mrs.

buzzing around on espresso. for my ernie-valentine i put together a caffeine high box consisting of this:



and this:



something like this:



a hazelnut this:



and a shining jar full of this:



so this morning we bubbled the brew and pumped the froth and i downed a cup of it in the gilded sunshine of my study. then i folded laundry, put it away, cleaned the playroom, the bedroom, the hallway. then i did a little dancing with boys still in pjs. all before breakfast so here i am still shaking and it's almost eleven a.m.

and ernie gave us this (which of course was promptly and excitedly confiscated and hoarded by henry):



one of these:



a giant one of these:



lots and lots of these:



and a mystery chocolate that also had caramel and hazelnuts. oh boy.

and, best of all, a love letter with a spa-massage gift certificate inside.

henry was sick and grumpy all day. he kept asking for tylenol. so he dimetapped his way through dinner and passed out at seven o'clock, not stirring for eleven hours. jude was more lively so we played with him for a long, quiet time while eating chocolate on the living room floor.