You know the "If You Take a Mouse to the Movies" books? They go something like this: If you take a mouse to the movies, he'll want to buy some popcorn. If you buy him popcorn, he'll want to string it together for the Christmas tree. If you make a popcorn string, then he'll want to decorate some ornaments... etc, etc...That's how this afternoon played out for me and Peyton. We set off to run a single errand to the pet store to buy Max (her guinea pig) some bedding... On our way we passed the car wash, so we got the car all shiny and clean. We sang with the music at full blast and we passed through the sprayers, foamy bubbles, and the rhythmic dangling washing thingys... Then we decided we needed some tea so we went to Starbucks. Instead of going inside, we decided to get it to go and drink it near the lake because the clouds were really beautiful and we wanted to sit under them. When we were sipping our tea we took some silly pictures...
I truly enjoy Peyton's company. She is old enough to be quite an entertaining companion. She is funny and smart and a little bit quirky. It's nice to have an afternoon with just the two of us...
She is in the throes of pre-teendom, and sometimes it shows. There are times I want to thump her in the forehead and say, "get a grip." There are times I want to wrap her up in my arms and kiss her and say, "the world is so crazy and everything will be alright."
She means the world to me. She makes me unbelievably happy.
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