today, we woke up late and made crepes and planted new plants and put down new mulch and mowed the yard and swept the sidewalk. and annie, she slept the entire afternoon. when she woke up, we had dinner on the front porch. and after dinner, we rode our bikes downtown for ice cream. annie and i shared. and then we took the trail to our favorite park. swings and slides and a little girl who didn't want to leave. but the sun was leaving for the day and we rode home. we ate some popcorn before bath time and then annie and cam went upstairs. i listened from downstairs, like i do every night, and thought about how much different it sounded tonight from just a couple of months ago. annie chose her books (old bunny AND new bunny, please). and she requested cam's guitar. i listened to cam abide her requests (the avett brothers and itsy bitsy spider and apples and bananas).
as i went upstairs to interrupt the bath that had lasted nearly an hour, i thought i want to remember this day forever.