March 6

I don't know if it's the rain or the simple fact that they're eight and 10 years old, but these two have driven me up the wall (several walls, really) of late. They're loud, crazy, and have energy to burn.

But this evening during dinner, at least they made me chuckle. I (half) jokingly said I wanted to buy a giant hamster wheel for them to use in the yard, and the suggestion was met with extraordinary enthusiasm and high-volume, animated chatter about how great it would be and could they pleasepleaseplease have one.

It was, of course, a ridiculous suggestion, but the simple fact that they took it seriously made me roll my eyes and laugh. And after a somewhat less than fun day, I was grateful for the release.