Ghost and Dragons

All day yesterday my little girl said she was a ghost and as soon as the sun went down she said she was a dragon. Of course I was the princess and her daddy, my husband was the knight that was going to rescue me from the dragon. Anytime she says she is a dragon she has to be wearing a short sleeved green shirt. I tried to get her to wear a dress or a different colored shirt so that I can wash that green shirt she insist on wearing but to no avail. I just wonder what she will be today.

A new friend

When I was a pre-teen my mom taught me how to crochet, and over the years it is something I have actually taken for granted. Yes I make baby afghan's and I make lap robes and it does pass the time for me. I never really think about it most of the time. I have tried to crochet an area rug using bread wrappers. I even crocheted a pillow, one I still use to this day. Well my little girl saw one of my patterns, which was of a bumble bee bug and for the last several months she kept asking me to make her a bug. I kept putting it off and putting it off. Well last night I did not really have anything better to do so I sat down and made her one. It took me about an hour and a half to make the thing. It was the first time I had even made it so it took longer than normal, but then it usually does when I make something for the first time with a pattern I am not familiar with. When I handed her her new friend her face just lit up like the sun. She wanted to hug the bug kiss the bug and would you believe that child had to sleep with that bug last night. I think I may ask her if she wants me to make her another one so that her new bug friend will have a brother or sister to play with.

What a wonderful husband I have

Marriage is such a wonderful invention. I love the fact that I have such a wonderful husband that loves me as much as I love him. Sure there are things he does that get on my nerves but I know that there are things that I do that get in his nerves just as bad (if not worse). I think that one of the things I love the most is when he holds me at night before we go to sleep. If I've had a bad day he will hold me and to be honest it's like the problems of the world don't matter at that moment. I love the man I married and the father of my little girl, I love him more than words can express.

Mom's need time to relax too

Yesterday my little girl was something else. If it wasn't one thing it was another. I know that I should be greatful because she wants to be with mamma all the time and years from now I will want her around and she will not want to be with her stuffy old mom and dad, but sometimes I would like at least five minutes where I can simply sit down and enjoy quiet time. Only five minutes is all I ask. Since she has been born I have not gotten any time to myself with one exception, my mother-in-law took her for the day several months back, (it is in one of my blogs entry). The only bad thing about that day was she was a holy terror when she got home and it almost made my day off not worth it. Notice that I said almost. My husband tries to help, but my little girl only wants to be around Momma sometimes, and Daddy just won't do. Last night when we finished our bath all I wanted to do was lay down and relax. So I put one of my little girls favorite movies on and I laid down. No sooner did I lay down than my little girl comes into the room and starts jumping on the bed. There goes my relaxing time. If she's not jumping on the bed while I'm in it, she is kicking me in the back and ribs depending on how I am laying. Don't get me wrong, I love her with all my heart, I would lay down my live for her or my husband without hesitation, but sometimes I would like some quiet time to myself. Long story short I put her ti bed earlier than normal which could not be early enough for me.

The Caravelle resort, a great place to stay

Yesterday I got back from the beach with my family. I must say it was relaxing. We did not go anywhere ye pretty much stayed at the hotel but, then the hotel had everything we would need. My little girl wanted to stay in the pool all day. She had so much fun. I was constantly putting sunblock on her in the hopes that she would not get sunburn. I don't worry as much about her face getting sunburn because it hard enough for me to put it on her. I have very fair skin and I have to use 30 SPF or higher when I put on sunscreen. I am hopeful that she inherits her fathers skin instead of mine. It is so aggravating when I have to lather myself in sunscreen every time I go outside. The hotel we stayed at was the CARAVELLE at Myrtle beach. It is a wonderful place to stay, very family oriented. We are going to go back I just don't know when. Actually it is the hotel where my husband and I spent out honeymoon. The staff and employees are all just as nice and friendly as they can be. Anyone who goes there is definitely made to feel welcome.

Halloween 2010

This Halloween is going to be something for my little girl. Everyday she comes up with a new thing she wants to be. I can only assume that most children do the same thing. One day it will be a pirate (she saw the Spongebob Squarepants movie) the next day it will be a robot. Sometimes it is a dragon and others is a ghost. She has already told us, her parents, what we will dress up as when the big day comes, but that to changes from day to day. The only place I am planning on taking her for trick or treating is to family members houses. My sister has two boys and she never ever really took them trick or treating. I told that to my husband and he just shook his head. Well my sister is a single mom and usually has to work and on top of that my parents don't really do that kind of thing, so my nephews never really got the chance to dress up on Halloween. I'm hopeful that I might be able to take my 7 year old nephew this year, I'll just have to wait and see.

Mop Day

I try to be an organized person, which is not always easy. I try to establish a certain day for certain chores around the house. Everyday is dish washing day and every other day is laundry day. Originaly I designated Tuesday as Mop day. Well that sorta slipped and mop day has been changed to Thursday. The one thing about mop day my little girl loves it. It's the one day when she can put water on the floor and not get fused at. To be honest she does help. I think she knows that she is helping. I hope that by letting her help it will instill in her the habit of cleaning, though she still has a problem keeping her toys in her room at times. But then she is only three years old, I'm proud of the little things.

The Sweetest words ever spoken

When a child first learns to talk one of the things that a parent loves to hear is "I love you too". Well at night when I put my little one to bed my husband, her daddy comes in and tells her "I love you." and she usually responds "I love you too Daddy." She never tells me that when I tell her that I love her. She usually says, "It's time to sleep now Momma." Well last night she looked up at me with her bright blue eyes and when I told her that I loved her before she went to bed she responded "I love you too Mommy." Those are the sweetest words a parent can hear.

Today

Today is a new day. So many things can happen, and probably will. For me I simply want to sit back and enjoy the day. Fall is coming so that means that thew weather is not going to be quite so hot but personally I dread the the cold. I am NOT a person that likes the cold. I was born just before thanksgiving a some people have told me that because of that I should like the cold, but I hate to say it but I don't. If I could have my way the world would be an eternal spring or Autumn. Spring is such a nice time of year the plants are growing and life seams to be everywhere. Fall or Autumn has the changing color of the leaves. Both seasons are not to hot and not to cold. I know that some of you may say that I should move. To be perfectly honest I can't afford to live in Hawaii most people can't. My parents went there about 20 years ago to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary my mother told me that the real estate prices were very high. Not many people have several million in the bank that they can buy a lot that is half the size of a lot in the states. If I ever win the lottery I may go there, but then you have to buy a ticket first and I don't buy lottery tickets. That day I'm afraid will never come.

Children are a reflection of their Parents

Yesterday was my nephew's seventh birthday. He is such an energetic child, he is also the image of his mother. People sometimes tell me the same thing about my little girl. I can not count the times people have shown me my baby pictures and expressed how much like me my little girl looks. To be perfectly honest, she does look like me but she also looks like my husband, her father, his baby pictures look a lot like her as well. My mother told me that my daughter inherited my facial features but the inherited the shape of my husbands face, and studying her face I had to agree. It is something when complete strangers see the three of us together and say that they know who her parents are. To me that is a good feeling. I just sometimes wonder who she will act like as she grows up.

My nephews know who their father is but they do not have much to do with him. He is a dead-beat dad as far as I am concerned. All he cares about is where his next beer or pack of smokes is coming from. He pays child support but it comes out of an allowance his dead mother left for him when she died. The man has never held down a job, but in a way I can't really blame him. His mother promised him that he would never have to, and even in death she is still paying all of his bills. He will never have any responsibility, and no decent woman would want a man like him, unless she likes being beaten when he's had a bit to much to drink, which is very often.