Surprises...

are a part of my day everyday. Some are not good surprises (spilled milk, Matthew's school shirt stuffed in the cushions of the couch b/c he suddenly decided he didn't want to wear it, ripped knees in all the boys jeans) but some are just delightful.

This morning, the boys really REALLY needed to play in their room between 'getting ready for school' and 'time to go to school'. So I sent them in there, knowing that it could end badly.

Instead, I found this:Matthew made his bed. Without me asking. Ahhhh... now that's a Surprise.

A few minutes later (never one to be left out) I found this:


with the additional feature of rolled up jammies.


and my favorite part was this:


carefully placed bedtime animals. :) Surprise = Joy.