These are the Moments.

Isn’t that a song? My husband tells me it’s actually “These are the Days” by the 10,000 Maniacs, but I swear there’s a commercial or something.

Anyway.

This summer, we’ve been staying up late. Too late.

The kids are home with their dad, so they don’t have to get up and go anywhere (not that that prevents them from getting up early)… the sun stays up until 9:30… and we have been staying up way too late.

On many of these nights, I find myself sitting at the kitchen table with Sam, as he eats a bedtime snack.

We sit, and we talk. He tells me about all kinds of important things like hitting homeruns and what he ate for lunch. He tells me jokes. He sings me songs.

Sitting and talking to him – even though it’s late and we should both be in bed and he certainly shouldn’t be eating cookies – is just about my favorite thing in the world. I love that little boy’s voice, and I love to hear what he has to tell me.

Lately our snack of choice has been Strawberry Milanos, and as we sat and chatted last night I recognized that this is what they mean by a Milano Moment – a moment after the craziness of the day, when we are doing nothing but being together. And eating cookies.

Being with my Sam and eating cookies – my two favorite activities.

What’s your Milano Moment? The folks at Pepperidge Farm, maker of the famous Milano, want to know! Enter the sweepstakes by telling them about your “Milano Moment” – you could win a bushel of the new Strawberry Milano cookies (and then you can eat 90% of them by yourself, like I did). So head on over to The Pepperidge Farm Milano Facebook page where you can “like” Milanos, enter the sweepstakes to win a bushel of Strawberry Milano goodness, and download a 55-cent off Milano coupon!