1) a good drive to St. Louis
2) Penny kicking in the water
3) Lindsey and Elizabeth meeting (never thought about how much these girls had in common!)
4) Gabby and girls playing
5) Nora loving the sun in the car ("Sunny day!")
6) watching a graceful hippo
7) elephants playing in water
8) a good treadmill run
9) seeing Lindsey's house
10) finding lost keys easily
11) Nora loving to climb the beanstalk
12) optical illusions of nature
13) a baseball game date
14) friends willing to babysit
15) Josh and George meeting
16) playing in citygarden pools
17) Nora wanting to go to top of "Arch!"
18) girls dancing to polka music at Grant's Farm
19) surprise new flowers (planted by Kathy when we were away)
20) Nora reading out loud to Samson (she was sure this would help his hurting ear!)
21) cousins holding hands
22) a cleared out garden
23) AC on hot days
24) painting with Penny
25) Allison coming to Garden Club
26) safety in a much-needed thunderstorm
27) Nora writing her name