Happy things...

Or things that are making me smile today

• cleaning my house to the cranked up stereo blasting Keith Urban
  
• My new pink swiffer
  
• the sounds of my two littlest boys playing and laughing while I clean
  
• It's Thursday...my favorite day of the week
  
• The sun is shining!
  
• We have railings! Thank you Brett and Jed!
  
  
  
  
  They are almost done! After picture soon to follow.
  
  
• Cameron yelling from the cross-walk on the way to school "Bye Mom!" not yet embarrassed to be seen with me.
  
• Cameron bursting through the door this afternoon yellling "Mom! I saw a frog at school today. It hopped on my arm. He was so cute!"
  
• Erik coming home looking all defeated saying "Mom, I have sooo much homework today." Then I saw the corner of his mouth turning up ever so slightly, as he desperately tried to stifle a smile and then I knew that he was messing with me. No Homework Today!
  
• Ethan's fuzzy blonde hair that stands straight up no matter how hard we try to get it to lay down.
  
  
  
  
• Ethan's attempt at conversation which sounds something like this : la der la der la der Mom. Boy I wonder what he is saying, but no matter, it's cute!
  
• Austin all set up and ready to play a game. I laughed when I saw him sitting on the floor wearing the chef hat ready to play Green eggs and ham
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And this little conversation that I had with Austin yesterday:
  
  Austin "Mom!, I didn't give dad an Austin hug this morning."
  Me: "Oh no, you'll have to give him one when he gets home tonight or maybe you'll have to give him two."
  Austin: "No, you only get one per day unless it's a special day."
  Me: "What is a special day?"
  Austin: "you know like when you go somewhere to a house you can use (Tahoe) or Christmas or Mom's day or Father's day"
  
  So there you have it, Austin hugs are pretty special and I am proud to say that I am the proud recipient of just ONE today!

Hope that you're smiling too!