it was this kind of day...

got up early, 

quick breakfast, 

off to a MOMS club meeting, 

lunch time fun with friends, 

missed our nap {too much fun with friends} 

picked Auntie up from work, 

made appointments, 

talked with Doctors, 

made a zillion phone calls, 

got Kara off the kitchen counter tops one hundred times, 

answered one more phone call, 

pulled a small toy out of Rachel's ear 

{she thought it belonged there, apparently} 
*while helping Rachel with the toy in her ear....*

.... Kara found a new tub of lotion 

{one I thought I put high enough out of her reach} 
cleaned up the mess, 
bathed Kara, 

greeted Daddy at the door soon after, 

we all got ready for Bible study, 

went to Bible study, 

ate a yummy dinner, 

visited with people we love, 

felt very blessed......... 

somehow, even after days like today; messes that were part of today and craziness that seems too much to fit into one day, at the end of it all, I can't help but smile and tell myself... it could be worse. 

"I wonder if this is what it looks like to God, when we make a total mess of things."

-Ethan, upon seeing his sister in the bathroom, covered head to toe in lotion.