So many little things...

So many little things were running through my head as I was driving home from taking Ally to gymnastics today. I was thinking: "What can I make for dinner that is fast AND healthy?", "I've got to make Ally read her book several more times and prepare her for her test on it tomorrow", "I wonder if Devin will be too stinky tomorrow if I skip his bath tonight?", "Dang! I left the colored batch in the dryer and that means they will be all wrinkly," "I've got to at least read the Sunday School lesson so I am ready for Sunday", "Why is Devin crying now? Why do I actually have to tell Ally to put his binki back in, can't she hear him crying?"... The list can go on and on. So, halfway into this 20 minute drive home, I am feeling a major headache coming on and wondering what I did to deserve this...

Then suddenly I hear hysterical laughter coming from the back seat, and I pause. Ally calls, "Peek-a-boo," and Devin could have busted a gut in body-shaking laughter.



Suddenly so many other little things ran through my head, so many little things that I am thankful for:
- that peek-a-boo can make a 5-month-olds world more right than a binki
- that Ally is doing so well in school that she takes second-grade reading tests in first grade
- that when the 14 and 15 year olds at church found out Alex and I were teaching them they were ACTUALLY excited
- for big toothless, slobbery smiles that greet me first thing in the morning
- for dancing around the kitchen with a crazy 7-year-old singing, "Before He Cheats" and washing the dishes together
- for a husband that doesn't bat an eye when your 2 carat diamond ring goes missing for a month
- for lunch with friends eating broccoli cheese soup at Chili's
- for chocolate ice cream with hot fudge on top
- for House Hunters marathons on HGTV
- that my parents will be visiting in 3 weeks and evenings of hand-and-foot

All these things and many more flashed through my mind and once again I was wondering what I had done to deserve this.