The Mighty M Family

Today a certain someone got to color eggs for the first time. Today a certain someone has orange hands.  What did you do Today ?

Playing along with Supah Mommy this week, be sure to visit her if you want to join in on the fun!

one year ago I was here: Hawaii. With 26 of my family members. And I was drinking these: We celebrated my Grandmother’s 90th birthday. We had fun. And I don’t miss it at all! Not one little bit! Sniff. 

It’s no secret. My daughter likes to pretend.  It is so frequent that I know within minutes of waking up she will be asking “who should I be today?”.  And I have to play the game.  The one where I rattle off all possible names of who she might want to be.  “No.” “Nope.” “No, I said someone I’ve NEVER been before, mom.”  On and on it goes until I get it right.  Her decision made long before the game started.  But, we had a first.  An alter, alter ego.  That’s right.  My daughter was pretending to be someone pretending to be someone else.  You follow?  It usually starts with a knock on the wall…. “Who is it?” I say “Hi.” she says.  “I’m a rock star.  With the Beatles”.  I act appropriately impressed, and then she lets me in on the secret. “Mom” she whispers urgently, “I’m ACTUALLY 5 1/2 year old Savannah, you know, Sophia’s sister?” (Hannah had one day of camp with Savannah...

My daughter had ballet/tap class on St. Patrick’s day.  This was her outfit.  She also wore something special in her hair, but I didn’t get a very good shot – but you get the idea.  For some reason it was SO much easier getting her to cooperate with getting ready having some extra “accessories” to wear.

Assembled with love, hours of labor, and only a few expletives from daddy (and Grampy). Spring and summer just got a little more exciting around here.