today, my kitchen island looks like this
because my favorite four year old and I ...

were busy making a red paper lightening-fast race track.
and today, every single time this sweet girl
said {mommy hold you}...
...I stopped what I was doing
{like making potato soup for my last Bible study of the semester tonight}
...and I held her very, very close.
Today, I played monster trucks.
shot dart guns.
read princess books.
played tag.
got beat in tag.
rocked a baby girl to sleep.
played scientist with a preschooler.
Today, my kitchen island looks like this
and I am very, very okay with that.