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It's Pass The Torch Tuesday (Okay, so it's a day early, that's me...ALWAYS early, that's why it's so appalling the 3/4 of my children were born late).

The guidelines are simple, catch a kid being good and write about it. Link to the original blog here.

Simple and easy. Right? The problem is we get so used to seeing our kids doing things that are GREAT each day that we begin to expect them (And we should!) and stop pointing them out (which we need to be doing). They surely hear plenty of "NO!" and "WHY?!" from us, so how about some "WOW!" and "YOU ARE INCREDIBLE" thrown in for good measure.

**I "caught" M, sitting in the recliner, reading a book called "Dinosaur Bones" to her baby brothers.

**When we were on the way to the library E was mightily singing "E-I-N-G-O and Bingo was his name-o", Mike and I grinned at each other, M, on the other hand smiled, patted E. on the head and said "I love you so much! You are just too darn cute!" (Yes...that says "E"INGO...that's what he sang)

**D. made my day today though. I am used to hearing "I love you mom" from him at least a zillion times a day, and receiving impromptu one armed hugs from the boy teetering on the brink of teenagerhood. But when I showed him how to use the computer system at the library, and then showed him how to read the call numbers to find the book he wanted he was most impressed. As we walked to the section on tornados and I pointed to the call number in the Adult Non Fiction he asked how I knew so much. And when we both sat on the floor in the middle of the aisle pulling out book after book about tornados he smiled at me and quietly said "Thanks mom!" AND THAT MADE MY HEART BURST.