Tonight Katie called me into their room after they were supposed to be in bed because Mike and I were being too loud and she wanted us to be quiet. (translation: I needed a reason to call you in here for another kiss and drink of water and couldn't think of a good reason) Anyway, Mike had put the kids to bed (normally we do it together) so Jessica wanted a kiss goodnight. So I sat half on the floor and laid half on her bed and snuggled into her. We do this thing where we practice opposites by saying I love you blank. (Example: I love you my daughter. Then she replies, I love you my mother. I love you my little girl and she says I love you my big girl. ) So we started playing our game and Katie came and snuggled into Jessica so all 3 of us were snuggled into Jessica's bed. And I suggested we play an I love you because game. DISCLAIMER: This is only being put on this blog because I want to document this moment for MYSELF AND MIKE. We will be printing our blog and binding it into a book at the end of the year so this has turned into my journal/scrapbook/history etc. I just share it with all of you too. So this is not to be braggy or how cute are my kids etc. It was just an amazing moment that I want to write down before I forget it. Okay so here's how the I love you game went
ME: Okay girls, let's play an I love you game. I'll go first and say all the reasons I love each of you and then it will be your turn okay?
THEM: OKAY YAY!
ME: I love you Katie because you have a great laugh and you smile and you make so many other people smile. You are pure sunshine in my life and it's brighter because of you. You are funny and you love all of us so much. You have a great heart and you are loyal to your sister at all times. Jessica, I love you because you have the best heart of anyone I have ever known. You are sensitive and you love Daddy, me and Katie so much that you would do anything to make sure we are a happy family and that we stay a happy family. You are the first one to say "thanks mama" when I do something for you as simple as getting you a drink of water. You amaze me with how well you understand people's feelings and how strongly you feel the spirit. Okay Katie now it's your turn.
KATIE: I love you Jessica because you snuggle your Annie Zebra so so tight. You are a good sister and me best friend in the whoooooolllle wurld. You play wif me and we have so so fun. Mama I love you because you a nice mama and you snuggle me so so tight and you fun and you wipe my toto (private part) and my bum bum so so fast and good so I can go play with my best friend Jessica Rose.
JESSICA: Katie I lub you cuz you so funny and you play games and you let me be in the middle and you take turns. You always share your bee treats with me and you my bestest friend and sissy. Mama, I lub you because you fun and hold me so tight tight and you hug me and kiss me and give me drinks of water and you teach me songs. You sing Happy Working Song and you so so happy and pretty. You have pink lipstick and you give me some on my lips. I love you cuz you help me and Katie and Daddy.
Then, we all did 3 corner kisses where we kiss each other by putting our heads together. This was a tradition I grew up doing with my mom and dad because there were 3 of us. We do four corner kisses and 3 corner kisses if Mike isn't around. Then they hopped back in their beds and I gave them kisses again and more drinks of water and now they are laughing and talking in their beds and having the best time. Seriously, it was one of the happiest moments of my life. For all of you moms out there, you get it. It's like my heart is just out in the world walking around in the bodies of two short little people. Right now I am just so thankful not only that I got a chance to be a mom but I got a chance to be a mom to THEM. And that I cried for it, yearned for it, grieved that it might not happen, hoped, prayed, begged, cried a river of tears and gave myself a zillion shots in the butt to have the chance to get to do this. I'm glad I'm older because I'm not in a rush anymore and I don't care if things aren't perfect and things get put off until tomorrow. I waited a long time for this and I am really enjoying it.
Thanks for indulging this sappy post. I promise a sarcastic, self deprecating and irreverent one tomorrow.
ME: Okay girls, let's play an I love you game. I'll go first and say all the reasons I love each of you and then it will be your turn okay?
THEM: OKAY YAY!
ME: I love you Katie because you have a great laugh and you smile and you make so many other people smile. You are pure sunshine in my life and it's brighter because of you. You are funny and you love all of us so much. You have a great heart and you are loyal to your sister at all times. Jessica, I love you because you have the best heart of anyone I have ever known. You are sensitive and you love Daddy, me and Katie so much that you would do anything to make sure we are a happy family and that we stay a happy family. You are the first one to say "thanks mama" when I do something for you as simple as getting you a drink of water. You amaze me with how well you understand people's feelings and how strongly you feel the spirit. Okay Katie now it's your turn.
KATIE: I love you Jessica because you snuggle your Annie Zebra so so tight. You are a good sister and me best friend in the whoooooolllle wurld. You play wif me and we have so so fun. Mama I love you because you a nice mama and you snuggle me so so tight and you fun and you wipe my toto (private part) and my bum bum so so fast and good so I can go play with my best friend Jessica Rose.
JESSICA: Katie I lub you cuz you so funny and you play games and you let me be in the middle and you take turns. You always share your bee treats with me and you my bestest friend and sissy. Mama, I lub you because you fun and hold me so tight tight and you hug me and kiss me and give me drinks of water and you teach me songs. You sing Happy Working Song and you so so happy and pretty. You have pink lipstick and you give me some on my lips. I love you cuz you help me and Katie and Daddy.
Then, we all did 3 corner kisses where we kiss each other by putting our heads together. This was a tradition I grew up doing with my mom and dad because there were 3 of us. We do four corner kisses and 3 corner kisses if Mike isn't around. Then they hopped back in their beds and I gave them kisses again and more drinks of water and now they are laughing and talking in their beds and having the best time. Seriously, it was one of the happiest moments of my life. For all of you moms out there, you get it. It's like my heart is just out in the world walking around in the bodies of two short little people. Right now I am just so thankful not only that I got a chance to be a mom but I got a chance to be a mom to THEM. And that I cried for it, yearned for it, grieved that it might not happen, hoped, prayed, begged, cried a river of tears and gave myself a zillion shots in the butt to have the chance to get to do this. I'm glad I'm older because I'm not in a rush anymore and I don't care if things aren't perfect and things get put off until tomorrow. I waited a long time for this and I am really enjoying it.
Thanks for indulging this sappy post. I promise a sarcastic, self deprecating and irreverent one tomorrow.
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