts as a special surprise!  As soon as they saw me pause at the edge of the room and glance at their artwork they burst into more giggles.  “What do you think Mom!?  Do you like it?”  I love that the girls took the time to put together a silly “nerf smiley” face just to cheer me up.  Even though life has a way of staying busy (to the point of crazy at times) it is moments like these that make me smile and count the amazing blessings I have been given.  Take a few extra minutes to treasure your little ones today – give them an extra tight bear hug, talk with them, or read a book to them….these days are precious!