Things I love......

I love summer..........
I love that i have no schedule and no plans. I love that the weather is beautiful most days and we spend alot of time outside, even if it is just on the porch. i love the freedom i have in the summer. i love that life isnt so rushed or stressful. I love not waking up when it is dark to an alarm clock.I love staying up late and being able to wait up for my husband most nights just to say hello........... I love being finished with graduate school (although i love learning and going to school, so it may not be my last degree!) I love when my husband grills chicken, he is the master of grilled chicken and doesnt even need marinade. Yuuummmm.......
I love spending time with my daughter...........
With being home this week, we have had so much fun. She has been better behaved, I think because we arent rushing and trying to get here or there and i'm not stressed and have more patience with her. It has been so nice to sit and play with her or just sit and watch her play. She is so great! I love to watch her play with her doll house, her babies and she cooks for me in her kitchen. She loves to be outside and gets so frustrated when we have to come in. I usually have to drag her kicking and screaming, which means i literally have to pick her up while she is screaming madly. Its a little bit funny, because it is what i do when i get frustrated, which is scream and grunt madly. She gets this teeth gritting look on her face and lets out a yell. I cant help but giggle. I know other people probably think i'm mean and or stealing her or something. I love that i can look for activities we can do together, like toddler time at the library! I love that her most recent words are: Help, please! i love that she is saying new words each day..................i love that she cuddles when she watches tv...................
I love spending more time with my family....................
Today we went to lunch and went to the Newport Aquarium ( which i have never paid to go, but man it is expensive!!!) But we were worried that livi would run, but she was soooo good about holding hands and staying with us.............i loved to see her excitement, she wanted to look at every exhibit and she was sooooo thrilled, which makes all of that money worth it.
i love that all three of us got to spend time together!
I love that my refrigerator is full of food...................
I hate going grocery shopping when i have no time to think or cook.................... and jimi refuses to go unless it is to stop and pick up a couple of things he can fit in his hands. so i finally got out to superwalmart ( i heart superwalmart) and went shopping! I filled the cart with food! and it feels good to be able to cook and have some choices in what to eat, not having to scronge around and put together random meals with only ingredients that i can find. i feel better about what i am eating and confident that we will have a variety of things to eat every day! The only thing is, when you cook three meals a day, there are alot of dishes to do! But it also makes me wonder what jimi and livi ate before, there was never this many dishes!???? :)
I love that my house is clean............
Now my house is not spic and span but the toys get cleaned up, my floor gets swept everyday (most days two times a day), the dishes slowing get done, the clothes get put away, etc. When i am in school, i only have time to clean on the weekends, and with olivia and jimi being here all day, its always a mess..............life is less chaotic when my house feels semi organized.......
I love so you think you can dance..............
I love to watch and study the choreography, i love to watch the dancers, i love to hear their stories and secretly hope that one of my children will be interested in dancing.................although i promise i will not be one of those parents that push their dreams on their children............ :)
I love that i can take long walks every day...............and i love that livi loves them too................
I love the feeling of: what should we do next? or what should we do today?
I love summer...............