Saturdays Ups and Downs

Down....Bean waking up at 6am.

Up....the kids letting me lie in bed until 8:30am

Down...the washing machine ceasing to function with a full tub of water, including all of the kids' fleece blankets, including Schmoo's stars blanket

Up....my friend D offering to rinse and dry said load of laundry

Up....Bean's first day of soccer

Down....the coach saying to him in a loud enough voice for all parents and children to hear....Where's your arm? Where's your arm? thinking he had it tucked into the sleeve of his gigantic t-shirt (Oops - I guess I should have talked to the coach in advance)

Up....both kids napping in the afternoon so that I could remove all of the water from the washing machine with a measuring pitcher

Down....the extremely large spider that has taken residence by our front door. He's too big to scoop up with a paper towel and I can't bring myself to suck him up in the vacuum cleaner (mostly because I think he'll stay in the hose and then crawl out upstairs)

Up and Down....talking at length with Papa after hardly getting a chance to catch up all week. Tomorrow will be a hard day for everyone and my heart is with everyone in England.

Up.....an evening out with my friend D at the theatre and a break from putting the kids to bed

Down...the number of cars currently parked outside our neighbours house and the music I could hear playing when I let the dog out. Lucky Papa.....you get to miss this month's party!