gratitude, #740 – 759. – gentino family

740. feeling better in time for Christmas week

741. a napping house and hot tea

742. new books to read to the kids

743. a chill in the air

744. my grandfather is feeling better

745. David did a week’s worth of grocery shopping yesterday

746. Bamburies, a dream of a meat shop where we can even buy prosciutto

746. cooking in my kitchen with the windows wide open

747. exchanging recipes with friends

748. friends who inspire me to be creative with my kids

749. coming up with a plan to help fill our days

750. endless good ideas on the internet

751. Judah searching out letters and trying to sound them out

752. finishing Middlemarch, loving the way it ended

753. David’s guy camping trip this week

754. I feel safe in our new apartment while he travels

755. neighbors who would drop everything to help us

756. regular date nights, thanks to our babysitting co-op with the Worshams

757. Judah words: “Corder-boy” (Corduroy), Converson-al Studios (Universal Studios), “art-verk” (art work)

758. Amie words: “Dag” (Dad), “Bam-pa” (Grandpa), “ahht-vohhk” (art work)

759. Swiss Miss mint hot chocolate packets, sent from home