The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 30th- A few of my favorite things...
~The potential of new coloring books
~The possibilities of 48 colorful gel pens
~Spending the afternoon coloring with Felicity

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~The fun of a package arriving you forgot about arriving just on-time
~The fun of figuring out which Hot-Wheels car is the fastest or works the best on a course
~The fun of watching the girlies figure out how to build tracks and loops

A clever way to sneak in science with a lot of fun!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

600th Post!!!! ... of things to be thankful for :-)

Dec 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Aprons put to good use
~Little hands put to good use
~Tasty cookies put to good use

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Getting an extra hug from one of the girlies
~Then, she quickly runs back to give an extra kiss...and another hug
~One smiley girl saying, "See you in the morning, Mommy!" 

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The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~Listening to Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol as the girls watch it...memories of Christmas pasts....
~Gwyn's observation, "The song with Christmas past is the saddest song." ...and it is...and Disney thought the cut Muppet song was sad
~The girlies realizing "Mr Thurston Howell III" (Jim Backus) is the voice of Mr Magoo

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 25th- A few of my favorite things...
~Christmas breakfast with the family...something my girlies look forward to all year long
~Sunglasses for Christmas and weather warranting them
~The excitement on Gwyn's face when she got her archaeology kit for Christmas and being able to get out and use it

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Advertisements from bygone eras
~Sculptures reflecting a sliver of light on Salina St
~Travelling downtown just to see the decorations...even in daylight! Love the wreaths on the lampposts!

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The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 22nd- ~ A few of my favorite things...
~Bright blue sky to finish off days of gray
~Knowing the sun set a little further north in its journey along the horizon...more daylight coming!
~Wrapping presents with Moriah for the little girlies

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 21st- A few of my favorite things...
~Going to Lights on the Lake and hearing "ooos and ahhhs" over fishing penguins,...
~ A cross-country skiing snowman,.. 
~And a magical fairy garden.

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 20th- A few of my favorite things...
~The sparkliness of beaded candy canes among the Christmas lights
~The spirally swirls and craftsman ship that go into making real candy canes
~When they finally sold fruity ones so my older sister could enjoy them as much as I did

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 19th- A few of my favorite things...
~Taking the girlies to see "A Christmas Carol" puppet show at Skaneateles Dickens Festival
~The wonder of watching puppets tell the story
~The Ghost of Christmas past using a Delorean to take Marty...errr...Ebenezer back to his past

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 18th- A few of my favorite things...
~Coming home and listening to the Nutcracker while getting dinner ready
~The fun dancing to Tchaikovsky
~Always having a dance partner

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~Going to handbell practice with my Mo
~Marking music for non-music reading players...thank you to my music teachers!
~The satisfying tones of Christmas Carols played on the bells

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 16th- A few of my favorite things...
~A bright blue sky before driving into gray
~Stopping for cream puffs after picking up a friend from college
~The worn surface of an old cobbled street next to an old train station

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 15th- A few of my favorite things...
~Wondering if this diorama represents Jesus' younger years in Egypt
~Hand painted cherry blossom ornament, our new ornament for the year
~Watching the girlies take turns finding and hiding the mouse on each other on the tree throughout the Christmas season

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding a pink carnation, I'd like to believe left for me, at my grandparents' grave...pink was one of my grandmother's favorite colors
~Finding roses still in bloom...my grandmother loved roses and collected things with them on it because of her name
~Finding bright yellow dandelions still blooming...my grandmother's favorite wildflower