Seven good little things

1. We had rain all weekend.  There was a break on Saturday morning, so we were able to get away to the park and enjoy some fresh air.  We really need the rain though, and since we didn't have anywhere we had to be, it was nice to sit at home all cozy and enjoy it!  Also, rainy weekends call for pancake breakfasts, no?  Especially when it's pancake mix from Kerbey Lane.

(1) Yes, that's really a pancake and not a steak.  (2) All I needed was a side of Kerbey queso to make my life complete - YUM!

2. We were given our student pairings at work today (FYI, I'm a freshman algebra tutor part-time), and my students seem to be really sweet and promising math students.

3. I'm loving that my DVR is back to work again with the fall line-up.  Not that I need to watch TV or have much time for it, really, but I like to have things on my recorded list for when I do have the time.

4. I signed G up for a new gym class and we start tomorrow... I guess today, officially.  We went to a preview class last week with a friend and he loved it.  Tuesdays and Thursdays are my days at home with him, so I like to have one planned event on the agenda.

5. Somehow I failed to mention last week that G had his tear duct tubes removed.  It wasn't as painful (the process, not the actual removal) as I had anticipated.  He gets so incredibly anxious at the doctor these days and cries as soon as his name is called in the waiting room.  This particular eye doctor always has a crazy busy office, so I knew going in it was probably going to be an hour long wait (yuck!).  Plus, they call you back to ask you questions first and then send you back out to wait again before actually seeing the doc.  No bueno when you have a two year old who thinks that you are done after the first call back.  He handled everything as well as I could have hoped, and it only took two of us to hold him down (really, not as bad as I had anticipated) during the removal.  He gave the doctor a very loud goodbye on our way out (ha!), we celebrated his bravery (and my survival, of course) with Chick-Fil-A and a Hey Cupcake!, and his eyes have still looked fabulous since.  Yay!

6. This story from the high school football game this past Friday.  It was the best moment hands down and brought tears to my eyes.  I'll admit it... now that I'm a mom, I've grown more sentimental and can't tease my mom as much for crying at Hallmark commercials.  Maybe that's what happens after four kids???  But in all seriousness, it was pretty fabulous to witness.

7.  Fall!  It's starting to feel like it's finally here even though technically it's still not.  I found a list of fifty pumpkin recipes that looks amazing and am looking forward to using all of my organic canned pumpkin from the pantry.  Sidenote: R could not understand why I kept bringing home canned pumpkin last year from the grocery store, so I tried to explain that the closer it gets to the holidays, the harder it is to find when you really want it.  Anyone else feel me on that?

And those are my seven good little things for this week.  Oh, and this one too, just because I love them so...

Happy Tuesday!