Today after dinner and baths and stories, I began the nightly ritual of a quick pick-up and sweeping the floors. As I was finishing the kids told me they needed a snack. Like a loving, kind mamma, I made some toast and jam and made them go outside on the back porch to eat it so the floor I had just swept would stay tidy... are you judging me? Anyway when I went out with a washcloth to wash up the sticky fingers the kids were busy having a race from the back fence to the porch. They were having so much fun that I let them play outside in there Pj's and bare feet till they were ready to come in. I love summer evenings and happy kids.