It's National Smile Month (yes, who knew we had a whole month dedicated to us?). We thought that there was no better time than the present to talk about just some of the things (100 to be precise) that make us smile. 

100 things that make us happy

(in no particular order)

1. Sunny skies

2. Meeting so many lovely teachers and school staff

3. Doing things for charity 

4. Cups of tea

5. Smile Soccer Stars 

6. Listening to the radio

7. Deliveries

8. Working with schools

9. Making plans

10. Our annual team holiday 

11. Reading

12. Making lists 

13. Exhibiting at university and college fairs

14. Fresh bed sheets

15. Conor's dad jokes

16. Chocolate

17. A tidy office

18. The Smile board game

19. Pick'n'mix

20. Dogs (any kind)

21. Singing

22. Hinching - if you know, you know

23. Champagne Club

24. Quizzes

25. Gin

26. People getting promotions

27. New clothes 

28. Disney

29. Travelling 

30. Biscuits (of any kind but especially Custard Cremes)

31. Helping out at school events 

32. Solving problems

33. Good music 

34. Knowing we are making a difference to children

35. Toilet paper mummies

36. Bon Qui Qui

37. Prosecco

38. Breakfast meeting breakfasts

39. Baking

40. Our new office 

41. Flowers

42. The school holidays 

43. The smell of bread baking

44. Netflix

45. New pens 

46. Bake Off - both ours and the TV show

47. Spending time with friends

48. Nando's

49. Patrick and his love of wearing other people's coats

50. Hearing good feedback from happy school staff

51. Baby Guinness

52. Hot baths (preferably with Lush bath bombs)

53. New post-its

54. Hugs

55. Friday night drinks

56. Secret Santa 

57. Long walks

58. Freebies

59. Flying to PB Island

60. Winning a game

61. Good hair days

62. Annual Smile Conference 

63. A new notebook

64. Finding money you didn't know you had 

65. Getting a letter (as long as it's not a bill)

66. Finding out some got the job

67. Telling someone they got the job

68. The ocean

69. Timing it just right for the bus/train

70. 5-star Google reviews 

71. Animals (especially baby animals)

72. Helping people

73. That new car smell

74. Leggings

75. Louise's Quotes of the Year

76. Taking photos

77. The Smile Graduate Academy

78. Knowing all the lyrics

79. Celebrating not one but two birthdays (our actual and our Smile)

80. Birthday cake 

81. The rain of the roof of a caravan

82. Laughter

83. Going out out

84. Giving people new skills - emergency paediatric first aid, cover supervisor and Team Teach training 

85. Finding two socks that match

86. Lie-ins

87. The way Jaleesa says London

88. Hearing that someone recommended us

89. Dancing 

90. Our yearly visit from Santa

91. A good night's sleep

92. Food (of any kind but especially garlic bread)

93. Online shopping

94. Working in Birmingham city centre

95. Trying new things

96. Discounts

97. Mary's accent 

98. Funny Tik Tok videos

99. Learning something new

100. A clean house

Phew! That’s a LOT of things. We’d love to know what makes you smile too. Let us know in the comments below or share in Operation Smile.