31 things I’m grateful for in August

  1. “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” season 3

  2. New “Bluey” episodes

  3. My first NFL (preseason) game

  4. Sunflower fields

  5. 10-minute family cleaning sessions

  6. Rollerblading to dinner

  7. “Where the Crawdads Sing” movie

  8. When Finch asks me to play catch or chalk with him

  9. Having more family structure again

  10. Rooney in braids

  11. Bobby pins

  12. A pink and purple sky

  13. “Top Gun: Maverick”

  14. Getting the kids’ teacher letters in the mail

  15. Boone lunch train

  16. Walking the High Trestle Trail Bridge

  17. Walking to ice cream

  18. Nostalgia

  19. Booking plane tickets

  20. Adventureland with friends

  21. Reed diffusers

  22. Park Whiz app

  23. “Thirteen Lives” movie (Prime Video)

  24. Awesome school teachers

  25. Mystery Doug on YouTube

  26. Audiobooks

  27. First family reunion in two years

  28. After-school stories

  29. Muffin tin snack trays

  30. Finch’s back-to-school haircut

  31. Underwater videos