Monday's Musings...

Today was a day for us

to excercise patience and creativity

as we spent the vast majority of our afternoon

at the naval hospital to see the doctor.

Ally started to not feel very well

a few days or so ago

so today we went in for an appointment.

I was thankful that the children

were content looking through

our bag of books that we had brought

and playing quietly (well somewhat) with each other.

It seems that most public places nowadays

are either playing music or showing tv shows

that we do not have in our home or lives

so it is always a blessing to see

the children content otherwise.

They did an ekg in the doctor's office

and sent us to get some more blood work done.

We needed to linger around for quite some time

to wait for the initial results of the labs

so the children and I

went into the mini-store there

and picked up some waters and a snack

then headed outside to enjoy the weather

for an hour or so.

We had a nice time.

It was mostly hot, but there was an

occasional gust of wind that felt wonderful.

We spent time talking and snacking

and the younger ones enjoyed

running races, picking 'money leaves' from trees,

searching for birds' nests,

and listening to the different bird callings

(as well as listening and looking for the helicopter).

I was wishing I had my camera... but I didn't.

After an hour or so, we were able to head home,

as there was nothing alarming in her bloodwork.

The children were glad to go out in the backyard

and use the frisbee and new ball

that we bought over the weekend.

As I was making supper,

I learned an important new fact about our youngest...

I saw that she has the ability

to succeed in her attempts at climbing our fence.

I was glad to learn it before she crossed over!

Now we have finished supper,

the children are jumping and playing outside

while Ally is reading a book.

Bathtime and bedtime have come

so I am off to tend to my joyful duties.

I hope y'all have enjoyed your Monday!