As we swept away the brittle pine needles and thanked God that our beyond dead tree had not caught on fire, we said a sad farewell to two weeks of lazy mornings, staying in pajamas almost all day, unwrapping a stream of surprises, endless playing, morning art projects, happy baking, visits from grandmas and grandpas and cousins, and lots of time for cuddling in front of cozy fires with daddy who didn’t have to go to work.