I am thankful for laundry, because it means we have (clean) clothes to wear. I am thankful for dirty dishes, because they mean that we have (good) food to eat. I am thankful for toys all over the floor, because they make my girls happy (most of the time.) I am thankful for messy girls…
Today I am thankful for cookies. Is that too lame? But, really, I am. That last two days have been foggy, and dark all day. So dark that while eating breakfast at 9:00 (long after the sun had come up) Annika asked if it was time to go to bed. I was puzzled. She responded…
Once when Annika was little, my Dad had a hard time remembering that the German word for Grandpa is “Opa” and he asked Annika if she missed her Oompa. That gave us all a good laugh, and so sometimes we like to call him “Oompa Loompa.” We can sing the cute little ditty and everything….
