Chills and Tears

Last night was one of my favorite nights with the kids in a long time.

Hubby was away catching up with his brother who came to the mountain to ski, and so I had the five littles on my own.

I rented Frozen II from redbox -- the first day it was released (I can't remember the last time I made a point to see any movie the first day it was released -- in theaters or on video), and I picked up pizza for dinner.

Simple as they are, those are two huge things for me with the kids.

I cook dinner for the kids nearly every night.  I make sure the leftovers don't go bad in the fridge, and I try to prepare them in a way that my kids will eat them night after night.  And some night's they're just told to eat it even though they think dinner is a disappointment.   If I order pizza for the kids, its usually for when a baby-sitter is here, not for myself to enjoy with the kids.

Then, the movie.  Lee Lee, Hunter, and I had not seen Frozen II yet.  Howard, Caroline, and Tracey saw it in theaters with Hubby, but they saw it once and have been asking to see it again ever since. 

The movie was SOOO good... and the night was really great.

Lee Lee is still a little too squirmy for movies -- especially movies that I actually want to see and pay attention to (she spilled some pizza sauce and some ice cream because I was focused on the plot of the movie and not on her)... but WHAT A GREAT MOVIE!!!

I'm really excited that its rented because I really want to watch it again tomorrow -- with or without the kids.

The music was, of course, wonderful... and the kids and I have been listening to the soundtrack ever since the movie came out, but seeing the songs of the movie made me notice a line of one of the songs, that I never paid attention to when I just heard it.

The words rang so incredibly clear... and I may be borrowing them frequently.  I could even potentially see them painted somewhere on one of the walls of my house... seriously, these words gave me chills and tears:

These days are precious

Can't let them slip away

I can't freeze this moment

But I can still go out and seize this day 

WOW!

I feel like that is the song of my heart and my motherhood philosophy poetically summarized and four beautiful lines.

And that's exactly what last night was.

A night with my five wonderful children.  An average Friday night... but such a special, enjoyable, memorable Friday night.

I can't freeze this moment.

But I can still go out and seize this day.

...

and I will.