A few of my favorite things.....

This morning I visited my favorite little coffee shop, The Red Cup in Oklahoma City.  My eyes were awaken by a mural of my favorite children's book, "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak.  A full mural on the top cabinets of the storage wall.  I smiled both inwardly and outwardly for it brought back streams of memories of me in the classroom, acting out the book with young children.  Roaring our terrible roar, and stomping our feet as we marched away to play in the learning centers for the day.  When both the heart and mind are engaged, smiles appear.  This simple and beautiful mural, made me remember to cease each day and embrace it with both heart and mind and to smile.  So here are few of my favorite things that make me smile........

Coffee rituals

• the smell of freshly brewing coffee
• the sound of the coffee grinder
• the sound of mindless chatter in the coffee shop

Home Life

• my husband telling a story of our vacations in California, over and over, and hearing the sheer excitement in his voice for time spent with family
• my children laughing with their dad
• Jason talking out scenarios with his trains and cars, live scripts unfolding
• Jeremiah asking for "Juice" in the morning
• Jeremiah telling me how to make his bowl of cereal
• banana
• cut
• cereal
• milk
• spoon
• thank you

Teatime

• the sight of teapots and tea kettles
• a simple tray filled with delicacies for tea
• hot buttered blueberry scones
• freshly made lemon curd
• devonshire cream
• a pretty tea cup with matching saucer
• a wee little tea spoon to stir
• sugar cubes ( not splenda but real sugar)

What are your favorite things?  leave and comment and share yours too, and of course smile. :)