410. A weekend with nothing planned but planning for a busy week: Andy and Lily back to school and Emmy starting her new school on Tuesday. This means hectic, shifting schedules, early early mornings and hopefully, earlier nights.
411. Watching Lily back at her gymnastics class Saturday morning after being off for two weeks for winter break. Lily is so graceful to watch and I see such a different side of her when she's practicing.
412. Donuts with Lily and Emmy after gymnastics and the kindness of an older woman behind us in line. The woman behind us could have been a grandma, but I'm not for certain. She watched as I tried to contain Emmy while we waited in line. To keep Emmy busy, I asked her to pick out a milk from the refrigerator for her and Lily to share. The woman saw that it was hard for Emmy to keep the door open and reach inside at the same time to get the milk. She stepped out of line to hold the door open for Emmy and smiled. At my prompting when Emmy ran back to my side she quietly said to the woman, "Thank you for holding the door for me." The woman smiled so sweetly at us and with such soft eyes. Then we ended up at the two registers next to each other. I needed one penny that I was certain I had somewhere. I muttered mostly to myself, "Where is that penny? I know it's here somewhere." Without saying a word, the woman leaned over and handed a penny to my cashier and then smiled at me. The kindness of strangers like this is so pleasant and reassuring.
413. A whole week of lunches for the girls and dinners planned, shopped for and prepped. Whew. So grateful we had an open weekend to be able to do this in hopes that our week will be more smooth and that we can enjoy more time together during the week.
414. Running into Mindy at the grocery store and her suggesting that I'm low on iron. We made big, juicy Angus beef burgers after for dinner - unheard of in this almost only ground turkey household. I devoured my burger, took some iron, and then took it again today. I have not been eating nearly as many greens the past month as I have been in months prior, so hopefully this will help in the meantime. I felt a lot better today.
415. In bed until 8am today! I would almost bet that this has only happened a handful (as in no more than one handful) of times since we had Lily nearly seven years ago.
416. The girls' gaining independence to allow us to sleep in. Never mind the yogurt and granola fest on and around the laptop that they were watching a show on when we finally got out of bed:) The price to pay for sleeping in was well worth the clean up!
417. A surprise early birthday gift for Lily from Nonna. Rose found a really cute white desk on Craigslist for Lily's room and delivered it today. Although I wasn't planning on it, it was the perfect time to rearrange Lily's room and get things in order for her. She had outgrown her little girl dresser and I had to move those clothes out anyway. Seeing her drawing at her desk while I finished hanging all her clothes in her closet made me take notice that the arrival of this one piece of furniture and the repurposing of her dresser in the playroom made room for Lily to fit perfectly into the grown girl she has become.
418. Staying on top of the bills and our budget this weekend.
419. Tennis at the school courts today and all the other players who arrived smiling at the girls and Molly who were running, chasing balls and riding scooters.
420. Looking forward to starting the 21-day Yoga Challenge that begins tomorrow!
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