Ooh baby, what a day.

Do you ever have days that just feel like an adventure through and through? For months I’ve been planning on driving back home towards Marietta for my 10 year high school reunion on Saturday. As circumstance would have it, I won’t be able to make the trip after all, but instead went to visit my old stomping grounds today while Ryan stayed up here in Columbus to hang out with Jenkins as he worked. In a period of one day I met with a new friend and her three boys, stopped by to see a very near and dear old friend and kids, drove up to my parents new home to visit for a couple of hours and then jetted over to my brother’s where I met my newest niece and took some photos (of course…sprinkled through this post).

On the drive home my head still hopped from meeting to meeting and I was just so pleased with the day. Here are some highlights as I experienced them:

Little A. with black and blue teeth & fingers crunching and clutching to a miniature Spiderman made of sugar-icing

The thrill of boys winning tickets at the arcade, even if earning just enough for a piece of bubblegum and a tootsie roll

Watching pennies & nickels swirl round and round in the wishing well, their revolutions getting tighter and faster until they whirred into oblivion

Baby T. swimming in a pile of curls and swallowed up by a cream shaggy rug.

Miss A. going on the big girl potty all by herself and then running around pants-less in celebration

Big sister pointing out a picture of her little friend on her bedroom wall…the child of one of my old friends who I haven’t seen in years, but totally visualize since the snapshot of her little one bares so much resemblance.

A large bouquet of wild tigerlilies

Choosing a fresh tomato from the vine to be sliced in half and shared between my mother and I along with homemade potato salad and sandwiches

Daddy/brother making his big girl squeal with giggles while Mamma watches over her sleeping baby

Pink lightning on the interstate

I hope you’ll enjoy tomorrow, whatever it may bring…be sure to cherish those little moments! In the meantime, feel free to enjoy these sweet snaps of Baby H. and her big sister.