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Growing up, national holidays didn't usually mean

very much to me, because we rarely got them off for school.

But I've recently found a whole new appreciation for them

because they usually mean The Boy doesn't have to work

and therefore I get to spend an extra day with him!

Today being MLK day meant that it was one of those days.

We ran errands,

played settlers of catan

(it's his favorite board game and I'm working on learning it.)

and went to little brothers basketball games.

Days that we spend together doing ordinary

every day life sort of things are my favorite

kinds of days :)