Simple Pleasures

Have you ever noticed how children seem to naturally "get it"? No one has to tell them to stop and smell the roses. They already innately know how to enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Take Riley, for example, our 2.5 year old. He was so excited to go outside the other day and play in the "mud"...his word for a giant sand pit where the swimming pool resided last summer. He played t-ball in the "mud," climbed a tree with his papaw, and rested on a stump in the yard. You would've thought he had been to Disneyland!

And then there's Emma Reese...beautiful eight week old. Just today she cracked up at colorful pillow on her brother's bed and again at me when my bangs fell on her face and tickled her. Amused at the sound of water running, people's voices, her brother's crazy shrills.

We can learn a lot from our kids. In a world of bills, checklists, appointments and errands (even as a stay-at-home-mom) we let life take us in a whirlwind and before we know it, it has passed us by in the blink of an eye. If only we'd take time to enjoy the simple pleasures again. I wonder, what "mud pit" gets us excited. Take time to remember this morning. And smell the roses while you're at it!