To be honest, the last few weeks have been pretty rough around here. Ryan has been working a ton and gone a lot, we have been re-aligning our behavior and discipline techniques for summer break (meaning there has been lots of trouble!), and I have been hot, tired, and frankly, pretty cranky. Not one issue too big to handle, but pretty daunting when they are piled on top of one another and mixed with pregnancy hormones.
But, both of my girls said something very sweet to me today and it was like a salve over all the difficulty we’ve had recently.
Hannah – I basically took a shower, washed my hair, let it air dry, then threw it up into a pony tail before taking Ellie to gymnastics this afternoon. Not my normal M.O for leaving the house, but it is hot and I was doing housework all day. Hannah told me that she liked my hairstyle and that I should wear it that way more often. Love really is blind. Ryan had no comment when I told him but did manage to keep a straight face!
Ellie – Ellie got a rope burn on her thigh at gymnastics from climbing the rope (about 2/3 of the way to the ceiling, YIKES!). It was fine until she was changing her clothes for bed. Ellie is tough but it was really hurting her. I put some ointment and a band-aid over it so it wouldn’t bother her in bed. When we were done, she threw her arms around me and whispered in my ear that “you are the best muther eber!”