Daddy's Home

Mike is home from California, where he spent the last eight days for work. It was a very busy time for me, but I managed with the help of our parents (thank you all SO MUCH!!).

On my birthday Mom and I took Mia to see Tangled for the second time. That girl is all about "princess-es-es". She's told us she is no longer Mia, she's "Jasmine", and we are to call her such. She's also declared Grace to be her prince, Aladdin. She piles Grace with blankets and lays all over her, reading her stories.

Mia's imagination is rapidly developing. I love to sit and listen to her play with her dolls. She spins some great tales! She has become quite the chatterbox and will ask me question after question and comment on my responses for entire car rides. She's definitely about "telling stories" these days too! When she spills milk on herself she tells me Cara did it. She also tells me of the great adventures she and Cara have at school (Cara, of course, is still in Cincinnati!).

She's so happy to have her daddy home. Tonight when he picked her up from school she told him she wanted to go get barbecue, like she did with her mommy while he was gone (note: Mommy and Mia have never gone to get barbecue just the two of us!). So Mike took her to eat and I met them there. She chattered away while we ate, keeping us and the other restaurant patrons entertained. I drove her home and in the car she asked me where her daddy went. I said he was on his way home too. She replied, "Good, so we can be a family." She is so sweet.