friday's musings (a few days late)...

things i am loving about this week:

1. finley's new "sad baby" face
2. people asking me if i have lost weight
3. truth in the tinsel
4. our elf on the shelf
5. harper naming our elf "holly holiday"
6. calvary praying that the elf does not come into his room again while he sleeps
7. having enough to be able to share with those less fortunate
8. having little enough to know what it is like to need
9. visitors
10. watching my kids play with their cousins
11. calvary writing apology letters
12. finley snuggling before bed
13. oliver jack still being 2
14. hearing oliver jack asking finley to "come over here and give me a hug" because she "looks so cute"
15. oliver jack sleeping with a stick off of a toy because it is his "best fighting stick".
16. the christmas ornaments that remind me of granny (which is most of them)
17. the christmas ornaments that remind my kids of granny and hearing them talk about her and what the remember about her and what they miss about her
18. brown paper packages arriving in the mail
19. making harper new dresses
20. harper loving them
21. calvary buying lunch in the school cafeteria
22. harper memorizing scripture just so she can get a prize out of the prize box at church
23. eating pizza three nights in a row because we are hanging out with friends and family
24. harper and calvary snuggling on the couch because they are "best friends"
25. kyle moving the elf at night because i am too sleepy to remember
26. kyle laughing at me when i say, "a billion times 1 still equals a billion" in my sleep