6

You were impossible to bring in to this world. Somewhere, I’ve got photos in an album of a dining room table covered in medicine vials, syringes, etc. I’ll save the guilt trips for you on that later. I’m entitled after all.

You were hard to bring into this world. After it was over, I remember one of the nurses talking to me about what to expect the next morning, where I could find my water pitcher. I quietly told her, “Yes, but I’m going to die now.” Did I mention you were very hard to bring in to this world?

But…you were the most beautiful baby in the world. I say that free of the typical, obligatory mother’s view. You really were. Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s got nothing on you. You were perfect with round cheeks and more black hair than Elvis. You were and are something special.

You are sweet and kind, earnest and thoughtful. You’re just starting to balk when I kiss you, but I’m going to keep doing it. Forever.

I can see you from the kitchen window now. You’ve found a baby toad and I made you put it in an old plastic Easter bucket because you squished the last two toads to critical condition. This toad is starting to look a little limp as well. The dentist said you’ve got a loose tooth and I had to give you the lecture about not to actually eat it when it falls out. You asked me why not.

Later, you’ll sit with (and probably torment) your sister when it’s time to settle for your hot chocolate and movie. It’s Peter Pan tonight. You’ll balk again when I try to kiss you good night, but not before you ask me to pull your bad dreams out of your ears. I will.

When you wake up in the morning, you’ll be six.

Happy Birthday pumpkin. Your Mommy loves you big and forever.

Mom.

Blogcrastination

I was going to blog about all of our Disney adventures, but I left it half-finished and now it's old news. The hightlights are as follows...

1.) My favorite moment - (there were many), but the "surprise" parade we ran into at MGM studios was pretty great. Somehow or another we ended up in the front row and just about every character had a personal encounter w/ both my kids (the 5 year old's recently purchased Kermit the Frog doll even got to be part of the parade for about 10 seconds). When my daughter (the three year old horse freak) saw Mary Poppins riding in on a carousel horse, she screamed, "I can't beweeve it!"

2.) Most "interesting" moment - Ok, in my defense, the 5 year old insisted we go see It's Tough To Be A Bug in the Tree of Life. He loves A Bug's Life okay? Well, for those of you who don't know, it's a fifteen minute 3-D movie in which the audience gets to experience what it's like to be a bug. There was stink spray coming at us and then giant spiders with beady red eyes dropped from the ceiling. In 3-D! The three year old still doesn't trust me.

3.) Most interesting Disney tidbit I could do without knowing - My son vomited all over Norway. We found out later he had a double ear infection (no wonder the airplane was a challenge for the little guy). In addition to shutting down the Maelstrom for 15 minutes, we encountered a crack team of Disney employees on hand with bags of sawdust and various other vomit cleaning supplies. We were calling them the Vomit Team until my sister discovered they have an actual name. The Protein Spill Squad. Somehow, this doesn't seem like the kind of job one actually applies for.

All in all though...it was a WONDERFUL trip.

Robin

Flower Child

Is she cute or WHAT????!!!! We did this at the Epcot photoshop booth. I'm working on a monster disney blog. This is just to tide you over :)

Of course...when the three year old saw this picture, she said, "But Mama, I wanna be a happy flower."

Doesn't everyone?