Saturday Morning

I woke up this morning (late! Thank you, Eric!) to the sounds of Ben shouting,
"I dug my keys into the side
Of his pretty little souped up four-wheel drive!
Carved my name into his leather seats!"

Do you think we're bad parents because our kids' favorite song is a Carrie Underwood attitude song? (My brothers think this is terrible!)

Anyway, when I came upstairs Eric and Kaela were cuddling watching cartoons and Ben was doing this:




He was stuffing all these little pins (from my step-grandmother's Bingo success, no doubt) into his pants cuffs and pockets just as fast as he could, laughing and singing/shouting the entire time.
When he saw me, he stopped and exclaimed, "Momma! I 'ub you so much!!" with arms outstretched and the kind of grin that swallows your entire face when you're only 3 feet tall...
...and I just had to take a picture or two.
Sometimes you just need a little quiet.
Then you gotta wake up and appreciate all the NOISE that's all around you. :) Such gifts, both of them.