Makes my Monday

I'm starting another blog "feature" that I stole from other blogs I read (yes, I spend too much time reading blogs now). This one is called "Makes my Monday" and is basically just something that I love that really makes my day. For this first one, I'm going to address something that has "made my day" recently with regard to each member of my family.

I love that Joseph got sooo into decorating for Christmas. And Joseph isn't the sort that will get excited about something just because you tell him that he should be. No, he was truly excited.

I love that Helen has recently started screeching "Da-da! Da-da!" at the top of her lungs, and when Cort responds she just smiles at him as if to say "Just making sure you are paying appropriate attention to me, dad."

I love how much Charlie exasperates me in the same way that his father does - he wants sports on all the time, doesn't pay any attention to anyone or anything else when sports are on, and despite saying "I'm coming, I'm coming," he stands rooted in front of the TV to watch "just one more" play.

I love that every time I vacuum, Will gets out Charlie and Joseph's old play vacuum and vacuums with me. He even moves all the chairs in order to vacuum underneath the table.

I love how even though Cort is generally a more go-with-the-flow type of guy, he almost always not only acquiesces, but fully participates, in my many elaborate plans to try to make our family run smoother and our kids be more well-behaved. Oh, and that he put up all our Christmas lights.