Faith & Family has a regular Thursday meme called Small Successes. They describe it as follows:
It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, we do exactly that.
I’m trying to put more focus on the positive these days so let me share what went well this week:
1. Livy made it to school on time on Tuesday with the five extra things she was required to bring (in addition to the 3 regular things she takes – her lunch, her backpack with a change of clothes & her water bottle):
- show & tell – she took field corn & pheasant feathers!
- pictures of her family
- Froggy (the class “pet” – a huge stuffed frog that was with us for Thanksgiving weekend)
- playdough (it was our turn to make homemade playdough for the class – Liv chose pink – go figure!)
- snack (it was also our turn to take snack – she chose oatmeal raisin granola bars). This morning she took blueberry muffins for her birthday treat.
2. I started Weight Watchers on-line last Monday and lost 5 lbs the first week (over Thanksgiving!)!
3. I had my Advent Wreath on the table for dinner Sunday night with candles in it (and they are the hard-to-find tiny tapers!). We also have our new Advent Calendar up and have opened one door each day to count the days until Jesus’ birthday. And I even have our gifts from St. Nick ready to go for Sunday (thanks to after-Christmas sales last year)!! We are actually on track to follow the plan I made for Advent last year (and then had a hard time getting through)! Might have something to do with not traveling for Christmas this year . . . or maybe not having a newborn is a bigger factor!
