On this day

Logan and Jessie were fighting a bit today. I asked Logan to get a snack out of the snack basket for each of his siblings. He got himself Gushers. He gave Porter a fruit by the foot. He gave Noah some chocolatey goodness disguised as a granola bar.  He gave Jessie... wait for it.... raisins. Do you know anybody who really enjoys raisins? Do you know any child who would be just as happy with raisins as any of the above snacks? I don't. Not even my little old man. Sure, my kids eat them when that's what I pack for a snack for everybody. Needless to say, Jessie didn't want the raisins once she saw everybody else's snacks. She came up to me and said, "Mommy, wait a minute, I don't want these. I want something else." So I said, "Logan, please get the snack basket down for Jessie and let her pick out something she wants." And that was the end of it.

While I was making dinner, the kids were having a dance party. The songs played the most were "Magic" by Walk Off the Earth, "Cecilia" by Simon and Garfunkel, and "Dynamite" by that one guy. I had to get Noah off the table numerous times.

"Sweet Dreams," I said to Jessie as I tucked her in. "Actually, Mommy, I want to have a bad dream so that you will come sleep with me!" I'm flattered.