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- kids that fall back asleep for another two hours instead of making you get up at 5:30am when they first wake up.
- leap years.
- recognizing when I am expecting unreasonable things from my kid and correcting myself.
- making myself take a break instead of trying to do more than I should.
- satisfying my craving for Indian food.
- fancy brunch.
- watching kids chase pigeons.
- enjoying a quiet house while everyone else sleeps.
- free drafting tables.
- sharing our favourite baby stuff.
- a fever that doesn’t turn into anything worse.
- remaining calm when my daughter is screaming her head off in the mall.
- getting a head start on our taxes.
- neatly organized piles of paper.
- the satisfaction of stapling things together.
- taking the time to make myself presentable.
- arriving right on schedule.
- an impressively well-behaved toddler.
- being well prepared with snacks.
- not getting a parking ticket after forgetting to plug the meter.
- adding whipped cream to my pancake.
- wearing new pants.
- distracting my toddler from a jacket-related meltdown.
- making it to the end of a very detailed health questionnaire.
- rewarding myself with jujubes.
- an extra cuddly day with a grouchy baby.
- uncovering flowers growing underneath weeds.
- getting my hands dirty.
- buying pants that don’t need to be hemmed.
- perfect grilled cheese sandwiches.
- forcing myself to nap.
- escaping a traffic jam.
- running into someone I know at the grocery store.
- coming up with a new recipe for dinner.
- my husband who steps in to take over the bedtime routine when I start to lose my cool.
- getting a few extra hours of sleep with the baby after a rough night.
- the kind of winter day that makes me miss the prairies.
- setting up new electronics.
- visiting with close family friends that I haven’t seen in awhile.
- sending photos to my husband so he can see the adventures his girls had today.
- getting my boots shined.
- ordering food and having it taste exactly like I hoped it would.
- having the best behaved kid on the plane.
- giving my parents big hugs.
- seeing how happy my little girl is when she spends time with her grandparents.
- a warm enough day that you don’t have to wear gloves to the park.
- spur of the moment decisions to book a flight home to see family.
- friends and family discounts.
- getting inspiration for dinner from a cooking show.
- the adorable things that kids do that you manage to get on video.
