A Good Spot..for now

We've reached a good point in our little family.  Life is now what I expected it to be.  This is what I remember being a child was like--playing whatever silly game Dustin came up with while my parents did who knows what.  Now I know what my parents were doing--hiding.  

After dinner tonight, Greg and the kids cleared the table and I started on the dishes.  Alice asked me to play with her, and I told I would just to let me do a few dishes and then I'd come play.  So I did a few more dishes and looked up and Rex and Alice and Henry were playing some sort of train/car/airplane game.  So I kept doing dishes until I was done.  And then I cleaned the counters.  And they were still playing.  So I swept the floor.  And they were still playing.  So I went to the bathroom, changed from the PJs I'd been wearing all day to clean PJs.  And they were still playing.  So I grabbed my camera and took a few pictures--on the sly.  They were playing so nicely, so I was as sneaky as possible.  I was afraid that if I was too noisy they'd catch on and that would end their magical evening.  So I hid.  And so did Greg.  And they played on and on.  Eventually, I did have to step in because they were taking part toys and about to break them and if there's one thing I hate, it's purposefully destructive behavior.  So I put the toys back together and they continued playing.  I even pulled out my Book of Mormon and tried to get through some Isaiah (our stake asked us to read the Book of Mormon by April Conference).  I didn't get through any Isaiah, because by this point Henry was getting silly and had to get him unstuck from his various places he was not supposed to be climbing.  After like the tenth time, I told the kids to get ready for bed.  

As the kids were playing so nicely, I kept thinking, "Man this is nice.  The kids just being kids.  Me getting the dishes done before 10 o'clock.  And we're messing this whole thing up."  That's right: I'm pregnant.  Most of the readers of this blog know, but I thought I should make an official announcement here anyway.  Seeing as this is baby 4 and I know my fetuses pretty well, I'm going to go a head and say it (gender to be revealed soon) will be born on June 16.  Alice is really hoping for a sister; Rex wants another brother; and Henry probably just wants to be the baby forever.