First off, here's Cam's stylish digs from yesterday. He looked straight out of the 70's, it rocked.




MY HAPPINESS TODAY:

~Nate's out of school for 2 blessed weeks!!
~The kids slept in until 8 am. Rare.
~Vanilla-Almond Oatmeal with fresh blueberries for breakfast.
~Allie has a nickname: Sprout. Sometimes Lil Sprout. Sometimes Scout.....my favorite character from To Kill A Mockingbird.
~Nate found a great locally-owned bike shop who is fixing both boys' bikes. I love to support small businesses.
~This morning Nate & I were standing in the kitchen in a bear hug....we like those. Anyway, suddenly we feel two little arms around our legs and a Cam head being wedged in between us. I just smiled....just what I've always dreamed of: A gorgeous hubby with little ones at our feet.
~Our lunch: Multi-grain tortillas rolled up with butter, cinamon & sugar, with nectarines and cucumbers on the side.
~Eating healthy. We've been really working on this in our family. Well, we've always eaten pretty healthy, but I want to do even better. More whole-wheat, fresh fruit, and veggies-veggies-and more veggies. Less frozen or packaged foods, sugar, preservatives.
~Speaking of veggies....I menu-planned today. My goal each week is to try new fruits & veggies we've never had or cooked with before. I'll keep ya posted on that...
~Flip-flops & shorts
~Folding the kids' laundry. For some reason, it makes me happy, their clothes are so little & cute....especially Sprout's!
~Cam is starting to make up hilarious little songs. Songs about colors, songs about food, songs about us.


MEMORY:

My first pair of pointe shoes aka 'toe shoes'. I did ballet for 11 years. Becoming old enough & strong enough to wear pointe shoes was a huge milestone. They are so beautiful....pink & satiny. I had several pair over the years. But my favorite pair was my very last ones I got before I moved to Utah and sadly stopped dancing. They were handmade in Russia, and they are absolutely gorgeous. I still put them on from time to time. I still have all of my old pair....I keep meaning to go get them from my parents' house and hang them in Allie's room.


I also want to write a quick thank you for your emails & comments about my new blogging. I'm REALLY enjoying it. All during the day, I find myself looking for my pieces of happiness I can write down at the end of the day. It has brought a lot of optimism and joy into my days....especially the days where I feel like nothing exciting has happened or I've just had a really rough day (these are quite frequent!). Plus, I blog only in the evenings now, so I go to bed with all of these happy thoughts fresh in my mind. Thanks for reading!