Okay, so the other day I called my mom to see how things were going in her neck of the woods and she informed me that she had the girls over. "The girls" would be referring to my nieces from left to right: Jillian (2), Maddy (6) and Lexi (12)
I asked her to tell the girls I said, "what's up" and I fully expected the oldest to chime in with something similar. I even expected the 6 year old to have a witty come back. But the sniper got me, JillyBean was the first to shout back, "what's up!" which just lit me up inside. She just started using her words not too long ago, not that she didn't know how, she just knew how to get her way without asking. Very smart in my eyes! Anyways, she has been the queen of, "No!" lately. I took it personal at first cause all I wanted was a hug and she sounded so certain in her objection that I thought she didn't like me anymore :( But then I asked her if she wanted to go swimming and the answer was, "No!!". I asked her if she wanted a cookie and the answer was, "No!!!" It took me a minute but I finally realized that she just wanted to say.. come on, say it with me, "No!"
She is a funny little one and I love spending time with her.
I can't wait to see all my girls on Sunday. I'm sure they will all be in the pool splashing around and driving their momma crazy. That reminds me, Happy Mother's Day to the mom's out there that end up reading this. You really do more for us kids than you think, keep setting those good examples and making memories with your families. That all I have for now, hopefully after this semester of school is over I can make this a regular occurrence again.
