Mother's Day

In anticipation of Mother's Day, I made dresses for Sweet Pea and I along with coordinating necklaces. As a child my sweet mother would make coordinating dresses for me and my four sisters {which was fun until I was about ten, I endured it until I was twelve}. So when I started cutting out a new dress for me, Sweet Pea begged to have a matching dress for her. I was a little hesitant considering all those matching Easter and Christmas dresses, but decided to go ahead. Sweet Pea was tickled and even more excited when we made necklaces to go with our dresses.

Thanks Sweet Pea for choosing me to be your Mommy! Love you!!

Mother's Day began with delicious waffles and scrambled eggs made by my two favorite people. I giggled a little when Sweet Pea exclaimed: "They look just like mommy's waffles, we must have done it right."{ with a beaming smile} Sweet Pea also promised that I didn't have to do anything I didn't want to do. What a treat! {She had a little convincing to do with daddy. :) }

As the day ended, I let my sweet pea know how grateful I was to be her mommy. She smiled and said "Me, Too!" The perfect ending to a perfect day!

Taking a Walk

We have a new park within walking distance that is under construction. Ms A and I love to walk around it and see what's been done. We also like to watch the construction process. Ms A loves the HUGE trucks and asked tons of questions about what they are doing. Tonight I decided to take the camera along our nightly (at dusk) walk. Ms A was tickled when I started snapping pictures of her jumping off the bleachers. She giggled whenever I caught a picture of her mid-air. If I missed, she'd do it all over again. (I had a lot of those pictures.)

We also like the under construction part because the curbs are higher and Ms A loves to practice her balancing skills. This evening she walked back and forth without holding my hand! (Great job Sweetie)

I also noticed some wispy clouds in the sky. They looked so fascinating. I love watching the clouds go by.

I Have Achieved SUPER COOL MOM Status

Ms. A has been telling our friends how Super Cool her daddy is because he built this without any sawhorses. When I ask her if I'm Super Cool, she'll reply "No mom, your just Cool." So I have been racking my brain trying to figure out how to get up to Super Cool status. Finally, I found a possible project.
I borrowed a pattern from my mom and got to work. It took about four hours to make, but her joy was PRICELESS.

And Yes, I AM SUPER COOL! :)

An Unsual Teaching Moment

Our little angel has some interesting thoughts stirring in her head at times. I wonder what I have said that prompted her observations.

She has been fixated on the leaves falling from the trees. It seems every time we talk about them falling I have to explain to her that the trees and plants need to rest during the winter. That explanation doesn't satisfy her curiosity. She continues to ask why the leaves change colors and fall, so I tell her that they are dying and that there will be new leaves in the springtime. She accepts that to a point, but now she has become fixated on death. Rather morbid and I am trying to explain it to her in a way that won't scare her. We've talked about Jesus dying and how He was resurrected and will live forever.

Today she told me that when she dies her hair will fall out.
Then later on, we were watching Star Wars and someone was killed. She looked at me and said that the man died, but he's with Heavenly Father and that he will live again.

I was grateful that she spoke so matter-of-factly and knew what we believed. I was a bit unsettled that my little girl knows about death, but so grateful for the knowledge that we will live again with Heavenly Father. Jesus Christ died and overcame death through the resurrection, so we could live.

Mommy, Tell Me a Story

Ms. A has a tendency of waking up around midnight lately. She is normally inconsolable for about five minutes. My typical way of calming her down is by telling her a story about her. She loves to hear how she was when she was a tiny, little baby. How she learned things. How she did things. It's wonderful to relive those sweet memories. She also adores stories I make up involving "My Little Ponies."

Two nights ago, she woke up and I tried by usual tactics, but they didn't work! I had to try something else. We spoke about how much mommy and daddy love her. we talked about the temple and then Ms. A mentioned she had a picture of the temple in her room. We talked a little about that and she stated she didn't have a picture of Jesus in her room. I quickly grabbed the picture on her bookcase that was out of her sight and told her the story of Jesus blessing the Nephite children.

Last night the same thing happened, inconsolable crying, cuddles. asking if she wanted to her at story about her, ponies or some other thing. Finally she looked at me and asked for a story about Jesus. I told her about my favorite part in The Book of Mormon, Christ's visit to the Nephites. I told her about the best part within that story of Christ blessing the children. She closed her eyes and started to drift off to sleep. When I finished, her eyes popped open and she said, "Tell me another story about Jesus." As she lay down and started to sleep, I told her about the birth of Christ and what a special baby he was, how he grew up and taught the people and he was the same man who blessed those little ones. I told her how much He loves her. It was the perfect mommy, daughter goodnight story/experience.

Mommy, I Need You

I was upstairs when I heard a plaintive cry from my little angel, "Mommy, I Need You!" I rushed downstairs to see what the emergency was only to discover my little one just needed me to sit beside her. She wanted me. So many times I get wrapped around what I think is important only to be reminded of what really is important - spending time with my little angel. She only will be this age for a small amount of time. We need each other.

So farewell, I'm going to spend some time with my little one.

Cuddles and Kisses

One of Ms. A's favorite things to do is wake me up in the morning. As some of you may know, I am NOT a morning person. She is so adorable, it's hard not to enjoy her 'waking mommy' process. Thankfully, Reed has put a clock in her room and we have taught her to wait until 8am to come and get mom. She excitedly comes in the room and approaches my bed. If I'm up already, she tells me to go back to bed. Once I'm 'asleep' she taps my shoulder and asks if I'm awake and if we can cuddle. She gets in the bed and will cuddle for at least 30 seconds, sometime more, then she starts her other activities. Lately, it's been waking up my feet. (Ms. A loves feet, something I don't understand.) She will crawl under the covers and kiss the tops of my feet, hug them and then she crawls back up to me and either cuddles some more, talks incessantly or starts jumping on the bed, usually she jumps.

Yesterday, I was having some allergy problems so I took some medicine and took a nap. Unfortunately, the meds put me to sleep for three to four hours and Ms. A's nap is down to two hours or until 4pm. She went through her typical routine and when mom didn't respond she started to use more drastic techniques. She laid on my side and put her face right in mine and said "Mommy, wake up!" It's cute now, but I wasn't too happy. Thankfully mom finally got up and all was right.