November 30, 2015

Gratitudes: For how much Dottie loves Aug. For TV on a pretty dreary day. For the girls playing so well together today. For only one broken ornament. For their blossoming imaginations. Today they built something to keep back the floods then rowed their boats around with paddles (spatulas). It was pretty great. For the girls spontaneously cleaning up the toy room before bed. It's spotless(ish). 

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November 29, 2015

Gratitudes: For a lovely day at home with nothing to do (besides cooking, dishes, and laundry because we would be buried in filth otherwise). For hanging the stockings made by the kid's Grandma Roxanne. For having local mamas to call when your friend needs help. For the safety of everyone around me as others face huge trials. For a day of fussy baby to remind you how easy he is most of the time. 

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November 28, 2015

Gratitudes: For clean laundry. For grandparents. For Christmas trees. For little hands expressing joy and so perfectly placing ornaments. For baking cookies. For Auggie's breathtaking grin. For Christmas lights and tinsel. For pre-lit trees. For Charles. For days like this. 

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November 27, 2015

Gratitudes: For a lovely Thanksgiving with my family. For all the cousins getting to hang out. For my brothers and my mom and their significant others. For Margaret's amazing cake. For leftovers. For a trip to the park this morning. For Auggie's first time on the swing. For new shoes for the kids all around. For car naps. For hand-me-downs. 

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November 25, 2015

Gratitudes:  For today being epically better than yesterday. For not really remembering why yesterday was so bad. For funny funny children. For a bathtub big enough to fit me and all three of my kids....for an hour or so. For clean water. For my family. For  a washer and dryer 'cause I've got mountains of laundry. For birthday gifts in the mail. For left handed scissors for Dottie. For my exceptionally beautiful children. For hair bows on my boy. He'd better get used to it.  For getting to see my family tomorrow. 

Edit: For the worst case of musical beds last night. Even though I got no sleep, at least we have somewhere to lay our heads and blankets to keep us warm. 

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November 23, 2015

Gratitudes: For decorating cakes with the girls. For naps. For an afternoon walk. For playing at the park. For Kit practicing on the "balance beam."  For running around the baseball field. For daddy playing monster. For warm clothes out of the dryer. 

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November 22, 2015

Gratitudes: For getting through the day. For perfect fried eggs. For recipes on the Internet. For my ergo baby carrier. For tomorrow. 

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November 21, 2015

Yesterday's Gratitudes: For sleeping in (until 7:00). For a day with only one kid around. For vegging out in front of the television. For pumpkin frosting! 

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November 20, 2015

Gratitudes: For turning an excruciatingly early morning into fun. For (some) clean laundry. For daddy taking the girls outside to see the frost. For sweet girls with wonderful fashion sense. For all the help Mamaw has been over the last two weeks. For Mellow Mushroom. For Papaw and Mamaw taking the girls for the weekend. For cake and ice cream. For a warm bed. 

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November 19, 2015

Gratitudes: For the library. For letting our butterflies go. For chocolate cake. For Charles working so very hard. For Kit taking me literally (I told her to walk slowly around her brother who was lying on the floor, so as she was passing him she walked in two circles around him...very slowly...then went in her merry way). I laughed so hard. For a bath with the littlest. 

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November 18, 2015

Gratitudes: For our giant bathtub (it's seriously like a toddler pool). For a visit from friends, Anne, Oliver, and Louisa. For Mamaw hanging out with my kids so I got a little break. For homemade ice cream. For warm rain. For cuddly babies. 

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November 17, 2015

Gratitudes: For this jumpsuit that lets my kids play in the cold rain. For Charles putting the girls to bed every night. For Dottie showing her butterflies pictures of other butterflies. For the best jambalaya ever. For the ability to raise my kids in a home they love. 

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November 16, 2015

Gratitudes:  For an OK day, because as a friend said, sometimes OK days are something to be grateful for. For a nap with the 2 littlest. For someone to look after the oldest so I could take said nap. For baby balloon parties. For leftover cake. 

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November 15, 2015

Gratitudes: For being so tired after Dottie's birthday party I forgot to do my Gratitudes and now have 2 days worth. For D's gorgeous rainbow party. For all her friends. For my shy girl being willing to open up. For family. For Charles. For breakfast out. For easy good dinner recipes. Indian food. Yum. For such beautiful weather, we ate lunch outside. For balloons on strings. For Auggie learning to scream the loooooongest sustained screams....in public. Hilarious. For new shoes from my mama! My old ones were 19 years old. I know. Gross. 

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November 13, 2015

Gratitudes:  For a really nice day. For hanging lights. For butterflies coming out of their chrysalises. For rainbow decorations. For Charles wrapping presents. For Dottie wanting to sleep with me. For a rather clean house. For Kit singing. For Mamaw blowing up a gajillion balloons. For the sweet warm baby lying next to me. For potlucks (cuz I'm not that kinda hostess). For anticipating Dottie's birthday party. She's so beautiful, smart, and sweet.for Kit's angry face (let me never disrespect her by busting out laughing at the cuteness). For being safe (oh my god, Paris). 

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November 12, 2015

Gratitudes: For our handyman fixing our kitchen cabinet so we can now put our dishes away. For Mamaw visiting. For having time to hold my sweet sweet belly aching Auggie and For Mamaw to hold him when I couldn't. For rainbow buttercream frosting. For toothpaste (because of all that buttercream frosting). For all the birthday cake excitement....and it's not even done. 

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November 11, 2015

Gratitudes: For ice cream. For the opportunity to cuddle with my oldest. For a brave girl at her yearly checkup. For health. For glitter. 

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November 10, 2015

Gratitudes: For social safety nets. For insurance to get my cavities filled. For 30 years of no cavities, yup none until I was 30. For a funny dentist. For Tata taking care of the babes so I could take care of myself. For heat and a nice place to live. 

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November 9, 2015

Gratitudes:  For Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes. For dinner out with my family. For chocolate. For little girls with big attitudes. 

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November 8, 2015

Gratitudes: For Dottie making me a mommy four years ago this night. For 4 years of nursing. For a clean house and a clean family. (All 5 of us clean on the same day. It's a miracle.)  For laughing. For Dottie sitting with Auggie while Charles took their picture and her leaning over and saying to A about their father, "Don't listen to anything he says."  I think we have a smart ass on our hands. For sweet kisses from Kit. For a mobile August. For birthday cake baking.

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November 7, 2015

Gratitudes: For papaw coming to hang out with the grandbabes. For a much cleaner house. For baking cakes with the girls (actually this makes me crazy, but I know it's good for them...). For leaf jumping. For a role poly baby boy becoming mobile. For Kit "reading" to August. For Dottie needing me sometimes. 

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November 6, 2015

Gratitudes:  For Auggie's screams of laughter, his expressive face, and gleaming blue eyes. For my Dyson. For friends at the other end of the phone when you need them...be they voices or texts. For cleaning up my wreck of a house. For at least a little help from my babes. For falling asleep when your kids do even if it means waking up at 1am.

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November 5, 2015

Gratitudes: For Charles going to the store and getting dinner because I was overwhelmed. For a peaceful evening after a crazy day. For a functioning washer and dryer. For solutions to problems. For fall leaves. For wind chimes (I might be getting loopy...I should sleep). For deep breaths. 

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November 3, 2015

Gratitudes: for voting. For potentially ever having a good night sleep again. 

November 4, 2015

Gratitudes: For a beautiful day with new friends at Bernheim. For my girls playing their hearts out. For frozen pizza because that's what you need sometimes. For Charles getting out of bed with our early bird, Kit. For not hurting Auggie when I fell and twisted my ankles and bruised up my knee with him strapped to my back. For ibuprofen and an ice pack. For getting the girls to bed early. (What the what???) 

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November 2, 2015

It's November. Let's begin anew. 

Gratitudes: For a lovely visit with several mamas and their babes at the park. For weather that made this possible. For Dot and Kit mushroom hunting in the back yard. For Auggie's bright blue eyes and baby squeals. For Kit singing Yellow Submarine, or as she says, Yellow Some of These. For yummy Indian food for dinner. 

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