Great Joy from Simple Pleasures

One of my favorite things about being a full-time SAHM is seeing all the small, simple things that make my children spill out with laughter and joy and pride. These are almost all spontaneous and don’t cost any money. I try to capture as many of them as I can in words and/or pictures.

  • Playing with a pile of clean laundry
  • Going up and down the escalator
  • Trying on shoes at a store
  • Looking out of a second floor window
  • Launching small toys with a medium-size toy
  • Seeing my silly facial expressions and dance moves
  • Squishing papaya seeds
  • Chasing soap bubbles in the air
  • Learning and saying new words 
  • Jumping off the couch
  • Being tickled
  • Being spun around in the air
  • Making ghosts out of Kleenex, rubber bands, and a marker
  • Hanging from a stair railing
  • Spotting a cardinal on the fence
  • Running down the hill into my arms
  • Messing up their hair and seeing it in the mirror
  • Learning to sing a new song
  • Pushing around a vacuum
  • Pushing each other around in a box 
  • Playing peekaboo
  • Swinging at the playground
  • Jumping into the pool
  • Eating sweets
  • Dumping handfuls of hairties on each other
  • Flicking water from a straw
  • Giving each other piggy back rides and falling over 
I look forward to continue to add to this list as they grow up!

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