1. starting the day off with massages.
2. buying flowers.
3. starting to plan phase two of our deck project.
4. freshly bathed children.
5. remembering you have dessert stashed away.

1. convincing our youngest to fall back asleep when she woke up at 5:30am.
2. finishing phase one of our deck project.
3. being ridiculously proud of what we’ve built.
4. a mountain of hamburgers.
5. laying down after being on our feet all day.

1. realizing when I need to take a break from the intense project pace we’ve been doing.
2. not being too hard on myself for missing a couple of blogging days.
3. having coping strategies when I start to get overwhelmed.
4. replacing my exercise routine of weights and the treadmill with manual labour for the next few weeks.
5. starting to see the payoff of all that hard work.

Paris, France | May 2018

1. ordering groceries online.
2. appointment reminders via text.
3. meeting another neighbour.
4. hiding the ice cream container before a kid sees it.
5. massage swaps after the kids go to bed.

1. kids who unexpectedly sleep in.
2. weekend breakfast.
3. building two thirds of a bench.
4. working in the shade.
5. making delicious ribs with our new smoker.