Thankful Thursday Friday

Sorry for being so lame and not posting this on it's appointed day. Yesterday was quite a busy day. Filled with gratitude for it though (and for the cyber break).

1. Public libraries and patience to keep going back and following around my favorite lil girl in the world while she "finds" her place there.
   "Mom, do they have non-fiction books here?"
   "Yes. What exactly do you want to read about?"
   "Um. Hmm. I don't know. Hmm."
   "Start with this...person place or thing."
   "Thing."
   "What KIND of thing?"
   "Um, cookbooks?" (found 'em, next?) "What about fish?"
   We came home with a books about bats, and gorillas. Go figure. God bless the book
   selection though. We are getting there.
   
   Oh and both kids (I picked for the future pilot since he stayed home with "the-Law") got books by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers. If you haven't seen these books yet you MUST. Ingenious illustrations! (You can check out some of the art work here http://morarwen.multiply.com/photos/album/1/Saxton_Freymanns_Food_Art)
2. Soothing Christmas lights. The tree is up and it is beautiful. The lights are twinkly and pleasing
3. Children who, though rambunctious, share good times together
4. My favorite first born, who promises me he is going to roll up his sleeves and help me get the basement converted into a workout area and place for the kids to go wild without harming themselves (padded cells come to mind--for me...)
5. Eggs! LOVE 'em
6. Patient husbands who, when their frustrated wives throw in the cooking towel now and then, muster up and grab a bowl of cereal
7. Mints. Not as much as gum mind you but, well, when you can't have gum...
8. Sleep. People this is soooo under-rated!
9. i-Pods. A device which allows you to finally here your children sing without them tell you to stop listening. Is it me or do kids just think you can't hear them because THEY can't hear them?
10. Warm fuzzy pj's (they go especially nice with a steaming cup of coffee) Mmmmmmm

I know some of these may sound a bit frivolous but I am thankful for them. It is the little things sometimes. It truly is.


Thank you Jesus for providing for us!