Things that made me smile this week:

• Listening to my little boy talk up a storm about school, friends, toys . . . a little of everything!
• Reading Little House on the Prairie to Madeleine.
• Having my husband home on a Friday night. (His game got canceled due to rain.)
• Ephraim’s first love: “My girl is Kara and I love her sooooo much.” (I wonder if Kara knows?)
• Helping the kids make this Holy Week craft box.
• Madeleine’s bumps are slowly getting better. (I posted this in fb, but she has molluscum, a virus that causes this little pimple-like bumps on your skin. She was treated by a dermatologist on Monday, and the medicine causes the bumps to blister and itch.)
• Seeing my kids share and be kind to each other.
• My students are doing their very best on TCAP, the annual achievement test they have to take.
• Listening to a struggling student read a book.
• A friend who listened to and encouraged me.
• Reading Madeleine’s book she wrote and illustrated at school called If You Give a Cat A Cake. (Based on the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie books.)
• And, as always, the hugs and kisses I get every day from all three of my peeps!