NOT Random Saturday Stuff

I was going to post a lot of random updates today but I can't.

Because last night something really lovely happened and I can't get the vision of it out of my head so I have to tell you about it.

See, my girls have been playing with bubbles this week. Just those cheap bottles of bubbles from Wal-Mart or wherever, occasionally refilled by Dawn dish washing soap. The weather here has been incredible --dipping into the low sixties at night and peaking at around 80 degrees during the day--and the girls have really enjoyed being outside.

So, first the girls started playing a game where they would blow the bubbles and dance around in them. (I overheard Ana (10) ask Jane (7) in all seriousness, "If you had a butler, would you ask him to stand and blow bubbles so you could dance in them?")

Soon they realized that if they run as fast as possible across the yard, a trail of bubbles will shoot out behind them. Then they started pretending they were fairies and the bubbles were wishes. The fairies would READ the wishes and pop the ones they deemed "greedy."

Last night, as it was getting dark and just cool enough to think about coming inside, the girls began spinning around, enveloping themselves in bubbles and laughing like mad.

And right at that moment? The fireflies started to light the bubbles up. I've never seen anything like it. It was simply...enchanting. So incredibly beautiful.

Almost as lovely as the innocent, awed, luminous faces of my two daughters.
Sometimes I wish they didn't ever have to grow up.