My happy things

 

• Spontaneous vacation plans that have fallen into place so easily that it's almost scaring me.  What started with a simple little Facebook status update from a friend has exploded into an almost week long road trip for the whole family.  I love it!!  We've been trying to take a family vacation for years now and we're really going to do it.  Did I mention that we leave a week from yesterday?  YIKES!
• Glorious spring weather has brought our neighborhood back to life.  It's been wonderful to get outdoors with the kids again and let them run and play up and down the cul de sac with all of their friends.  It's so nice for us parents, too, to have extra eyes watching over the kids while we're chatting and having actual grown up conversations.  Everybody's happy!
• Sister seems to have turned a bit of a corner with her sleep in the past couple of weeks.  (Knocking furiously on wood as I type this!)  We are no longer having the nightly battles of keeping her clothed and in her bed and quiet.  Bedtimes have been pushed back by about 30 minutes and with our outdoor play, she's naturally more tired.  It's definitely working in our favor.  And more sleep means she's far less contrary than she had been.  Trust me, this is a really, really happy thing!
• We have settled on a summer schedule for the kids.  Mister, who has been going to preschool M-F, will cut back to going only on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  He's happy about it and so am I.  I do miss him in the mornings and it will be nice to have him around to do fun things.  The best part is that Sister will join him on those mornings at preschool.  HALLELUJAH!!  She's so ready for new challenges and I'm excited for her to be exposed to the Montessori way of learning.  I think she's really going to thrive in that environment and it will be fun for her to be there with Mister AND her twin friends from our street.  In the fall, her schedule will change to M-W-F.  Very exciting!
• Garage sale season is here!!  This makes me oh so very happy!!  I've already found some great stuff...some things to keep and some things to sell on eBay.  The best find so far was the brand new, tags still on it, Dooney & Bourke wrist back that I found for $1.  I sold it on eBay for $29.99.  Not bad!
• Baseball season is also here!  Mister is super excited.  He has a new glove and new shoes (he went up from a 13 to a 1 1/2!) and can't wait to get back in the groove.  Unfortunately, his first practice got stormed out on Tuesday but we've been playing a lot of catch and hitting some balls.  Should be a fun season!
•  Earth Day is right around the corner and I'm getting a birch tree!  WOOT!  We'll also be planting things with the kiddos again this year.  Mister has already been asking about it.  It makes me happy that he's aware of these types of things.

So what's making you happy?  Leave me a comment.

 

Comments

[Molly]

Smiling at your summer schedule - glad she's off to try school! That will be very exciting :)

[grandma w]

* Reading your posts
* Visiting with Aunt Melva, Uncle Argus and Cousin Michael this morning
* Starting to work in the yard outside
* Seeing 2 daughters yesterday
* Seeing the son and friend Terry Monday
* Your family getting to go on a vacation