Howling Along



Does it get any better than
holding your friend's hand
while listening to fun
music?



Today was one of those really awesome days.  You know, one of those days that starts off with a full cuppa cawfee in your favorite mug.  A brewed pot of cawfee that you didn't have to stumble up to make with sleep filled puffy eyes because it is way to early for any human being to be up.  Well, at least to early for non morning people.  Then you get ready for the excitement that you know you can't suppress because it's the polar opposite feeling from those that accompany the constant stress of a 9 year old stuck in a school who doesn't understand him and the gnawing anxiety that stems from waiting for results from something. 

I needed today.  LD really needed today since she has to deal with my roller coaster moods.  It was an awesome day.  Did I happen to mention that?  Oh, I did?  Well, just in case it didn't sink in...it was AWESOME.  Thank God for friends who don't realize when they invite you to head out with them to do something, that the invite was just the thing you needed to perk up an otherwise exhausting brutal week.  

Uncle Wayne and the Howling Dog Band arrived in fun theatrical flare to entertain keiki at the local library.  What a hoot they were!  Imagine a good ole boy from the hills of West Virginia who stopped off for a while in a hippy college town and viola...you can picture the lead vocalist.  He cracked me up from the time he started his performance to the end.  One thing that I gleamed for certain...he adores kids. 

This face says it all!

For 45 minutes, Uncle Wayne and his Howling Dog Band (which turned out to be only one other fella) held LD in rapt attention.  She was literally a sweaty darn mess after she was done bouncing, jamming, and twirling to the silly songs of whales, mice who won't leave houses, kangaroos in Tasmania, and what grew from the hole in the ground (green grass, a very tall tree, with a nest with an egg, and a bird, of course!).  I sat crisscross apple sauce with the other excited kiddos and dived right in to the fun of just being around LD and her little friends.  She cracks me up.  She, unlike her brother and myself, tends to take a little time to survey the situation before charging forth.  Once she's comfortable though, Sally bar the door! 

Love the sign that greets the kiddos
as they enter the sand area at
Dixie Grill!

I can think of no better way to end an outing than heading to the Dixie Grill where they have a....

SAND BOX just beckoning the kids to allow time for their momma's to have time to eat in peace and actually carry on a girlfriend conversation.  Love it! (chimes and falsetto singing)

Now I sit here in perfect peace.  LD is snoring...literally.  She's taking a nap without testing my patience for the first time this week.

Yep.  Today was just one of those days.  Those awesome miraculous days that you just can't imagine not  howling along and joining in the fun.