mmmm - so where to begin?

Inspired by my guilty daytime pleasure of watching 'Extreme Makeover, Home Edition', I went out today and made some purchases.

The episode that inspired me so much was the Gomez family (http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/2011/10/02/extreme-makeover-home-edition-gomez-family/)

The Mum has a routine every day where each member of the family fills in their 'Gratitude Book'.  Basically, despite all the battles she and the family have faced, she has always felt that there is much to be thankful for, and so they sit down each day and write something positive about the day.

I thought that was a fab idea, and duly went out and got some nice notebooks from WHSmiths.  I explained the idea to the kids, and they went along with it quite happily.

So, this is what we have for our first entries tonight.

From Edie, age 4 (not at school yet, so she gave up on the writing and drew the picture to show what she wanted to say)

'Thank you for making Sylvia my swimming teacher' 

Sam, who's nearly 7, wanted to say Thank you for more than one thing:

'Thank you Matthew f letting me be your freind'

'Thank you Mumy for letting as eat kinder egg's'
(in the background is our fireplace, and the tv with Tom & Jerry on)

I'm going to wait until later to do mine, which I may or may not share, but one thing I will be putting up is how lucky I am to have my lovely kiddies!