671. Got to chat with my girlfriend, Amy, who now has taken full custody of her newly adopted daughter, Karina! They’re still in Kazakhstan and doing very well.
672. Spent the morning with J5 at the first of this sessions park district program for his age group. Tiring, but good!
673. First [...]

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661. Fresh spring breeze and warm sunshine
662. Toddler legs flying as fast as they can, exploring every corner of the back yard. Back and forth. Back and forth. Head down, topped with an oversized knitted hat from grandma, charging into the breeze. Rosy cheeks. Slightly drippy nose. [...]

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646. Good spiritual conversation
647. New friends
648. Sunshine
649. Hope
650. Sounds of contented playing
651. Water to quench thirst
652. Peaceful white noise hiss of the monitor
653. The smell of frying bacon
654. The generosity of the man frying it
655. Inside jokes (And I love you toooooo…..)
656. Revival of [...]

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641. The spontaneous offer of prayer from a new friend
642. Warm Amish friendship bread with melted real butter
643. Having my family safe at home with me
644. Really good fluffy mattress pads
645. Sleep

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Long, but productive day winding to a close.  Today was absolutely beautiful!  There’s nothing quite like the first few warm and sunny days of spring.  I’m still running on the geocaching high from yesterday, as well as just having really good family time and even some productive home project time!  Weekends like these don’t happen [...]

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Today’s NaBloPoMo entry will by my One Thousand Gifts entry:

631. Absolutely perfect weather for our first geocaching hunt.
632. Oreo Overload
633. Productive shopping trips
634. Entertaining movies
635. Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine
636. Having half the weekend left
637. Seeing my not-so-baby-boy happily tromping around in the woods
638. Being more in love with [...]

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621. Warm sunshine (even if we DO have snow on the ground on the 3rd day of spring!!)
622. J5 yelling “I DID IT!” when he maneuvered the mouse to click the big red X on his Leap Keyboard.
623. SparkPeople inspiration
624. Having a recumbent bike in the basement
625. Buying girlie stuff [...]

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611. The way J5 sticks his lip out when he’s really concentrating on a toy
612. Words with special meaning, exclusive to J4 and me
613. The sounds of our home
614. Dried blueberries
615. The hope and thrill when inspired
616. 60 degree weather, giving hope of spring
617. J5’s excitement over [...]

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601. How much J5 loves his alphabet! The Leap Frog Letter Factory video has a place of honor in our home. He knows all his letters (Upper - we’re still working on lower case) on sight and knows what they all “say”.
602. A bit of sickness to remind me how much [...]

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591. Hot cocoa w/marshmallows
592. The way J5 says “Kank Yewww Mommeeee!”
593. Watching J4 teach J5 how to throw.
594. J5’s *smack* after I put chapstick on him.
595. Getting hit with a snowstorm on the way home FROM shopping, not TO shopping like the rest of our town.
596. An evening out [...]

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