Five Things Friday

Five Things That Happened This Past Week That Made Me Smile:

1. As of March, Samantha is registered for Kindergarten for Fall 2012.  As of yesterday, Samantha was screened for Kindergarten this Fall and she passed.  She did very well and scored a 90/80.  I'm not 100% sure what that means, but when the teacher brought Samantha back into the room where I was waiting, she told me that "Samantha is beyond ready for Kindergarten this Fall".  We're so proud!
2. The Madore-ables are ready for Summer.  Samantha's last day of school is Friday, 6/15 complete with a graduation ceremony, and Sam will start in the Fall on 9/6.  The majority of their Winter clothing is folded and put away ready to be brought to the consignment shop to be sold.  I thought for sure that I would have to buy Summer clothing this year.  Well, it turns out, that I don't really have to buy much if anything at all! 
3. Last weekend as you know was my Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Boston.  The walk went amazingly.  No blisters.  Perfect weather.  I've gone through all of my pictures and there are so many to choose from to make my slide show.  Hopefully I can start on that this weekend.  There are such great stories behind each one of them.  I just completed my 3rd year, and I've started quite the collection on Avon shirts and walking gear.  I just may need a separate dresser/closet to hold everything!  Ha ha.  Everything is all folded and put away for the Fall when I begin my training and my fundraising.  Thank you so much to everyone who donated to my walk this year.  Thanks to you I was able to raise $2557.50 this year :) 
4. So, last night I got home after work pretty tired from a long night.  I get home only to find out that the front screen door is locked and everyone is in bed.  I spent about 5 minutes tapping on the window, but to no avail.  I try calling Jeremy's cell phone, which is on vibrate and sitting on the desk across the room lighting up like a Christmas tree.  So none of my plans are working at all, and the entire time I'm doing this, I'm hoping that there are no surprise animals in the area, like skunks.  So, as I'm about to call the house phone and possibly wake everyone up at 11:00pm, I realized something that is the only part of this story that made me smile:  I realized that my key not works in the front door, but also works out back too.  SAVED!
5. I usually get out of bed just after Jeremy leaves for work.  I like being up and awake when the girls wake up to come get me downstairs.  While I'm waiting for the girls to get up, I usually turn on my laptop and check my email or whip up a quick blog post.  If Sarah sees that the lap top is on when she comes downstairs, she knows that I will put on her favorite video.  I love watching Sarah watch this video.  Just her smiling and giggling alone could put a smile on any one's face.

Here is the video that Sarah (and Sam) absolutely love and giggle over:

Here is Sarah's reaction: