1. three more sleeps till christmas.
2. walking in the door of our home after a week away.
3. spending time with our wonderful, generous, fun florida family!
4. sitting next to a very nice person on the plane.
5. two people volunteering to help me wheel our luggage to the door when they saw me struggling at the airport. love love love the kindness in the midwest.
6. the warmest, fuzziest socks from Denise and Steven.
7. watching E work on his first lego set with so much concentration {and the hours of time this occupies for him – great gift Dee Dee and Papa!}.
8. the little santa hats E found at the dollar store for our chairs {seen on the left}.
9. the stack of christmas cards we have to open after being away.
10. the way the simple offer of an icepack or bandaid can calm down any tears in this house.
