Make me smile...

--your delight at my gluing/crafting skills...it's nice to know that I'm a Mom who can deftly build a diorama of just about any scene from early California history with stuff in the recycling bin.

--going to bed when it's too hot to sleep under the comforter and you still don't mind that I drape myself over you. Because it's the only way I can sleep well.

--the thought of C giving M a bouquet of flowers in a school play this morning. Knowing how badly his cool 6th-grader self didn't want to give such a gift to a girl, yet he also had to 'play the part.'

--getting a personally blended 'pure-fume' from the Aveda store for my birthday. And then slathering it on my arms and shoulders and smelling pretty all day long.

--watering my porch plants with my new red pitcher. Knowing every drop of water that trickles from its spout is just that much better because I have a great receptacle to water with.

--buying John's Father's Day present. Hint: it has tentacles. :)