100 things that make me happy (a work in progress)

 

So I can go back and edit posts and so you might see this once and it doesn’t have 100 or you might look and it’s complete and wonder what in the world I’m talking about.  Either way---I’m not sure if a list of 100 is going to be easy or hard.  It seems like a lot, but if I get really specific, it might go quickly.  Let’s see! (in no particular order)

 

1. Taking pictures and looking back on them and thinking “wow, gorgeous!”
2. Playing with photography and trying new things
3. Finishing a book so good that I sigh when I close it
4. Laughing so hard I cry
5. Making someone else laugh so hard they cry
6. Seeing a new place
7. The smell of salt water
8. Swimming
9. Listening to music that makes me think of another place/time and smile
10. Finding ways to surprise Matt
11. Watching Luke turn into a “real person”
12. Winning contests
13. Walking in the sand
14. Camp
15. Campfires (and the smell of campfire smoke)
16. Getting through to a kid and watching them hit a milestone
17. Trying new foods
18. Making new foods
19. Cooking with Matt
20. Watching Luke try new things and like them
21. Watching Luke try new things and NOT like them
22. Carving pumpkins
23. Giving people presents
24. Stepping on Crunchy Leaves
25. Deep Dish Pizza
26. Spending time with my family
27. Making a new friend
28. Spending time with old friends
29. A well-timed, all-in-good-fun joke
30. Bad Puns
31. Komet Hockey
32. being proud of my city
33. Halloween
34. My Birthday!
35. Margaritas (high quality ones)
36. Potato Soup on a cold day
37. Walking barefoot in the grass
38. My Tevas
39. Watching everyone spaz when I actually look like a girl
40. New car smell
41. Trick-or-treating
42. Hanging out with old friends
43. Dancing with Luke
44. Dancing with Matt
45. The smell of the air after it rains
46. The sound of rain on the roof/windows
47. NCIS
48. Hanging out with new friends
49. Watching Luke dance
50. Hugs

Taking Luke to his first (real) parade!

So truth be told, I’ve taken Luke to a parade before.  His first fourth of July, matt and I went up to Crown Point and took him out for the parade.  However, being as he wasn’t even real food yet, it didn’t count.  This has to to be in a handbook somewhere…if you’re not even eating normal human food, milestone accomplishments are up for parental approval.

 

Oh Crap.  If I discredit his “first” parade, that means I took him to his first without Matt.  Then I have to listen to Matt complain about it.  Hrrrrm…we’ll solve this by saying I took him to his first NON-4th of July parade. 

Moving on: 

Matt had to work so ‘gram-ma’ went with Luke and I to Harlan for the Harlan Days parade.  I think I was more excited than Luke because I was interested to see how he handled it.  We almost went to the Three Rivers parade, but I chickened out at the the thought of taking Luke downtown with all of those people by  myself.  We watched on tv, however, and Luke stood pretty much right on top of the screen and waved, yelling “A-hi!! A-hi!!!”.  Since that day, when he’s on the sidewalk or waiting somewhere and he sees a car drive by, he waves and says hi to the passer-bys.  

We arrived and had to wait about 45 minutes for the parade to start.  This got a little boring, but he did enjoy waving at everyone going by.   The highlight was when the jogger passed by and he yelled “GO GO GO—RUN RUN RUN---USA USA!”.  It sounds like a bad joke but, “you know you’ve been watching too much Olympics when….”. 

Once the parade started, he did pretty awesome.  I think he was torn between thinking he had to wave to everyone, avoiding sirens and loud engines, and staring in wonderment every time someone handed him candy (or winged it at him).  For a toddler who can’t have most hard candies, he brought in a pretty impressive haul.  (Related note:  I can’t wait to take him trick or treating this year, he is going to have a blast!). 

I think his favorite part was seeing Icy coming down the street as he started jumping and yelling “ICY ICY HOCKEY HOCKEY!”

 

Some Pictures:

 Waiting with Mom

Waiting with Grandma

Practicing waving and dancing

Looking and watching

ICY ICY HOCKEY HOCKEY!

Should I feel weird my child was literally sitting in the gutter? Nah.

Hauling his candy bag to the car.