There are some days when you just can't wait to have a moment of quiet and peace, and yesterday was one of them.

While we do enough running around at night normally, it really seems to pick up the pace in spring.

Yesterday, I returned home with Grace and Lucas after picking them up and after making a stop at the drug store. We had 15 minutes to put our stuff from the day away, eat and go to the bathroom before heading out the door for T-ball practice.

Benjamin and Gary, who is helping coach, had a great time at T-Ball, and so did Grace and Lucas, who got to run around the playground for an hour. I got time with other moms, and I love that. Grace and I also were able to ride our tag-along bike together for the first time this season, and that's one of my favorite warm-weather activities. I like to hear her observations as we are making our way around.

Once we got home there were baths and snacks and reading. There was going to be no "American Idol" for the kids this night since they were up late the night before. We probably should have just let them stay up and watch for the number of times they were up and down the stairs.

"Did anyone get voted off yet?" Benjamin asked repeatedly. Followed by his sister and brother.

After getting them settled, I started in on the weekly cleaning chores. Because Gary and I prefer to keep our weekends for fun with the family we try to get our household tasks out of the way during the week. That means we were up until 9:30 cleaning the house, getting things ready for today, doing a load of wash and filling out some paperwork we needed to get done.

But boy did it feel good once we were able to sit down and relax.

It was a busy night, but I probably wouldn't have it any other way. It makes me appreciate sitting that much more.