Notes on a day #2

* Temperatures have been in the low 20s to below zero for weeks. There is two feet of snow in your yard. You wake up to a 45 degree day. This is shirtsleeve weather and your son says in wonder, "Look, mommy! The sun!"
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* If you are running late for church and find yourself doing 68 in a 55 zone, count your blessings when you find that the state patrol car is two cars ahead of you at the stop light.

* Little girls look lovely in Easter dresses in February. They can spin and declare themselves dancing princesses and it will not change the fact that taffeta and dog hair do no mix.

* Even though you should have, it was hard to stop the dancing princess in her February Easter dress from twirling and dancing to the closing hymn. Ellie rocked "Testimony." How could a mother destroy such joy for the sake of reverence? :)

* Mother begins to dread the paper onslaught at the end of every Sunday. Must think of a folder system for Primary art. She does not appreciate trash can suggestions.

* Jack and Alyssa have known each other their whole lives. Alyssa will be five this year, Jack will be four and the boy girl split is becoming apparent.
Alyssa: Jack, let's play ponies.
Jack, running in circles and crashing into a couch: No, let's play race cars. Race cars are more fun.
Alyssa whines and pulls out princesses. Jack concedes, picks up a Poly Pocket princess and says, "Alright, but there's a mystery and they disappear." He then flies the princesses to some unknown destination, helping boy play and girl play coincide peacefully. And then they wrestle.

* Try prying a dancing princess from her Easter dress in February.

* If your husband decides to run for a position on the village board, take a breath, break out your copy of Photoshop and do as much in-house design work as you can to save campaign costs. Here's to hoping he wins. (Aha! My very own puppet village trustee...)

* Finally, if you are eating dinner at your friend's house and the husband runs into your van while leaving to provide service to a friend, take a deep breath. Cars can be fixed. Dents can be repaired. Life will go on.