another exciting friday night

ben is down for the night a little earlier than usual.
he was good and tired from a busy day.
the older kids are keeping busy with quiet activities.
anna's reading her new/old favorite book, chicka chicka boom boom.

she loves to tell the story (she has it memorized and pretends she's a great reader, much to my lovely surprise!).


and later she plays "mystery alphabet" with the letters
telling me a made-up story about the letter that's missing and where it could of gone.


josh is so much more hands on.


instead of reading and story-telling, he'd rather be building, using his hands, making stuff.


he's still into his legos and hanging with these little galactic guys.


i remember a time when friday nights were about getting ready to go out, heading to a bar, and staying up as late as possible.
but that seems so long ago now.
now i'm a mom and a wife and priorities change.
my priorities are these little lives and their every happiness.
legos, chicka boom, princess jammies, star wars.
now that's my idea of an exciting friday night.