Let The Summer Fun Begin!

It's been a bit quiet on the home front lately. We are just waiting for something to happen with the house.......and waiting........and waiting.........and waiting. We are about to go crazy! We would love to get moved and settled before Brinn starts school in the fall and are praying that it does indeed happen. Brinn will be taking summer school for 3 1/2 weeks to give her something fun to do other than hang out with mom all day.

But, in the meantime, now that the hot weather is here we are starting to have lots of water fun. Brinn had a play date with her friend Carley the other day and they spent forever playing with a blow up beach ball sprinkler. We love this time of year and can't wait for lots of time at the pool, on the lake, and hopefully a water park or two!

Happy Mother's Day To Me

Yesterday morning Brinn let me know that, despite it being Mother's Day and all, I was, after all, still the same old mother that got up with her the day before.

After I fixed her braids....yes, you remember....those ones she hated until she went to school and everyone liked them.......she had a complete meltdown and told me I need "hair fixin' lessons" because she "hates my hair fixin". Now, don't get me wrong, I would love to do Brinn's hair just exactly the way she would like it, but herein lies the problem: Brinn wanted her braids to be longer. They needed to go down to the middle of her back, not to the top of her shoulders! Quite a problem now, isn't it?

I love the magical world of a 4 year old. I love how, according to kids this age, the sun comes up and sets all due to their parents' will. I love how Brinn looks up at us with her big blue eyes and thinks we have all the answers, regardless of the subject at hand. So, I guess Brinn must have learned yesterday that there are limits to Mommy's abilities. Our baby is growing up. Boo-hoo!

Now, in Brinn's defense, she did make up for her meltdown with a boat load of hugs and kisses and 'I love yous' throughout the day.

This morning we continued celebrating when she pushed on my pimples to see if they "really did hurt". She asked me, "Why do you have owies on your face? Because your old?" I assured her that I indeed had these when I was young too. Then I braided her hair for school...............

Hope all you mothers out there had a wonderful day yesterday.........and every day!