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(Henry and I photographed by Sarah Wert of Modern Kids Photography)

So here’s a question for you: What would you do with three extra minutes in the day?

Would you organize a junk drawer? Put away shoes left out by the entry way? Tell an extra bedtime story?  Scrub the cracks in the counter? Create a playlist on itunes? Send a thoughtful email to a friend or family member? Practice making a top knot bun?
It’s fun to think about the quick, simple things that make a difference in our everyday lives.

Some of you moms out there may relate, but I’m always a bit relieved when Henry’s snug, asleep in bed. I have a list in my head of things that get assigned to the ‘when Henry’s asleep’ time of day and I get anxious to start checking them off. But. Soon after he’s down, when the house is still and the dishes are clean, I start to miss him just a little. I think about our day and wish I had spent a little more time with him at our kitchen table where we work on art projects, practice writing and put together lego airplanes. There always seems to be something I’m trying to do simultaneously, I hate to say, and I have a hard time really giving him full attention. Is it just me? Three minutes of full attention would suffice!
If I had three extra minutes in the day I’d draw the extra airplane he wants me to, take more time building higher bridges for his trains to race under, and spend three more minutes playing that silly rhyming game he made up instead of rushing to checking my email. Uninterrupted mom and Henry time is what I’d do with three extra minutes.

PS This picture blows me away! Can you believe that’s the same kid? Oh, and remember Linus the Lamb made from a sock? They’re still bosom friends! (Ahem, thanks to some deliberate product placement on my part, admittedly).

If I had six extra minutes, I’d spend more time with Henry and then work on that teased top knot bun, which really could use the better part of an hour!

Some other ideas (there are too many!):

1. Read and comment on friends’ blogs

2. Practice a makeup trick from a youtube video (my mother calls is ‘the youtubes’)

3. Fold the towels in the kitchen drawer

4. Write a thoughtful email to someone I’ve been thinking about

5. Put together a cute outfit from my closet for a future day

6. Pluck my eyebrows (I’m so bad at keeping those up!)
I’d love to hear your ideas: What would you do with three extra minutes in the day? Something for yourself, for your home, for those you love?