some awesome things about my kids/having kids:

1. They are incredibly adorable!

2. My son knows the first verse to the  they might be giants song “particle man”

3. he also exclaimed joyfully today that his white ukuele is “the best present I ever had!”

4. when he’s  finished singing his abc’s (usually correctly) he yells: I know my alphabet!

5. He can recite the introduction to the They might be giants (tmbg)  puppets podcast…using his hands as puppets!

6.  Bruce breaks out in songs at any moment, esp where do they make balloons and don’t cross the street in the middle in the middle of the block (yes, more tmbg songs, we’re HUGE fans of there kids stuff, and grown up stuff as well)

7. after playing his ukuele for me, he set it down and proclaimed, that was amazing!

8. Gillian’s singing. she does it at church and when youu sing a song eventually she’ll chime in

9. her adorable squeaking and yelling when she’s insanely happy

10. the look in her eyes when she goes for her dad’s hat or one of her grandmother’s glasses

11. hug attacks from either child

12. hearing brucie say “I’m holding the baby’s hand” and turning to discover it’s true!

13. singing to make the baby happy with Brucie

14. how much Lily loves her brother, she goes into hysterics when he hugs her, sings to her or just looks in her general direction

15. How happy lily is to see me almost any time

16. when they both wake up happy, Brucie rubbing my back to wake me up and Lily squealing with delight and touching my face (we will NOT discuss when they wake up unhappy, this is a happy list )

17. How much fun Lily is to dress up, she seems to be amused by it

18. every morning after getting dressed Bruce and I proclaim how handsome he is and how pretty the baby is

19. the extreme joy of Bruce at recieving after dinner dark chocolate

20. hearing, come play with me (mama, daddy, mummi, or papa). let’s hide….let’s play lego trains…let’s play superheros

21. how sweet  it is when Lily flaps her arms wildly and leans towards the person she wants to hold her

22. a sleeping baby snuggled close in the ergo

23. getting bruce to recite who each superhero is AND their secret identity: superman, that’s clark kent….etc etc

24. happy nursing Lily

25. a happy Brucie when he says “I love you mommy”

26. tickle giggles

27. when Gillian gets laughing really hard about peek-a-boo

28. when bruce asks for music at naptime: “bluegrass please!”

29. both my kids big blue expressive eyes

30. watching them become their own little fabulous selves

I like having kids. this beats teaching 100 times over!

Happy new years! Bring on 2008