A Piece of Heaven

So, yes we moved. Yes we LOVE it. The house is pretty much perfect for us. Ben working from home is going fabulously. He has never once been able to go any school things because he was always at work. Now, he has gone to the kids school things more than I have. He helps out with homework, works out for a good hour each day and still has time to get all his work done! That's what happens when you aren't stuck in meetings all day and you don't have 2 hrs of driving each day. Lovin it. Seriously.

I am mostly writing down this post because there are a few things I don't want to forget.

Sophie.

I have to tell you. I love this little girl of mine and everyday I am just grateful that I get to be her mom. She's just my little piece of Heaven & always has been. That being said, school has started and the boys are off to school from 8 am until 3 pm. That means a lot of mom and Sophie time, which I am LOVING. We have so much fun together. She is just my little buddy. I love taking her to the store, having little tea parties at home, she helps with the chores. She'll wipe things and put clothes away. I love seeing her happy little face each morning. I love watching her play with her toys and hearing her little voice. I love reading books with her and singing songs. I love the funny things she says and I love that she is a tease and is forever teasing me. She loves shopping with me and always wants to go to the store. Especially if it is Publix (grocery store down the street) or Target because they will both give kids a free cookie. She loves that cookie.

One day when I was walking to boys to school I said to Sophie "Wow Sophs, next year you will be in VPK!" (pretty much kindergarten everywhere else in the world) And then without warning it hit me. Like a ton of bricks. One more year. That is all I have left of having her home with me all the time. Then she will be off to school, for the next 12+ years. And I won't have a little buddy at my house anymore to go everywhere with me. Yes the tears came and wouldn't stop. And that is also when I made the decision to make the most of all the spare time I have with my kiddos. To just enjoy this short time I have because I swear I am going to blink and all my kids will be grown and moved away.  And I want them to. I want them to grow and live their own lives too. But I want to enjoy the time I have with them now. Part of that is writing some things down somewhere, hence today's blog. So here are a couple stories I don't want to forget.

The other day we went to Target and as we walked in we had this conversation:

S: Mom, can I walk?
E: Yes of course you can.
S: Okay Mom. So can I just go look at...some..stuff?
E: Stuff? What stuff?
S: Just stuff. You go over there and I will go look at stuff.

So I followed her to the girls clothing dept and pretended to look at some things while she looked at "stuff". The cute thing just wanted to look at the ballet clothes. She stood there and stared at the tights, tutus & shoes. After a few minutes she came wandering over to me.

E: So did you find anything?
S: They didn't have the pink socks I wanted so....maybe next time.

Love that sweet girl. Yes, she is getting Ballet clothes and classes for Christmas. I'd start her now, but she keeps telling me she wants Santa to bring her Ballet slippers and dance lessons and that is just too dang cute.


Another Sophie story.

For some reason I think I have already posted this, but I didn't see it in my last posts...oh well. If it is a repeat just skip it. Or enjoy it again. ;)
Sometime in July, I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of running water. My first thought was that a kids was up and playing in the sink. Awesome. So I went to go put that kiddo back in bed. Sure enough, there was Sophie sitting in the sink, water running, washcloth in hand wiping her jammies. I didn't have my glasses on so I couldn't see very well what was going on. But as soon as Sophie saw me she just started saying "I so Sorry, I sorry, I try to clean it, I try to wipe it off. I so sorry."

 It was then that I noticed the smell and the chunks in the sink. The poor thing had puked and was trying to clean it all herself, I then looked in her room to find Lysol wipe covering her bed and floor. She really was trying to wipe it all clean. We got her all cleaned up and explained that when she is sick she does not need to clean it herself, Mom & Dad are here for that. She was actually very sick, puked every 30 min for the entire night. The next day we spent in bed watching movies and just snuggling.

A Green Balloon, Donut with Sprinkles and a Happy Happy little Girl

I will forever have this image in my head. The boys were in school, the weeks chores were done, well maybe not done, but I was done doing chores. So we had a play day. We got in our swimsuits and headed to the splash pad on my bike. She was so excited to go play. There were a few kids there and she had a great time. I even jumped in the water with her. We played and danced in the water and then laid out on the hot cement to dry off and warm back up. We played on the playground and went really high on the swings. When we were both worn out we rode across the street to the Grocery store. We got some drinks and a Donut with Sprinkles for Sophie. As we checked out, they gave her a bright green balloon. The girl was all smiles. I put her back on the bike and we headed home. I'll never forget that moment riding home with my happy little girl, her balloon tied to the bike, her donut in hand enjoying all the sprinkles and frosting. A piece of heaven. That's what she is.