Contentment: The state of being contented
Contented: Accepting one's situation or lifewith equanimity and satisfaction
Synonyms?
Gratified.
Pleased.
Happy.
We are doing great these days.
My girl is kind.
She is smart.
She is creative.
(She is potty trained!)
We are finally moving past our nightmare called the terrible twos. I can only remember putting her in one timeout in the past three weeks!
Every night, Daddy and/or Mommy ask her, "did you get any timeouts today?"
Her face brightens and her eyes twinkle when she is able to exclaim, "No! No timeouts today!"
Kids crave praise. They want to make us happy.
Amelia makes me happy. Finally, I am having fun being Mommy.
*Definitions from Dictionary.com
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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Such a fantastic post...and YAY for potty trained! Wow we are going to start that in our house soon, I'm dreading it!
Thanks for linking up this week for WW!
Congratulations on no more timeouts! We are so not there with my newly turned three year old, but I'm completely with you on giving praise. Those pictures are adorable!
Hi Julie! Very cute blog! Always wonderful to meet another momma. ;) I've got a two, almost-three year old too!
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She's adorable! We had some terrible two's in our house too. Glad things are getting better for you.
She is absolutely adorable. My kids didn't have terrible 2's, but 3...that was all together different.
So cute!
Cute pics! I love the 'no timeouts today!' statement! :)
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