”I wish I had two Moms. One could work for you so you wouldn’t have to work and you could always be here.” –Thomas {Thomas had a rough day at school today. Always rough on him going back after break. Had to dish out some tough love to Mr. T and he went to bed telling me this. Darn, I love this kid! Great ending to an otherwise kinda funky day!!}
Thomas and Lillian cooked/prepared their own dinner tonight. Thomas says, “This is fun. Can we do this every night?” He called it Family Cooking Together Night!
January 9, 2012
January 1, 2012, Sunday, I am grateful for:
My friend Cathy Johansen and her son for inviting Thomas over today. We are testing how it goes with Cathy’s son being a “big brother” to Thomas.
Alone time with Lillian.
January 2, 2012, Tuesday, I am grateful for:
A surprise day all to myself.
Kat McLain for inviting Lillian to spend the day with her.
The transaction at Costco that cost me $5 less than what I was expecting.
The kind and enthusiastic cashier at Trader Joe’s.
Time spent chatting with my friend Glenna Smith over yummy tea.
Kona Gold for such an awesome and comfy space to have tea and a chat with friends.
Kindness.
January 3, 2012 Tuesday, I am grateful for:
Date days with Thomas.
The awesome therapists at Advanced Pediatric Therapies.
Our car.
Patience.
January 4, 2012, Wednesday, I am grateful for:
Shelter.
Food.
January 5, 2012, Thursday, I am grateful for:
Walks with Thomas and Lillian.
The Sun.
Lillian’s depth of beauty.
Kindness and joy expressed by Thomas.
A wonderful evening with beautiful friends {Cheri Hill, Clare Dreyer, Rachel Flower, Kimberly Phipps-Nichol, Kymberlee Simantel, Glenna Smith, Linda McLean} celebrating Rachel’s birthday.
January 6, 2012, Friday, I am grateful for:
Kat McLain for telling me to tear up the check I had written to her for Thomas visiting her two days this week . . . and telling me to write it for one day and to give it to her when I could.
Date days with Lillian.
Dr. Rick Winkelman, the optometrist who gave me samples to last me until I can come in for my annual check up in February.
The cashier at Walmart who told me not to worry about it when she accidentally input that I had given her $36 for my $34 dollar bill instead of $31. I was going to put the rest on my debit card; but couldn’t because she incorrectly put in the $36 instead of $31. I even offered my business card so they could contact me so I could pay the difference and they said no.
Hugs from Thomas.
Hearing Thomas and Lillian laugh.
Our house.
January 7, 2012, Saturday, I am grateful for:
Days with no appointments, no school buses and just plain nothing to do.
Walks with my kids.
Parks.
Nature.
Movie night with my kids.
Being asked by Thomas and Lillian to tickle them before bed and the fun and laughter that follows.
Quiet.
Team TLC movie night for January 7, 2012
★★★★★ – T and L sat still for the entire movie. We all had some laughs and enjoyed this good clean light hearted family movie.
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Today was date day with my beautiful little Lillian. After we ran some errands we visited a thrift store to book shop. Lillian LOVES books and had some money of her own to spend on books. She bought four books and spent five dollars. I found a book I’ve been wanting to read and we bought a cool question book for Thomas. Thomas asks tons of questions . . . many times I don’t know the answer so I love getting these books for him.
Then Lillian and I had a lunch date at Great Basin Brewery. Lillian had her favorite, garlic fries, and I had the lunch special . . . a slice of pizza with salad. Oh man, this pizza was good!! Chunks of garlic all over it! Mmmmmmmm. It was actually one HUGE slice that I cut into two slices. Had the other piece for dinner tonight. Lillian had her garlic fries for dinner too. Poor Thomas! We reek of garlic!
Another successful date day. These little dates mean the world to me and I can sense they mean a darn great deal to Thomas and Lillian too!
Team TLC Movie Night for December 31, 2011
★★★★★ – T and L sat still for the entire movie. We all had some laughs and enjoyed this good clean silly family movie. Many unrealistic scenes in the movie; but I suppose that’s what makes it a good kid’s movie!!
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Loved 2011 and Here’s to 2012 . . . Camilla
