With a very nausea-filled first trimester of pregnancy coupled with homeschooling woes (we are so behind) and a toddler in the terrible twos going on thunderous threes…it was hard keeping a happy and cheerful disposition these last four months.  I did not want to be touched, talked to, made to smell, hear, or taste anything, go anywhere or do anything that would require getting out of bed.  Of course, I still did them, because I’m a MOM after all.  But I really didn’t want to.

I was grouchy.  So grouchy that I had no inspiration to blog or talk to anyone in any social media platform.  It was that bad.

But after all the negative moods that came with my first trimester, I felt really guilty towards my family – my children in particular.  What kind of mom have I been lately?!  A happy mom makes a happy home!  Doesn’t it?

And I want to see my kids happy.

So when I saw my friend Susi/BocaFrau post that she’d joined the #100HappyDays Challenge, I didn’t hesitate to jump right in!  I know that sometimes, in order for something to become the norm in your life, you must first make it a habit by doing it constantly, everyday without fail.

I think 100 days is a great start to making happiness into a habit into our lives, don’t you think so?  I certainly don’t intend to stop after 100 days, but so far, this challenge is making me consciously think about looking for happy moments in my life, every day.  And I think that is exactly what I need to get me out of this funk and bring the happiness level of my home back up again.

I’m only day 4, but being happy is starting to become a habit.  I can feel it.