Reflections on 100happydays

 

I’ve enjoyed taking part in the 100happydays challenge.  I’d like to think that I was a fairly optimistic person anyway, but it has taught me to look for the happy moments, particularly in otherwise difficult days.  As expected, some days, it was easy to find a picture that represented a happy moment (there were several pictures which I could have chosen from); other days were harder and the term ‘100happydays’ didn’t quite fit – it was very much looking for a happy moment rather than thinking of it as being a happy day. Definitely something I’d like to do again though!

Day 100 - A new car

It’s the final day of my 100 happy days challenge today and my last happy moment is celebrating getting  our new car (well, new to us anyway as it is seven years old!)  We are well and truly in the realm of family cars these days; wanting more boot space and the ability to sit a third person in the back so we ended up getting a VW Touran which has a nice big boot and enough space for me to sit between the girls in the back, plus has two extra seats if we don’t need the boot space.

Day 99 - Thank you card

Jessica has been helping me make a thank you card for one of the elderly ladies who my mum knows from her bingo nights.  I don’t think I’ve ever met this lady, but she loves to knit and has made a few hand knitted cardigans for Jessica which is really lovely of her.  Last night my mum came home from bingo with another pretty cardigan and some books for Jessica.  As Jessica loves helping make cards and getting out the stickers and the crayons, I thought it would be nice if she helped make a card to say thank you.

Day 98 - Cuddles with the family

Have had a lovely day catching up with the family as took Mum home yesterday and stayed down to spend a couple of days seeing everyone.  We got to see Auntie Maxine at lunchtime, and then spent the afternoon and evening at Auntie Fizz’s house and Auntie Loraynne dropped in and enjoyed having some cuddles with Sophie and Jessica.  We stayed until bedtime and it was lovely to see the four girls all snuggled up under the covers together whilst Ebony, my ten year old niece, read the bedtime story.  Always lovely to spend some time with my lovely family.

Day 97 - Silly Nanny!

My mum is fabulous with my little girls.  She is full of fun and so good at making them laugh.  I don’t think I have ever heard Sophie laugh so much as I have done over the last few days.  One of her favourite things has been watching my mum playing with a balloon which had her in fits of laughter – it was so lovely to see.  Nanny is also very good at being silly – having left her to change Sophie’s nappy, I came back a moment later to see Sophie sitting with her knickers on her head.  Silly Nanny!

Day 96 - Fun in the park

We have been enjoying the sunshine in the park today.  Jessica wanted to ride her little trike to the park (although the novelty wore off within minutes of leaving the house and it ended up in the bottom of the pushchair instead) and Sophie got to ride in the buggy seat (instead of her car seat) for the first time – she looked so tiny sitting there having been used to Jessica in that seat.  Jessica managed to do a little jump for the first time on the trampoline and Nanny went on the swings with Jessica which was great fun.

Day 95 - Sisters in the sunshine

The weather has been lovely lately and the girls have been enjoying being able to be out in the garden.  Jessica loves all her garden toys and having the space to push her dollies pram or her shopping trolley around and enjoys pushing her toys down her slide.  Sophie has a little swing in the garden and she is quite happy sitting in it for a while so she can get a good view of what is happening in the garden.  Jessica likes to come over and push her little sister in the swing – watching them together is so precious.