It's so easy to lose sight of the value of spending simple time with the family. Tonight I wasn't in a particularly distracted or selfish mood, just conscious of time. I was quietly nudging the family along towards getting pumpkins and then preparing kids for bed and I almost missed the fact that we were spending time together at a pumpkin patch, the kids were exploring the corn stalks, we had a hay bail ride, the kids were discovering different kinds of plants, we were enjoying ice cream together and the kids were having a great time.
This didn't really occur to me until Ethan, who usually provides a luke-warm response when asked about his enjoyment level of family events, gushed excitedly about how awesome it was to go pick pumpkins together. What a great example of stopping to enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
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