This week I’m thankful for…

• my blogger friend, Hippie, who bestowed the Stylish Blogger award on Pedals and Pencils.  I’ve been called a lot of things, but never stylish.  So thanks, Hippie.  And hello, friends of Le Cahier.  Kick off your shoes and stay awhile.
• writing Haikus with my little ones
• dresses with tights and tall boots
• the rainbow that streaked the sky after a day of unrelenting rain
• the rare pleasure of sleeping through the night
• my little one who wrote “Yippee ki yay, Mommy’s home!” in his notebook the day after his mom returned from Kuwait.  I couldn’t have said it better myself.
• dancing with my favorite five-year-old.  It doesn’t matter that I have no rhythm because all he wanted to do was spin.  Works for me.
• my hubby’s prickly stubble against my cheek
• the woman sitting next to me in church during worship who couldn’t begin to carry a tune-and didn’t care one bit
• days when exercise takes the form of walking by the river with a friend
• the two little girls who were swinging on the playground after school.  It was sprinkling and they were swinging and singing at the top of their lungs having a grand time.