kids happy

• central air conditioning
• one-of-a-kind moments
• soup and Saltines
• believing that smoking and drinking are "icky"
• handing out invitations
• grandparents' day at school
• going into my hideout
• falling asleep on the couch
• a family portrait in which no one is squinting
• the possibility of days off from school!
• auto bingo
• uninterrupted study
• waving out the car's back window
• Christmas gifts