I’m joining Susanne’s weekly carnival this week, called Friday’s Fave Five, where she invites us to share about five favorite things from the past week. This week was a little rough, emotionally (as is evidenced by the fact that the boys and I made a grocery store run this week solely to stock the freezer with ice cream), and my heart is heavy for a few friends who are going through some very difficult trials right now. So I thought I’d take advantage of Susanne’s bloggy invitation to pick a couple things from the week that made me smile or warmed my heart.
1.Spontaneous kisses from my kids. Just last night, I was paging through some pictures on the computer with my boys looking on. C. (10) sat on one side of me, L. (2) on the other. Then, out of nowhere, C. stretched up, gave me a kiss, and said, “I love you.” Before I could even respond, L. was in action. Not to be outdone, he leaned on me, zooming in for a kiss. However, you need to understand that for some reason, this kid has not figured out the mechanics of kissing yet, so he was coming at me with a slobbery fish-face approach. I gladly accepted the kiss anyway, and he followed up with a sweet, “I love you.” You just can’t orchestrate moments like that; and you can’t beat them, either.
2. “Pear feet.” In the last week or so, L. has decided that he prefers to go shoeless and sockless much of the time, even when it’s not exactly toasty in the house. Quite often, he’ll start clamoring for “Pear feet! Pear feet!” which is my cue to help him with the shoe and sock removal. I started off trying to explain that it’s actually bare feet, but I’ve stopped. The “pear feet” is just too cute.
3. Having my husband around. Chad was out of town for part of this week, and is taking today off. We’ve had a nice, relaxing morning. Nothing special, but nice nonetheless. He stayed with L. while I ran to the pharmacy to pick up pinkeye drops (L.’s latest affliction). He installed a light fixture that we picked up last weekend. And now he’s out for a bike ride while I’m thinking about sneaking in a nap. But even when we’re just doing “normal” stuff, it’s nice to have him around.
4. A concert outing tonight. Chad, C., and I are looking forward to going to a concert at our church tonight. It’s a band we’re not too familiar with, but what I’ve heard sounds good, and I’m sure we’ll have a great time. Besides, any time spent with two of my favorite guys is sure to be a good time. And I doubt L. will miss us too much — he’ll be home getting spoiled by his Grammy.
5. Dark chocolate. Chad knows me well. For Valentine’s Day, he got me a pack of three dark chocolate bars. Yum. I was amused that the local chocolatier was touting them as “Good for You” because of all the anti-oxidants found in dark chocolate. The truth is, good for me or not, those candy bars were a welcome treat during the ups and downs of this week.
Stop by Susanne’s to find out what other people have enjoyed this week.
Chocolate makes most anything better for me, that was sweet of your hubby to do! And oh my goodness, those kisses from your kids is such a sweet and tender thing!
“Pear feet” is my favorite way to go………hope next week is better for you!
We will be at the concert tonight as well! Hope to see you there
I love the “pear feet”! When my Hannah was about that age, she used to refer to her bare feet as “stinky feet” because every time she took off her socks, I’d pretend her feet were, well, stinky! It drove my husband nuts! But I’m sure he’d admit he misses that Hannah-ism now.
Ahh, ‘pear feet” is so cute! I love going that way too!
Get all those kisses from your kids while you can! Pear feet — that’s too funny! Love it!
Enjoy your concert tonight and hopefully grandma allows pear feet! Yum dark chocolate, my favorite too. Blessings.
OH yes! Chocolate is very good for you!
Enjoy the concert and having hubby home!
I love chocolate — but not dark chocolate — so when we get the Hershey miniature packages I’ll trade you the dark chocolate ones for you Krackles, ok?
Love the moments you mentioned in #1 . LOL @ the “pear feet” — so cute! I go around with pear feet myself, even in winter.
Love those nice relaxed days when everyone is at home.
Happy Friday!
Pear feet and spontaneous kisses. It doesn’t get better than that. Except with a gift of dark chocolate added to it!
Such sweet kisses from your boys. I totally love the Pear feet saying!
Dark chocolate IS good for you and not just physically!
Cute about the “pear” feet! My boys would say they were “in their toes” if they were barefoot, as in “Mama, can I go outside in my toes?”
Awww… pear feet! Cute!
Kyle isn’t big on socks and shoes either, and it’s never toasty warm in our house in the winter. I finally found some slippers that he likes, and I can sometimes convince them to wear them.
Sounds like the week was all right after all — at least you can find 5 favorites (and in a pinch you could have counted each of the candy bars and each kiss as a separate line item, and you’d have been set.
Oh, I miss the “pear feet” days now that my kids are older:( A few favorites from my daughter were “oakmeal” and “aminals.” Love your new look by the way!