Recital time is near

And I am just giddy. I love to see those sweet little people get all giggly and nervous and perfectly human. It does a heart good.

Ella's new BFF

Clare goes to school with sweet Lily Claire, who is the daughter of a long time friend. They are thick as thieves. They squeal together and hug a lot and it makes my heart sing. Just to sweeten the pot, Ella has taken to her big sister Kareena. She asks for her every single day. She cries all the way home when we leave her. She gets to see her at pick up on school days and they hold hands through the fence. Sometimes, if Kareena surprises her, she can't even speak, she is so overjoyed. I love love. I am so happy to be the mama to squealy, lovely little girls.

Never gets old

This nudey girl will take any opportunity to shuck shoes, clothes, barettes. It never fails to make me giggle.

The journey if 1000 changes begins with one bed.

Cactus:1, Ella:0

We took a lovely hike on the trails of Mayfield yesterday. In the last 10 minutes, Ella found a giant prickly pear...and tripped right into it.
I picked her straight up and out of it, which minimized the damage. But I had to strip her right there on the trail and pick out hundreds of tiny needles.
Thankfully, I had a team of mama warriors with me. They cared for the other 7 children with us, produced tweezers and medicines out of thin air and soothed us both while we worked through the chaos and screaming.
Bless her heart. By the time we got home, she was in good spirits and told me as she was falling asleep "Thanchoo mama. Thanchoo for gettina catus outta my weg."
sniff.
You're welcome, Ellie B.
May you heal well and fast.

Owls says who?

Itsy Bitsy morning