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Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ~Mary Oliver

I'm sad today is over. It was just one of those days where I stopped and payed attention, where I wish I had videotaped the little things and the stuff the kids said so I could replay them over and over in my mind.

We took a long walk in the woods and discovered an "I love this place" in a pit with some mud and rock walls.

Trevor made up a long story on the way home that he will write down "someday"

We discovered that acorns float sometimes and it's really cool to watch them flow down a stream (but sticks and leaves don't work as well).

We brought back big leaves and sticks and acorns

We made turkeys out of our handprints

We made really good hot chocolate (using real melted chocolate)

We read books and looked at toy catalogs

Trevor was singing some alphabet song that Gammie taught him ALL DAY

We decided that we wanted our own typewriter (Gammie do you have one?)

We played "Harry potter" outside and made magic wands out of some sticks that we picked up on our walk

We listened to Pandora radio all day

We made a leaf pile and jumped in it

We played blocks by the fire

We had warm taco soup for dinner

We rode bikes in the circle after dark

WE soaked our feet and rubbed backs before bed.

Someone decided that he "learned more at home" than he did in school (I don't think so)

I love days off with nothing else to do.