little lives scattered at my feet

It feels like when i have the kids with me all is right in the world.
Yesterday i bought a badminton net for the backyard. Toby and i set it up and then we had a mom versus kids tournament well into the sunset and finished reluctantly when the mosquitoes threatened to eat us alive.
It was one of those great evenings. We haven't had nearly enough of those. It's so easy to get caught up in the rush and whimsy of the day only to run out of hours before you get to the good stuff.
School is so close to being over i can taste it. We have been in the lake every day since saturday. We've had ice cream and loungy afternoons. We've booked our first camping trip scheduled to depart the hour school gets out for summer.
Almost three months with all day together. It is in those months that working nights seems very okay.