Grateful For...'Witching Hour'

'Witching hour', 'Arsenic hour', '(Un)happy hour', 'Feral o'clock'... whatever you choose to call it.

That time of the day when little people are over tired and not so little people are just plain over it.

Four years ago, the evening period of the day used to send my heart rate soaring and nerves fraying.

My gorgeous tiny Magoo was anything but in the late afternoons 
- crying, fussing and screaming continuously no matter what I did.

Flash forward four years and the evening period of the day is sending my heart into a state again
- a state of euphoria!!

Oh, believe me, I know this will not be long lived.

Hence the gratitude.

Right now, our evenings around here are just lovely.

These days, because Magoo's bedtime is now closely followed by mine, we eat dinner as soon as Hubby arrives home and I start winding down from about then.

We play a game or catch up on our days, both kids (gee, I loved typing that!) have their bath, a story is read - usually while Missi is having a bottle and 'samily cuddles' are had.

There is no late in the day crying, fussing or screaming - from any of us -  at this stage.

(Remembering - my children can't actually argue and fight yet!)

For now, while this endures, I am just loving it.

And ever so grateful.

How did I get so lucky?

Linking with Maxabella Loves' 52 Weeks of Grateful

Shar :-)