I couldn't decide! :-)
I loved the album "So." It's one of my all-time favorites; AND, Peter Gabriel always reminds me of Suze and Skip and the wonderful times we had together back then.
And this, no matter how, um, err, ah, TOTALLY corny was part of my youth!
:-)
When we drove back from Target today, after buying Iz new shoes, Halloween window clings (Brenda knows what these are!), and a very fuzzy black horse (err, Mom’s weak “souvenir” moment that Melissa can relate to!), it was raining cats, dogs, llamas, hedgehogs, water buffalos, and I think there may have been one or two extinct brontosaurus in there too!
Iz then asked me, “Mom, is it raining in Florida?”
I laughed, and then I said I didn’t know if it was, and then she said, “Oh.”
I love the questions she asks me, even when some of them are brain numbing and/or hard to answer, which is most of the time. :-)
We went out for breakfast this morning at the local greasy spoon. My brother-in-law paid the check. Iz took the bill and the money and went to the counter to pay; she loves doing this, and she mostly likes to do it, because she hits the basket on the counter filled with Brach’s hard candies afterwards. She helps herself, taking enough candy to feed a small army or at least enough to feed each stuffed animal she owns; and, the stuffed animal count was approximately 52 the last time I cleaned her room!
When she came back, she asked what she should do with the change, and then she said, "I know." The change was $21.36. She handed me the $20 bill and said, "Here, Mommy. This is because you don’t have a job. And here." She then put the 36 cents in my hand, reached over the table, and gave her Uncle the $1. We howled, and I said, "Well, at least, we know she's empathetic."
I love my girl, and when all is said and done, I’m glad and truly blessed that I created such a beautiful and compassionate being.
I just kissed her good night, and she said, “Mommy, my chaps are lipped.” Strawberry lip balm was applied. <3
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