Thankful Thursdays

**I know I don't need to say it because 90% of people probably don't care but it totally drives me nuts that I have to post iPhone photos.  I use my phone during the week when I see something I'm thankful for and therefore, that's what you get.  If I was Louise of 10 Years Ago, I would put in the extra hour to get great photos of everything I'm thankful for with our DSLR, but alas, the Louise of Now is a little more relaxed.  A little.**

Thankful For...
1. Bacon. Sorry, vegetarians :(  Gary made BLT's with guacamole and I love bacon. And guacamole. And him.

2. A Special Cup.  Growing up, I was one of five kids.  My mom bought some tupperware cups and the order went darkest to lightest for oldest to youngest.  This was the cup that I used and now Kai uses.  It's got to be almost 30 years old.  See, I am such a sucker for sentimental things.  

3. Salad with fruit (in the winter).  We love our mangoes and strawberries!  Koen's favourite part of our trip to SE Asia was the mangoes.  

4.  An anonymous donation to our Disneyland Fund.  The trip will cost us about $3500.00 as we are probably going to drive and also do the Grand Canyon at the same time.  My hope is to fund raise about $500 :)  Really it's about the kids participating so that they can have a better understanding of how expensive trips are and how they can contribute.

5. Sleeping Kids.  Need I say more?!!!  My dad used to take pictures like this of us.  Except, he was mean.  If we woke up, he would tell us it was time to go to school.

6. Butter chicken and Naan bread.  I broiled the bread on our pizza stone which worked well.  I'm definitely thankful for food all the time :)  

7.  Nerdy kids who love a little lesson on lichen while we explore the forest.

8. A brand new school building for our kids.  Kai moved into the new building this week and it is AMAZING.  Each room is packed with a delicious amount of natural light and each class upstairs has a huge outdoor balcony space (Kai's class will be doing composting and who knows what else).  I know a school is so much more than a building, but wow, it is gorgeous. And practical.  It is a full community effort as the school building depends on donations and fundraising.  Love it.

9.  Ponies and Tea Parties.  I'm loving the new twist on our home that Nya brings.  We watched `Tangled' as a family and I loved it.  Gary was laughing at me, but seriously, it felt soooooooo good to watch something that wasn't cars, airplanes, transformers, star wars etc.  

10.  Comments.  Seriously.  Thank you to all those that comment. I don't do this to get comments but the nerd in me loves that we can all learn from each other.  I love gaining perspective from other people's experiences and the educator in me hopes that something at some time will be informative.  

I do have a Talk Nerdy To Me facebook page to let you know when I update in case you are interested :)  

I hope you had a great week so far.  Mine's sitting at about 76% so I can't complain :)  What about yours?

Love, Louise