Sleepyhead Mommy

Guin & Willow,

I wanted to share with you the first things I see when I wake up.  This song by Frances England explains exactly how I start every day.  As you drag my sleepy head out of bed you remind me to have excitement for the day ahead, and I look forward to them every morning.

When I wake up early in the mornin'
The first thing I always see
is your smiling eyes dancing
big circles right around me

I'm a sleephead mommy don't wanna wake up
I wanna stay in bed some more
But the day's breaking early as always
So we get up and get out the door

A new day again, so much to do to comprehend
I'll show you my way and you can show me your way
and if in doubt, we'll just pretend.

When I wake up early in the morning
the first thing I always see
is a super hero magical princess
dancing circles right around me


I'm a sleephead mommy don't wanna wake up
I wanna stay in bed some more
But the day's breaking early as always
So we get up and get out the door


A new day again, so much to do to comprehend
I'll show you my way and you can show me your way
and if in doubt, we'll just pretend.

The girl in the bathroom

Willow,
tonight you made a lot of people smile.  I so love your view of the world and I hope you always have the confidence you carry yourself with now.

We were in the bathroom at Red Robin after a fun dinner for our "girl's night out."  As we were leaving the bathroom, a little girl and her mom walked in.  The girl was a few years older than you with long curly brown hair.  You immediately walked up to her, looked her right in the eye, took her little hand in yours and said "hi".  She smiled and said "hi" back.  Then you hugged her with all the might you had in your little body.  She hugged you back and smiled.

Then you looked up and me and said "mom, she's beautiful! I'm going to marry her!"
"Maybe someday" I responded with a smile.
"I want to marry a girl!" you told her mom.
"And that's super!" her mom said laughing.  (to be honest it was a relief that she wasn't weird about it.  That could have been awkward.)  She told me that just made her night, and her little girl just beamed.  

You took one more look at the pretty little girl, and then said "she's so beautiful!" as we left the bathroom.
And you talked about her for the rest of the night.  We got home and you found a purple Halloween spider ring and informed me that you would use it to marry "the girl in the bathroom."  The next morning you asked daddy if he knew "the girl in the bathroom"'s name.

I know you are three years old and you have NO idea what getting married actually means.  But this reminded me of my hope that you and your sister are able to grow up in an environment where you know that you are not judged for your emotions and decisions to marry (or not marry) whoever you want.  I hope by the time you are old enough to understand what getting married really means that it will be legal and accepted everywhere to really marry anyone you want.  And that's a cause I'll continue to fight for, so maybe someday you won't have to.

So my little pixie, I hope you continue to keep that confidence, and tell all of the people around you that they are beautiful.  Thanks as always for making mama smile :)

Love,
Mom