Day ten

(9, 10,11... I am thankful that I can skip a day if I want to)

Day nine

I am thankful that my husband still reaches out to hold my hand.

In public,

In private,

On a family walk,

Or while we are lounging on the couch.

Life is somehow just a little bit easier when you have someone's hand to hold.

Farm Day

Conner's Amazing Acres, a farm located not to far outside of Jacksonville, host a military appreciation day once a year. Mayson Pearl and I had already been there once with some friends but we decided to go back and check it out with daddy.

 

Needless to say, she was less than impressed with the goats.

 

 

The piglets were absolutely adorable, but she wasn't very excited about feeding them.

 

 

And even though I squeezed myself into this tiny seat so that she could enjoy riding the cow train, Maysie wasn't all that happy about this activity either!

 

 

Even on the hayride all we got was her super serious face.

 

 

She wasn't happy.

She wasn't sad.

She just seemed very serious the whole time.

The only thing Mayson did get excited about at the farm was that she got to eat a cheeseburger and fries for lunch.

She was VERY happy about that!

 



Number eight

I am thankful that the hubby let me sleep in today! That sweet and oh so wonderful man got up at 7 am with the baby and I rolled out of bed at 10:30. It was glorious!

On to number seven

I am thankful for pancakes!

Not only are they the only food I have ever perfected cooking;

I can prepare them in just ten minutes,

And the list of toppings that can be added is endless.

They work well for breakfast but are equally as amazing for dinner.

Oh pancakes, how I love thee!

Day 6

I am thankful that Mayson Pearl didn't get hurt when she dove head first off of the couch today!!

On the 5th day of thankfulness

I will always be thankful that I'm a bookworm. 

In this day and age when people usually prefer their entertainment in visually stunning HD and room filling surround sound the power of a good book can easily be underestimated.  

There's nothing better than tuning out the world and curling up with a book and exercising your imagination.  With no outside sound or images beyond the words on a page, imagination is required to fully complete the story. Books give you the license to take part in the storytelling. And for that reason no movie or television show will ever be able to become as unique and personal to me as books can be. 

Which is why I am so glad that Mayson Pearl seems to already have a love for books, just like her mommy!