Ten things that make my one year old daughter happy

1)     When I stick my tongue out at her
2)      When I hold her spoon in my mouth at mealtimes
3)      When she drums on the table, preferably with something loud
4)      When she knocks down towers of building blocks
5)      When she pulls paper off shelves and scrunches it up, bills are best
6)      When I take her socks off in a dramatic fashion
7)      When I drop her trousers on her face and shout "trousers"
8)      Pouring water on her back during bath time
9)      Swinging her round and throwing her in the air
10)   When she chews her toothbrush whilst watching me brush my teeth

As smiling took a very long time to come, anything that makes her obviously gleeful is marvellous, a real treasure. I savour every smile all the more for having wondered if she ever would or could smile.