Yesterday after piano lessons we passed the roving maintenance herd.  To the children's delight, I determined we had time to stop and pile out of the van for a moment.  I think they've thanked me a dozen times since--Keegan especially seemed to think that it was the grandest field trip ever. "Thank you mommy for letting us visit the mowing goats!"

Sometimes it pays to pull over and take time to run across a bridge, smell the roses--or, perhaps, even stop to smell the goats!