"What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. . .

. . . They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies." -Rudolph Giuliani
I'm thankful for:

1. having the opportunity to go to Tucson overnight at the last minute
   
2. being able to spend the whole week with Jeff
   
3. the love the kids have for Grandma & Grandpa
   
4. relatively good behavior from the C's in spite of a sleep deficit
   
5. marked improvement from Thomas in behavior and sleep
   
6. Mary Kay joining in on the tea party
   
7. Thomas making big strides (ha ha! pun intended) on the army crawl
   
8. having in-laws that I feel comfortable talking openly with
   
9. all 3 kids falling asleep fairly quickly on the car ride back from Tucson
   
10. a safe drive back from Tucson