The laundry machine dominates the sounds of the house right now, the dryer kind of shakes everything a little bit, my twelve year old walks through the room singing a song and in the other room 'Dino squad' is entertaining the normally rowdy torrent of boys. Lilah's pitter pattering feet investigate something or another even though she was right on my lap when I began this post

in other words, a rare moment of quiet relaxation..