• the way Eihime answers every yes or no question by vigorously nodding yes. Here's a list within a list of the best questions:

+Are you thirsty? Yes, wait, that yes meant no. +Are you hungry? Yes, yes, yes!!! +Do you like the toast with tomato sauce and processed cheese mommy made for you because she's too sick to cook? Yes. +Do you love mommy? Yes. +Is daddy a dumb butt? Yes.

• lunch with friends
• Eihime made it through the entire church service without having a fit, especially helpful because it was my Sunday to play the piano
• Waking up next to a smiling baby, knowing that homemade bagels were downstairs waiting to be toasted (back when I still felt like eating)
• Not having to go outside all day in the gale-force winds since the church is connected to our house