Happy days!

It's the day before Halloween, and my kids are bursting with excitement. Jules has a school fall party, and then our church has a carnival with lots of rides. They have been talking it up all week at the preschool, so even though we were not planing on going, Jules has informed us that we are indeed going, "no exceptions!" My four year old just busted me with the "no exceptions" line! Lilly thankfully wanted to be a cheerleader, so free costume there, yeah. Jules wants to be Tinkerbell (freezing), and Amelia is a skunk.
It's always nice to come home after a vacation, you feel revived and refueled to conquer. A week with no yelling or fussing kids has led to at least 3 days of no yelling at home, except what Lilly has been doing.
Boot camp started back. It felt good to push my body after a nearly 2 week break. I was able to keep the cookies in too ;)
Everyday there is joy, if your not experiencing it's your own fault. I recently read where someone said "live it afraid" , what she was talking about was facing your fears, charging at them head on and not letting fear turn you away. So for now, I'm going to work on stepping out of that comfort zone and charging at somethings. I also will not be too busy for my kids. I will savor the moments where they make me laugh, and I will let the tears flow when they touch me so deeply I want to cry. These are the joys of life.