Things that made me smile today

• I saw the baby turkey again. I took more pictures--still grainy--but here's a little video:


• This blog post by Big Mama made me laugh. I looooove mixed CD's, that's all I have in my car right now (well, besides 2 Christmas CD's that I haven't removed from my disc changer). And, for better or worse, my musical taste doesn't appear to be that different from her 7-year-old daughter. Thank goodness for MP3s--I remember holding my pink boom box up to the TV (during "Nick Rocks," I believe) and trying to record music directly from the TV. Those were some quality recordings, I think the static made them extra special. :-)


• This post from "It's Almost Naptime" made me laugh and cry at the same time. I have met Black Jacket Lady, she also shops at our Publix. I encountered her on a Sunday afternoon (before Anna), when Will and I were shopping. John was at work, and we had no food besides croutons and Crystal Light, so I had to shop with Will. He pitched a five-alarm tantrum in the checkout aisle. I wanted to die on the spot, but since we were only 10 feet and one credit card swipe from the door, I decided to save his discipline for the car and hopefully keep his screams from escalating. Some grandmotherly-looking lady (age-wise, I mean--she clearly either had no grandchildren or had extremely well-behaved grandchildren) shot me the dirtiest look from 2 aisles over. I know it is no fun to listen to a misbehaving child--I simultaneously wanted to apologize to her, get mad at her, and explain that I DO discipline my child, it just lately has not been working very well. Sigh. Since that time, I shop in the evenings or weekends when John can watch the kiddos--and we've learned to occasionally subsist on croutons. :-)


• This little face makes me smile all the time--especially now that she gets sooooo happy about the smallest things. This is her before we left to run errands yesterday: "We're going to the bank AND the dry cleaners?? Really?? That is so COOL, that is exactly where I wanted to go!!" She slept through the whole trip, but the smiles on the way out the door were awesome.
• And, it's Mama/Nana's birthday today! So Happy Birthday! (I won't include which birthday it is...except to say she's not quite 60...not yet...)

Now back to packing for our move next week. Packing does NOT make me smile (which is why I wanted to do this post and remind myself of some fun things--and, of course, procrastinate). Anybody want to share what is making you smile at the moment?