Today I'm thankful for...
1. Field trips to the Please Touch Museum. I chaperoned my very first field trip today with Lillian's preschool class. There were so many parents who went that Lilly and I were our own group. We tagged along with a few of the other girls and Moms some of the time and we also got some one-on-one time together. We turned it into a date day. After the museum we got water ice together, then looked at a prospective new house to rent, and then we shopped for shoes and groceries at Target. It was quite a fun day and it made me appreciate the individual time I so rarely get to spend with her. I hope she always thinks it's cool to hang out with her mom. I'll enjoy it while it lasts, anyway. :)
No better way to start a day than with a carousel ride!
Lilly and Friend K
Friend B serves homemade soup in Alice and Wonderland's tree house. Lillian called it "Alex" and Wonderland!
I love this picture because it shows how Lillian is always on the go.
Road trip with girlfriend J!
Workin' it at McDonald's...Lillian's first job. Hey, you gotta start somewhere.
Co-workers. Pretty cute!
Mommy is a happy customer!
Then Lillian had a career change and decided to try her hand at being mail carrier.
But that wasn't exciting enough so she became an ambulance driver.
And then she worked her way up to being a doctor!
And finally she decided she was tired and she'd had enough so she became the patient. A whole team of doctors administered their care. She must have really good insurance.
2. The airplane that brought G-ma and G-pa back to Philly. The day that they flew in, Lillian and Sydney said they would look for their airplane way up high. Every airplane we saw they would say, "Maybe that's Grandma and Grandpa's airplane!" They came over last night to read the girls bedtime stories (during which Grandpa learned that he can not get away with changing the words to well-known stories that Lillian has memorized- and that her vocabulary is more advanced than he thought. "It doesn't say 'cry' grandpa, it says 'weep'!") :) Today Grandpa watched Sydney and Liam so I could have my date day with Lillian. We're going to take full advantage of the time we still have them so near!
3. Pretty flowers.
And pretty flower girls.
4. Bathtub photos. Tonight they all took a bath together for the first time!
5. Desire. Sometimes life gets so crazy that I feel like I'm hopelessly falling behind and I'm struggling to barely keep my head above the water. Nothing is enjoyable or joyful, despite the fact that I know I
should feel joy and happiness. Instead I'm just trying to survive each day and trudge through life. That sounds pretty depressing, right? Well, it is. When I hit lows like this, which I have recently, the only thing I can do is hold onto desire. The desire to feel differently and for things to get better. As long as I still
want to be happy, I know I can be. Somehow, someway, the happiness and the normalcy come back. Desire is a powerful thing. Sometimes it's all we've got. So hold on tight to it and don't let it go, even when everything else flies out the window.
6. Blogging. This is therapeutic for me. Good thing it's free. :)
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