1. omnicef

2. Lovey able to stay at home

3. Ms. Kip at Gymnastics

4. glad that it was just the AC that broke on the trip

5. a Lovey able to work on cars

6. a pediatrician squeezing you in

7. neti pots

8. sudaphed

9. emer-gen-C

10. a dinner invitation

11. best brownies ever sans walnuts

12. a rainstorm

13. coffee

14. Trader Joe’s

15. a book on CD coming to an end and the next one waiting at the library

16. ordering a holiday gift earl

17. coffee

18. working it out

19. a pediatrician working you in again

20. a 4 year old finally calming down

21. just a mark, nothing worse

1. ordinary time with special people (Thanks for traveling all the way here Gramma & Grandpa)

2. Noticing the change and difference a year makes in a dancer’s performance

3. remembering the flowers

4. flowers for a dancer from her Grandparents and Auntie & Uncle

5. Sour Cream Rhubarb Pie season

6. a pink carnival cake to celebrate a recital

7. time to photograph my favorite people

8. family to help with the yard work

9. seeing generations of hands being held

10. sweet pictures of special times

11. sweet pictures of ordinary times

12. confidence

13. the smell of the baby when she snuggles in first thing in the morning

14. resuming therapy hours

15. animated chatter

16. a little girl standing more firmly

17. patience

18. forgiveness when I lose my patience

19.getting to do our routine activities with our family

20. Lovey’s coming to the rescue

21. Lovey’s pleasantness about our need for him to come to the rescue

1. a couple of reasons to celebrate Mother’s Day

2. Sweet cards from 4 year olds

3. Trouper Azaleas

4. basil, basil, basil

5. actually getting the basil in the ground

6. options and project ideas

7. a coffee break with Lovey

8. Iced Latte Season

9. rascally stisters

10. the bittersweetness of growing pains

11. tylenol

12. an uneventful day

13. the house being almost picked up

14. a 4 year old helping to pick up

15. a 2 year old helping to wipe up

16. a 2 year old signing diaper, then turning and booking it to the potty!

17. Princess Leia Pigtails on Zuzu

18. Piggies on the Quail

19. The Quail actually letting me do a front side braid

20. A day off work

21. Anticipation of Gramma & Grampa’s visit!

1. a baby feeling better

2. meeting new sitters!

3. a waterproof mattress cover

4. friends

5. invitations

6. new flowers blooming!

7. a peony returning

8. my first “showy” peony blooming

9. Muffins for Mom

10. poo-poo on the potty!

11. Sara Rosenfeld Johnson

12. the mmmmmmm sound

13. movie night with popcorn and swedish fish!

14. fun new training at work

15. embracing my greenness

16. a box of giftees from a dear Auntee!

17. Hi’s from old and new friends

18. 4 year old narratives on their mom

19. running in to buddies

20. jean day

21. Mattie Playne- Get Married Well! We’ll miss you!

1. Sweet Easter Days

2. Little Augusta’s directing the day in full impresario

3. Baby’s with high fevers staying in good spirits.

4. kind airport people taking care of us

5. lil stisters wrestling like panda bears inspite of the chaos around them

6. A big stister singing “Itsy-bitsy Spider” while her stister wails

7. A Quail’s mimicry of Momma when Big Stister doesn’t listen to the original momma

8. Making it home safe & sound through unpleasant weather

9. An appreciative boss letting me know

10. a new cupcake bakery!

11. an unexpected night out with new friends

12. a barfing baby waiting till the weekend to cancel our plans

13. a 4 year old telling me I look like Princess Catherine and Daddy looks like Prince William and Nana Dori looks like the Queen

14. A 4 year old scolding her Daddy that he’s not the boss of cuddling

15. Knowing that that’s right, Momma is

16. a 2 year old gathering up the blocks, standing up and walking across the room and putting them away- just like any other 2 year old

17. photo editing time

18. beautiful flowers

19. strong babies

20. wise 4 year olds

21. patient Loveys

1. fairly smooth flights

2. sleeping children

3. cousins- lots of cousins!

4. sparkley, sticky & sandy babies

5. strawberry kisses

6. sparkley cheeks

7. a baby walking more than she is crawling

8. a 4 year old remembering

9. Roberto’s

10. Buddies for the kiddos and buddies for us!

11. time off and away!

12. home again- home again!

13. too short trips

14. Love

15. healthy kin

16. beautiful weather

17. pelicans

18. being ready to go

19. playtime

20. pretty, pretty dresses

21. big, sandy smiles

1. 15 minutes of walking!

2. the baby’s unfurling skills

3. the baby’s panic mode when she knows she’s caught

4. the four year old’s warning, “Momma you don’t want to see what the Quail’s doing right!”

5. a pound down inspite of a day of gorging

6. the vampire novella on CD from the library

7. summer plans taking shape

8. a shiny new haircut

9. wills, trusts and POAs done

10. a baby shower

11. a job well done

12. a baby with a biscuit

13 praline bacon

14. duck and sweet potato hash

15. 2 kids actually eating their breakfast out at a restaurant

16. Girl’s Night Out

17. a tasty meal at a renovated restaurant

18. a table of desserts shared

19. getting outside my comfort zone and realizing it’s ok

20. learning to shoot

21. not actually hitting anything

1. spring weekend days feeling summery

2. flower puttering time with the girls

3. driving up to the school playground and seeing our Bird standing and looking so lovely at a tree in a pretty, pretty pink & black dress

4. Zuzu’s wise quips

5. Zuzu’s clarifications of which people on the computer are in our land (as opposed to Dora’s)

6. Stisters copying each other

7. so many “tickers” on the chart

8. a great and empowering lunch meeting where I was told we’re already ahead of the curve in our goals, intentions and plans for our wee one

9. a dance routine under the privet tree

10. leaf monies

11. blooms

12. groanin over growin

13. big grins greetin you

14. a busy busy week!

15. yellow iris’ joining the mix

16. some concentrated flower camera time

17. birthday parties

18. feeling grateful all around

19. helpin out

20. talking about emotions with the two year old

21. days full of rascaling, monstering and pouncing.

1. emotional maturing

2. professional development

3. rockin scores on HELP assessments

4. an unexplainable advance in cognitive development

5. off the charts social development

6. a 2 year old calling out “ticker” when she pee-pees in the potty and points to her sticker chart

7. a 2 year old toddling over to flush the potty

8. poo-poo in the potty

9. a date with Lovey and good friends & a babysitter for the kiddos

10. good monstering

11. househunting

12. spring weather

13.travel planning

14. new Old Navy cheap shirts

15. 8 lbs down from 1/1/11

16. 110 sit-ups a day

17. The HLF joining in the sit-ups

18. daily hunger cravings curbed

19. triumph over impulse control

20. a 4 year old movin-on up & being tickled about it!

21. a 4 year old excitedly describing her new routine in her new class