A Cold Tangerines Kind of Day

"I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing out loud in the car with the windows open and wear pink shoes and stay up all night laughing and paint my walls the exact color of the sky right now.... I want to sleep hard on clean white sheets and throw parties and eat ripe tomatoes and read books so good they make me jump up and down, and I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift."
— Shauna Niequist (Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life)

THIS is the kind of day I had.  I finally let go and got to enjoy my kids for once.   We spent the morning acting like penguins, using our "flippers" instead of raising our hands, waddling from one side of the room together, talking in penguin speak, until later on when we had to get down to a serious lesson.  One of the girls wanted the kids to quiet down and said, "Shut your beaks!"  I couldn't contain it.  My laughter came out in one of those belly laughs that keep you laughing for a long time.  My kids and I felt our laughter bubble over until we were all on the floor laughing.  It's like I was back in my cabin at camp just having fun with my younglings.  Now, if every day could be like this then I think that I can survive student teaching.