Not So Complimentary

Today I rhetorically asked Lennon, "How do you keep getting cuter?" I was not quite expecting the answer he came up with. He said, "I don't know. Probably, I'll start getting less cute, when I get really old. Like you."

Managing Without Our Girl

After settling in to Mia being away, we are actually having a really great week. Monday, we went to my moms group at church as usual in the morning. When we got home, Lennon played with Mateus and Bianca right up until bedtime out in the yard. The weather has been amazing this week and we've basically spent every minute we could outside. Well, except for Tuesday morning when I took Lennon, Mateus and Bianca to Chuck E Cheese in the morning. At school on Tuesday, Lennon was sent home with a project. He brought home Froggy, the class pet puppet. He was to take care of Froggy for the day and have his mom write down what they did together. I had promised Lennon a movie night while Mia was away, so we decided to go for it while we had Froggy to entertain. We rented Rango and Lennon got a tiny ice cream.

This morning we got up and went to the drive thru car wash which Lennon is newly obsessed with. Afterwards, we went to the zoo- with Froggy of course. Lennon wanted deviled eggs for lunch and I was hit with sudden inspiration and turned his deviled eggs into a little spring flower using celery, spinach and cucumber. He thought it was pretty cool. After I picked him up from school we went to the store to get stuff for grilling burgers in the perfect weather we're having. We got home around 4 and he didn't step foot inside the house from that point until just after 7 when he had to come in for a bath and bedtime. He and the Lima kids played with the hose and were all completely dirty and exhausted when it was time to come inside.

I'm not sure what we'll do tomorrow, but so far, he's managing just fine with his sissy gone for a few days. He has been adamant from the beginning anytime we say she's going for a week, that it is, indeed not a full week. She is going from Sunday to Friday. He has also suddenly rebelled against any book that rhymes. In his words, "I don't like trick books. Books that make you think it's going to be a story, but then it's just a poem."

Lennon's Lunch

LIttle Girl

Well, Mia's off to camp. I have been nothing but completely excited about her little adventure for the month or so leading up to it. She was thrilled about it every second since we told her about it. Now, six hours after hugging her good bye in Vermont I am having a bit of a panic attack. I just can't stop thinking about my precious, little, sweet girl, laying up on her top bunk that she picked out because she was the first one in the cabin, all by herself with no mommy to tuck her in. I was just looking at her today out there with the other kids and she is just so tiny. So, yes, technically she is tiny. At her physical Wednesday the doc told us she was in the 10% for weight and 20% for height. Beyond that though, she's so tiny. She's just this teeny little person with this great big heart and now she's all alone in another state. I am dying to talk to her and tell her I love her and give her a kiss on the forehead. But I can't. Not until Friday at noon. And let me tell you, I will be there, first in line when the clock strikes 12 this Friday afternoon. Lennon and I will be in the car heading to VT at 9 o'clock to give us some wiggle room on the time.

As I was leaving, I told her I loved her one more time and she almost looked embarrassed! She definitely wanted to get on with her camp experience. I'm so excited for her to have an awesome time, but it's going to be hard to not talk with her each day. I already miss her little voice so much.