Such A Perfect Day

You know that song from Lou Reed, Perfect Day? The one that may be ingrained in your mind as the one that plays in Trainspotting while Ewan MacGregor slips away into his heroin induced carpet coma. It’s a beautiful song and to be honest, I tend to forget about it. That is, until I’m in the midst of a day that can only be described by that specific song.

Yesterday was one of those days. For the first time in a very long time, I actually had nothing going on at work and decided early in the week to take the day off. And so we woke up early and Mark had a chance to stay in bed for just a bit more. I sat the Dooz in his high chair while he happily munched on some Os and pointed out things in the dining room. He has this way of asking what things are and/or pointing them out by saying “S’dat?” I whipped up some homemade vanilla/cinnamon pancakes just in time for Mark to wake up. And it was so lovely, just eating breakfast as a family with no pressure of places to be, things to do.

Post breakfast, we decided to head to the zoo. It was such a clear and shiny morning, it seemed just right for walking around Woodland Park. We actually scored a free parking spot right in front of the west entrance and made it inside just in time for the gorillas playing right up at the glass of their enclosure. The Dooz was SUPER excited to walk around and even more excited to hit the Zoomazium. Basically, it’s a place to let your kids go crazy in one spot that happens to have lots of carpeting and cushion. We even had time for a snack on the grass by the family farm area.

Afterwards, we went in to Ballard to run some errands and walked over to the park which happens to have a nice little splash area. Though no one was dressed for it, we let D walk through through the water spots, pat the concrete urchin and splash through the area until he was totally soaked. He was so dang happy, I couldn’t have pulled him away if I wanted to.

And then, home in time for a nap and a little time to read and sit in the sunshine on our deck with the dogs.

The perfect day. And though I have a tiny bit of video of Dooz at the zoo, I didn’t have the camera for our impromptu soak fest at the park. At first, I cursed myself for not taking the SLR, but now I think that maybe it was for the best. Maybe days like this are best left to memory … like some special little secret.