today, i feel grateful for:

• awesome family & friends
• raisels, sour fruity flavored raisins
• a well-deserved day off work to recharge and spend some time with the wee one
• niceness, thoughtfulness, and consideration
• el's singing of her faves: "'tis the season to be jolly;" "abc's;" "twinkle twinkle"
• sweatpants & hoodies
• caffeine
• chicken & waffles and red curry gumbo at hue's soul food for you
• coupons
• el & ev's annual photo with santa at our local mall
  

el has cried the last two years though she always smiles with the easter bunny. go figure...