These are the days...

Today was a rather busy day for me. I'm still trying to catch up from our North Carolina trip that we came home from on Monday and prepare for our Boyne Mountain trip tomorrow (I know, you feel realllllly sorry for me ;) AND get prepared for Christmas. This morning I took Jacob to school then came home and got the little boys and I ready for our day. At 10:30 we were off to Moomers to make a gingerbread house where the boys ate at least twice as much candy as they actually used on their gingerbread house AND finished it off with an ice cream cone. Because come on, who goes to Moomers and doesn't get ice cream?! After Moomers we headed to town for a quick lunch with Aaron (who was on lunch break from a supervisor's training conference) and then quickly over to the preschool where my mom was waiting to pick up Austin while I assisted in Brody's classroom. After a few hours, Brody and I headed to Sharky's for haircuts. An hour and two haircuts later, we headed to Sam's club. I was feeling a little bit down because I hated to spend money on Clorox wipes and toilet paper with Christmas right around the corner and I was getting sick of hearing my own voice say "...maybe Santa will bring it for Christmas... don't run... don't climb on that...". When I had crossed off everything on my list we proceeded to the check out line and on our way my boys became distracted with a karaoke machine playing "jingle bell rock" which instantly prompted a dance-off between the three. And there it was. The moment. The moment that those little old ladies remind me to enjoy. The moment those empty-nesters tell me to never take for granted because in an instant they'll be grown. And I was beside myself with emotion. Here I was just standing in the middle of Sam's club with tears running down my cheeks and my silly boys dancing like no one was watching. I love those boys. I love their spirit, I love their silliness and I love their drive to dance when they hear music, without inhibition. These are the days to remember, without a doubt.