Finding Joy - Week 7

The joys:

* waking up to snow covered yard

* saying yes to playing in the snow in the morning and waiting to get school done in the afternoon {good thing as the snow was all melted by lunch time}

* landon's project from church on wednesday night... the face with the tongue.  i can't help but smile

* plugging in my camera to upload pictures and finding this picture of mauryn and

this video that landon created

* licking a beater before breakfast

* mauryn's breakfast choice... bagel pizza

* casey {one of teens is home from college} and mauryn sharing secrets

* my kids' excitement about casey being home from college for the weekend

* mauryn telling me how she is casey's special "little" girl

* sunday afternoon naps

* mauryn wanting to hold my hand while we take a nap

* meeting baby elliot via skype... isn't she precious. i just wish canada were closer so i could snuggle that new babe!

* landon isn't a fan of school. it cuts into his playtime.  landon and i created a chart where after 5 days of completing his school work without whining or complaining he would earn a small reward such as going to a movie at the dollar theater, lunch at mcdonalds, a trip to an indoor play center, etc...  last week his first row was completed so he and his dad had a movie date

* morgan and i had a saturday date.  we went to lunch and to see a local production of joseph and his amazing technicolor dreamcoat.

* sunny days and afternoons outside

* my two littles creative games involving many stuffed animals and forts

* four year old speak: eye balls for light bulbs
 popcoom for popcorn,
fo for four,
alligator for escalator and elevator,
hanimatizer for hand sanitizer,
and the list goes on and on  i don't want it to go away!

what were your joys this week?