Tiny Happy Tuesday: 7

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• My kids are so loved by so many people. Grady and Poppy have loving, involved, engaged, enthusiastic grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We - and they - are so lucky to be surrounded by family.
• The air is mild and there's a whiff of spring about it. We went on a hike on Easter Sunday and it was amazing to spend some time in the trees, furiously huffing fresh air.
• Poppy is a real music lover. She mostly shows her appreciation by drumming on whatever surface is available when her jam comes on (right now "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran) (I'm a terrible mother). Recently, though, she's started doing the baby butt wiggle dance and it's amazing. Truly.
• Last night, Shawn crawled into bed, kissed me goodnight, and told me I'm an amazing mother. Now, I don't need anyone to tell me I'm a good mom. I know I'm a good mom. (I also know I have my flaws. Please see above.) But it was so nice to have my partner in parenting acknowledge that I'm doing a good job. Mothering is hard work. Most days I feel like I'm failing in some part of my life. Shawn's comment gave me the warm and fuzzies and I'm going to try to pass that on. 

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Tiny Happy Tuesday: 6

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• Our kitchen sink has been acting a bit wonky for weeks. Shawn dismantled, removed, cleaned, reassembled, and resealed the whole thing and now it's working perfectly. It's the little things, friends. (Probably he would say it's not such a little thing as this project took literal hours that spanned multiple days to complete.)
• My cherry blossom tree has blossomed. I haven't written about my cherry blossom tree but it's important to me; part of me was worried it wouldn't survive the particularly harsh winter we just had.
• My friend gave me a turkey. She was given a turkey and didn't need or want the turkey so she gave it to me. And now we get to enjoy a delicious, random, mid-week turkey dinner. (Hashtag: Thanksgiving feels.) (Hashtag: pumpkin spice for life.)
• *whispers* My non-sleeping honey badger baby has started sleeping consistently from 9pm-2am. This is big news, people. I may have just jinxed it but I don't care. Let's celebrate.

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Tiny Happy Tuesday: 5

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Yesterday was a very Monday Monday but amid my grumbling, I caught myself consciously trying to think of my tiny happies to write about today. The realization itself made me happy. I'm on week five of this little experiment and I like what I'm seeing so far.

• Grady had his first baseball practice last night and holy pickles, I have never seen anything cuter than 20 five-year-olds running in a clump chasing after a ball. The field would be set, the batter would hit, and then everyone would break position to chase the ball and mayhem ensued. It was amazing.
• I bought a bag of meyer lemons and have been drinking fancy water all week.
• Spring weather! It's finally warming up enough to spend whole afternoons outside without freezing. The sun has made multiple appearances this week. I am drunk on warm(ish) breezes and vitamin D.
• Shawn spent all of Sunday power washing the patio and cleaning the outdoor furniture and bringing the cushions up from storage. We are ready for patio good times.

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Tiny Happy Tuesday: 4

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I'm not having a very happy Tuesday. Sleep is an elusive memory right now. It's rainy and grey and we're all itching for some nice weather so we can fill our lungs and run out our beans. Poppy has officially been diagnosed with a peanut allergy and needs further testing. I'm feeling raw is what I'm saying. It's the perfect time to find some tiny happies.

• Last night I got a lovely catchup email from my oldest friend. It was like she was here, updating me on her life over steaming cups of tea.
• A gorgeous blue heron has visited us (well, the creek behind our house) a lot recently. Blue herons are one of my favourite birds so it feels like a little gift each time I see her.
• I'm trying to perfect my oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe, which means I've been making (and eating!) a lot of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies lately.

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