Last night's bedtime:
Anika: 'Mama, remember when you told me some people grow up and live far from their mommies?
Well, I don't ever want to live away from you. I want to be together always.'
Me: 'I'll make you a deal, sweetheart. If, when you're grown up, you want to live someplace different, I will come to where you are.'
She smiled and nuzzled into my neck.
And I thought to myself, well, this beats being called 'mama-poo-poo-pee-pee-head.'**
**this is Reni's name for me when I won't buy him ten pounds of marshmallows or an eight dollar coloring book or when we get back from the park and I scold him for slapping his sister. Of course, later he will tell me that he loves me and I am his first best buddy and second best buddy. Because, evolution, you guys.
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