Day 147

1. Full trash bags in the basement - means we've cleaned out some of the kids' things

2. Enough sun for an afternoon outing to the pool for Memorial Day

3. Playing a Yoga card game with C.

Day 146

1. Whole Foods

2. Watching the kids have a water fight in the driveway.

3. A great husband.

Day 145

1. A quiet morning.

2. A husband who enjoys yard work.

3. A lovely afternoon & evening for all of us at a friend's potluck party.

4. C to me at bedtime "Thank you for being my mommy" That's enough to keep me happy for a long time!

Day 142 - 144

The end of the first few non-Disney summer vacation days...

1. Getting into a routine of getting everything together for each trip to the pool.

2. A little cutie proposing to MJ in the baby pool yesterday.

3. The first fireflies of summer.

4. Lots of goodies from Trader Joe's.

5. A banana in the blender with chocolate soy milk for breakfast.

Days 138 - 141

The Disney Days...

I was offline while we took our first Disney vacation, it was exhausting, exciting, fun, and, of course, Magical. Here are happys from the trip...

1. Feeling like a kid again.

2. M telling me it was a great place as he & I left everyone else sleeping to sit outside the hotel and watch the fireworks over Cinderella's castle.

3. C & M wearing their new Mickey ears every second of our visit.

4. Spending some time at my Aunt's beautiful home.

5. The complementary snacks in our hotel lounge.

6. A relatively easy 8 hour car ride (each way).

Day 137

1. Summer Vacation!!

2. A lovely outing with the girls to the American Girl store for high tea and hair styles for the dolls - good thing the store is at a mall that is not very near our house, it makes the trip a very special treat!

3. Summer Vacation!!

Day 136

1. The local meat market.

2. Getting ready for the last day of school.

3. A great husband who came home from work and mowed the lawn.

Day 135

1. Bittersweet last day of preschool for Mary Jane, I'm happy that mornings will be easier for a while.

2. An evening of socials - picnic on the playground at church followed by an ice cream social at C's teacher's house.

3. Clean sheets on all of the kids' beds.

Day 134

1. 2nd grade awards day, very sweet

2. MJ's turn to get her nails done followed by lunch with Mommy.

3. Settling in for an evening on the couch with shows on the DVR and my sweet husband.

Day 133

1. 20 minutes alone with the Mini Boden catalog and an iced mocha while I was getting the oil changed on my car

2. Mani/pedi with the BEST almost-done-with-kidergartener in the world (my daughter C) - she loved getting to pick her own color (red) and getting to sit in the fancy spa chair. They even painted flowers on all of her nails.

3. Turning off the AC and opening the windows for a change.

Day 131 & 132

1. A busy Saturday that involved 2 family trips into downtown Decatur (about 1 mile away) without getting in the car once all day.

2. M walking the whole way home with me last night after a concert on the square. I offered him a piggy back ride, his response "you've walked more than me today, I'm fine."

3. The Varsity for a pre-birthday party lunch with the family. An Atlanta landmark that has way more than hot dogs, I had a bacon cheeseburger with pimento cheese on it today. YUM!

4. The kids' excitement about a pool, every time.

5. Making plans for Disneyworld!

Day 130

This week has been very bittersweet for me as MJ has decided she would rather spend time with me than enjoy her last few days in preschool. This makes for long days for both of us - I wasn't quite ready for the start of summer or the end of preschool.

1. A day that got much better after 4:00.

2. Watching M & C have a great time while getting exercise and raising money for the school.

3. A quiet Friday night for a change.

Day 129

1. An excited six year old bounding into my room at 6:30 this morning for her birthday wishes.

2. A delicious family/birthday cookout.

3. A little downtime with shows on DVR.

Day 128

1. Yardwork - sometimes it feels great to sweat it out a little while raking and moving piles of woodchips.

2. M telling me "Doing good behavior is not so hard once you get use to it. I wonder how C knew hot to do it all this time."

3. Walking and walking once again, part of it while M rode his bike.

4. Wednesday lunch.

5. The kids' excitement, especially MJ, when we told them about an upcoming trip to Disneyworld. MJ's words "That's where the princesses live!"

Days 125 - 127

MJ and I are having a hard time getting into the swing of things these days. The end of the school year and birthday season are making life a little crazy. Here are some happy moments from the last few days...

1. Birthday doughnuts

2. Watching my kids sleep

3. The local meat market

4. Starbucks soy lattes

5. Voting in a special state election

6. Celebrating Mother's Day with the best kids ever

Day 124

1. Another day, another successful birthday party - this one for my almost 4 year old.

2. Dinner and a movie out with my husband, a pre-Mother's Day treat.

3. An active son who wants to be out riding his bike all the time.

Day 123

1. A successful 6th birthday party - 10 girls running around in pajamas. I filled them with pancakes for supper and sent them home at bedtime.

2. The best in-laws ever - the party would not have been a success without all of their help.

3. Another cute book float parade at the elementary school.

Day 122

1. Dinner with friends to end a crazy day.

2. Getting the final plans done for 2 birthday parties this weekend.

3. Looking forward to a good nights sleep.

Day 121

1. Enjoying what has become a weekly mother/daughter lunch with a couple of other mothers and daughters at Panera this afternoon.

2. Helping out at the elementary school.

3. Wednesday night supper.

Day 120

1. Good times with good friends over coffee before a busy day.

2. Feeding the family dinner (sort of) when it seemed like we didn't really have any food in the fridge.

3. Bedtime.

Day 119

It was a very, very rainy day here today - not a great way to start a busy week...

1. A visit with an old friend and her adorable little girl, makes it a little easier to part with another baby item that has been with us for 7 years - the carseat (we still have 3, we're just done with yet another one).

2. Reading to my kids tonight and every night.

3. Going to watch MJ's gymnastics class.

Day 118

1. The children's choir at church (this week it was M's turn).

2. A quiet day (for the most part)

3. Relaxing for a movie with my husband to end the weekend.

Day 117

1. A Saturday without too much housework since I cleaned so much on Friday.

2. Catching up with a friend at a birthday party.

3. A Saturday night babysitter.