Thankful #15

Tonight I (Andy) am thankful for two things:  First of all, Annika decided she wanted to try feeding her little brother at dinner time.  So I pulled up a chair for her, showed her how much to put on the spoon, and she was off and running!  Not only is she doing a great job, but she's saying encouraging things to Gavin while feeding him:  "You're doing so good"  "Gavin do you know what eggnog is?  Can you say eggnog?  Good job!".  I tried to get videotape of the scene but of course the battery is dead!  I'm also grateful for Marylyn, she's been working hard on Christmas presents, and its taking a lot of patience, which I don't have.  So good thing she's here, otherwise if it were just up to me, all my Christmas gifts would be canned ham.  Marylyn is (no- Will Be) grateful to get the Christmas projects completed!  Annika is thankful for a certain song from my cd collection she likes to hear over and over again.  Its a jazzy / saxophony instrumental called "Plena for my Grundle" by Garage a Trois.  The first time she heard it, her imagination must have really taken hold, because she started playing a movie in her mind, along with the music:  "And now here comes Cinderella, she's chasing the wolf with a rope!  She's running faster!  Now she's slowing down!"  Whenever she wants to hear it, she asks for the "Cinderella and the wolf" song.  Gavin's not in a very good mood right now, due to teething issues, so I'll say he's grateful for sucking on apple chunks through the teething bag, which occasionally distracts him from his crying!