{A Lovely, Lazy Little Wednesday}

So this morning my little guy woke up with a sore throat 

(and a little whiny which is just not like him) saying he did not feel well.

 A little breakfast and straight to the couch for cartoons. He then wanted to call

 his daddy who was on his way to work to let him know he was "calling in today".

My first thought was; Are we really calling in sick so early in the year? 

and my second thought was; 

Wooohooo! we're staying home all day in our pajamas! 

Did I mention it was pouring?
If you have to feel bad at least it was a great day for it.

He ended up feeling just fine by late morning but it's one of those things where

 you're just not sure how bad it is first thing in the morning.
He probably would have been just fine at school.
But I called him in and I must say, we have had the best, most lazy day, ever.

We needed it. All of us.

Lots of cartoons, books in mommy's bed, legos, hot wheels, art time and more books.

So after lunch I got sat down at the dining room table and turned on a little Bob Marley.
Instead of telling the kids we should make some new Fallish art  for our little art line
 in the dining room, I got out paper, markers and colored pencils and one of
 our bowls of acorns and began to draw.
In a matter of seconds they were pulling up chairs, asking what I was drawing,
 why I was looking at the acorn and they wanted to draw, too.

We drew sunflowers, acorns, leaves, birds and ate candy corn.
Today is the first official day of Fall you know.
We had to celebrate.
"Three Little Birds" came on and Charlotte got so excited
 (recognizing it from the commercial on Noggin), she danced in her seat and said;
"This song makes me so happy!"
I told her it made me happy too and we had to play it at least five more times.

I got this old wooden Pepsi crate at a little shop in Indiana last week for $6.
I put loose paper, a pad of paper, markers and a bowl of candy corn in it
and set it in the middle of the dining room table for easy access.
You never know when you're going to feel like drawing...or eating candy corn.

I'm joining in with Heather's Life Made Lovely Monday today (a few days late).
Check out more of the loveliness here.


Hope you are having a lovely day but if it wasn't completely lovely,
I hope you get to enjoy a lazy evening!