*Gracie, my creative girl, suggesting we make stick puppets instead of just gluing them on paper

*Madelyn telling us that Elmo peed on the floor

*looking at pictures from our Brookfield Zoo trip with Gracie

*making rainbows on the floor and wall with a glass of water in the sun--Gracie's idea--then drawing a rainbow in her science journal and learning ROY G BIV

*observing the bees in our blooming tree outside Madelyn's window

*making a snowflake with Gracie even though it was 95 degrees outside

*Madelyn saying, "Blargie, blargie!" a saying from her new favorite book

*the girls playing with a car in the hallway

*palying outside after supper in the "cooler" 90 degree weather

*sleeping through the night for the first time in a LONG time

*blueberry pancakes for breakfast

*cards and picture frame from Jim and the girls

*taking pictures of the girls

*