Rising in the East

Meg has loved the moon for quite some time now. She's amazed many people when she looks up and says, "Look! A crescent moon!" She must have a science teacher for a mommy!

Lately, our focus has shifted on the sun. We saw some beautiful sunrises earlier this spring and she'd always comment about the beautiful colors. Many mornings she'd even say as we walked into daycare, "Goodbye beautiful sunrise!" :) Now the sun is past the sunrise state, so she's been a bit disappointed. She hasn't mentioned anything about it for a few days until this morning. My little inquirer asked...."Mommy, why is the sun always on that side of the woad (road)?" And then I did my best to explain about the sun being a star and the Earth orbiting around it and how Earth rotates on it's axis to make day and night..... I think I lost her somewhere along the orbiting part (you think?!?!) but she listened intently to every word. Maybe it's time to ask for a Solar System model for Christmas next year!

Time is Flying!

Yahooooo! Only 4.5 days of school left! I'm so excited for the summer to get here and have that extra special time with my girl! Here's a few funnies from lately:

Tonight~She tells me that she really needs to talk to me. She has something verwwwy important to tell me. I actually was a bit worried when she then asked me to sit on the couch so we could have this important conversation. HA! So she sits me down, and proceeds to tell me that she is REEEEEEEAAALLLLLY gonna need to take her new purse (which she had just gotten a neighborhood garage sale for free) and her baby doll to her soccer game tomorrow to show Mamaw and Papaw. Whew! I usually try to convince her that taking her toys places is risky, but since that was her "big conversation" it caught me off guard and she won. I guess her new tactic worked for tonight!

Earlier this week in the car~She has a package of Bubble Tape. She was in the back seat chomping on the way home and I asked for a piece. She willingly agreed, so I put my hand back and received a piece. A VERY TEENY TINY SCRAP OF A PIECE! I laughed and told her that it was so small I wouldn't even be able to chew it and that I'd like to have a little more. Here's here comment back:

"Mommy, you get what you get and you don't throw a fit!!!!!"

Hmmmmm...can you guess where she's heard that phrase before!?!?!?! Ah...the child who forgets nothing!!!! Love her!

That's all I can manage for now. I think I've got a sinus infection and feel pretty rotten, so I'm headed off to bed. I was able to complain enough and get my Wonderful Neighbor to feel sorry for me and mow my lawn tonight. What a super guy I've found......he's a keeper for sure!!!! :)

Good Buddies

This made my heart melt! I walked out in my living room this week and saw this sweet, sweet sight. Greg had brought over a new catalog (Cabela's, of course!) to look at. He sat down in the chair and I was back in Meg's room trying to coax her into getting jammies on for bed. She told me she was busy. When I walked back out, I saw her dragging her rocking chair over next to him and she picked up her new American Girl magazine. She plopped down right next to him and started flipping pages just like him. I honestly don't think anything could have made me happier at that moment. I love the fact that they have this connection. Life couldn't be any better at the moment. (Ok...well maybe it'd be just a little better if it was May 24th or so) HA! You get my drift though, right?