The End of an Era!

My baby girls are growing up so fast! Emily has graduated from preschool and will be starting Kindergarten in August and it has made me one sappy mother. Some may think that I am being ridiculous, but as a mother who is used to having her children at home with her, this is hard for me. I think part of it is because I work 12 hour shifts, so some days I only see Emily for 1 hour before bedtime and than I have her with me all day Tues. and Thurs. I am going to miss having her around all day during the week! Don't get me wrong.... part of me is excited and I think Haley needs some of that special one-on-one time. I've just been very emotional lately and even almost cried at Emily's ballet recital. I am so going to be one of THOSE moms. The one crying all the time! Who new???

Look out how beautiful she was!

Conversation with a Four Year Old

Emily - "Mommy, I want to have a baby boy!"

Me - "You want to have a baby or you want Mommy to have a baby boy?"

Emily - "I want you to have a baby boy ... or a girl."

Me - "Well, those are the only two types of babies."

Emily - "A baby girl is born with hair and boy's are born bald with no hair."

Me - "That's not true. Daddy was born with hair."

Emily - "Well, how do you tell if it's a boy or a girl."

(Yes we have had the penis talk before).

Me - "A boy has a penis and girls do not."

Emily - "Oh yah! That makes sense."

Feelin' The Love

Today, for Mother's Day, my only wish was to sleep in... especially since we had gone out last night and drank a little too much! My mom was right when she said "the only time you'll get to sleep in is when the kid's aren't in the house." Isn't that the truth! The other problem is that I have now fallen into the habit of waking with the sun and am unable to fall back into a deep sleep. So needless to say, the sleeping in didn't happen, so we got up early and went to breakfast at a local mom-n-pop shop. The original plan per Emily was to make me breakfast in bed, but the girls used all the waffle mix and ate all the strawberries yesterday. I got a carnation and a free mimosa out of it and the girls were well behaved and sweet!

After we came home, Fritz had so nicely suggested that we go to the pool for girl bonding time. In other words... threw me to the wolves with 2 girls who like to go in opposite directions of the pool. We actually had a wonderful time and got a nice suntan!

I put Haley down for a nap, talked to my sister-in-law Stephanie, used the computer and helped Fritz cook dinner.

I have to say, it is days like these that are most enjoyable and memorable, even if it is experienced through a sleepy haze.

Me and my baby girls!

The Next Mary Lou!

Emily had a gymnastics "competition" last weekend. They do four events and all get trophies. No one comes in first or last! I wondered how she was going to do because no one from her class was participating and she wasn't with her usual teacher. At this age it can be hit or miss. They can get up there and freeze, be nervous, or go with the flow.

Well let me tell you! Emily was so excited she was jumping around, waving and when she got to the vault, she was running before the judge was ready! I am so proud that my baby did not have stage fright! Not to brag, but she was also won of the most talented. It probably didn't hurt that she was also one of the oldest!

How Quickly Things Change

Emily and Haley were having a loud screaming fight over Emily trying to fix Haley's broken sunglasses. This was right before we were getting ready to sit down and have popcorn and watch a movie. As soon as Haley realized that Emily was trying to help, she handed Emily the sunglasses and said "help." Literally 1 minute later this was the scene!

Here are the sunglasses they were fighting about! I love this picture!

If Only

If only this would continue for 15 more years. Haley loves to wash dishes, dust, windex the glass, and put away her clothes. I have this dream that if they enjoy it now they always will! Yeah right! I also have been trying to get Emily to do more chores around the house for an allowance. She thinks that $5.00 for cleaning her room is reasonable... I've had to convince her otherwise, especially since I somehow do most of the work!