And then of course, there is the other side!

1. Reading Julie's blog and smiling at the stuff that makes her happy made me want to do the same and tell you what makes me feel good about the world.....
   
   Watching Sophie be such a girlie....sometimes I am bemused by her ability to rattle on for hours about shoes or hair or make up but I love the way she is so froo froo fluffy! She dyed her hair THREE times today ( will it fall out?!) it is now a glorious sort of deep brown with red in it ....I love it that she is doing all this stuff now, when she has kids she'll think it's fabulous if she manages to shave both legs on the same day.
   
   My lounge, when everyone has gone to bed, fire lit, dim lights, cosy sofa, complete heaven!
   
   
   
   
   
   
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   Phone calls from Dan....I love it that he calls at least 3 times a week just to say Hello, I love it that he tells me about his life, is still so excited when the good things happen that he calls me right away. He calls to ask my advice on what to do, if he feels ill and is worried. I love it that he still likes me even though he is all grown up and lives so far away!
   
   It makes me happy that my mum lives right by the boys' school ,we pop in every day and say hello and share news, I love being friends with my mum.
   
   I love it when H says my name! He always calls my mommy in front of the boys.....but sometimes he will say my name and my whole world skips.
   
   Cauliflower cheese and warm crusty bread, what a hug meal, the world is good when I tuck into that!
   
   Words said wrong by little mouths. My kids have had some great ones!
   Chagoozi ( Jacuzzi)
   Limbozeen ( limousine )
   Geewaft ( giraffe)
   Teetee ( auntie)
   Gomputer ( computer)
   Bollom ( bottom)
   Hostabull ( hospital)
   Dadull Car willawum beeapbeeorb ( how dan said his name for nearly a year!!)
   Dopey - Alec ( Sophie-Alex, how she used to say HER name for nearly a year!)
   Ellawump ( Elephant)
   Ocpolus ( octopus)
   
   Getting to the school a half hour early and sitting in the peaceful car reading the newspaper.....that one makes me REALLY happy!
   
   Kissing.
   
   Snuggling with the Eli boy when he is going to sleep. making a rod for our own backs here but what a rod, he sucks his thumb and makes a divine sort of singing "nnnngggg nnnggggg " noise, plays with my ears and just oozes gloriousness to make up for every ounce of energy he has sapped throughout the day! And walking into the front room at 7am and seeing that he has snuck downstairs and discovered that the sofa really IS a good place to nap!
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   Walking with Isaac ( usually) my shadow boy who I miss when he is at school ( in the most enjoyable way of course!) he is my friend and is great company.
   
   Laughing at Jordan, he is a clown and has a fabulous carefree way about him ...he is a good boy and makes me very happy. I'm very gald I don't hear EVERYTHING he gets up to though!
   
   
   Listening to Seth and H having intellectual conversations, something so bizarre and thrilling about a five year old who loves to talk about science and all things boffin.
   
   Seth's tiny face. Everything is perfectly in proportion and teeny tiny.
   
   The fact that there are more things that make me happy than make me sad...cool.