Multitude Monday ~ 1000 Gifts

#467 softball games - especially when competition is tough... where laughter, applause, cheers, encouragement and congratulations frequently spill over... where sportsmanship abounds... when all spectators and athletes smile and celebrate the victors at the end!

#468 carmel apple coffee cake (the picture is from Taste of Home, recipe page... you'll see it again if you follow the link... the original recipe was muffins... coffee cake is much easier less work early in the morning and when you don't have cupcake liners!)

#469 pink-laced softball decorated cupcakes and lots of laughter

#470 making do when you don't have exactly what you are looking for... and being OK with that

#471 pep rallies

#472 sneaking tastes of sprinkles instead of sprinkling them on the cupcakes

#473 big "brothers" (real and chosen) who look out for my girls, pick on 'em and make 'em laugh

#474 the fun you can have with Crisco

#475 legos and wooden elephants

#476 prayer with friends

#478 hoping... anticipating

#479 weekends

#480 vacations...

#481 ...and a week of sleeping-in, sort of!

#482 my sweet spirited and very competent girl helping me bake bread, make rolls and all sorts of variations on pizza

#483 how they happily wave goodbye to me yet cry when they say goodbye to Nadia

#484 a perfect French dictée

#485 beginning jabberer and new words spouting forth every day

#486 little boy who has finally discovered that he likes brushing his hair and teeth

#487 becoming young man, still silly enough to enjoy dressing up like a leprechaun on "Fantasy Day"

#488 finding two new friends in unexpected places

#489 music lessons

#490 time together, fingers entertwined