She's back in school.

So, I had the whole summer to be goofy and explore and be crazy with my daughter. She helped me with the grocery shopping (insisted, actually, that SHE do most of the work! LOL She's so great!) and now that she's started school again I have to relearn how to do it without her! (I'm kidding)

I miss her silly little songs and dances, and the crazy idea's she'd come up with - things that we could do that day... now I have to entertain myself during the day (even while working - cuz she was able to join me while I worked also)... it's not nearly as much fun!

When she missed those few days of school because of the Hurricane / Tropical Storm we explored our flooded neighborhood - collecting leaves and rocks - tossing pine cones and acorns into the rivers that used to be trickling streams the week before. We had a good time in the rain, splashing in puddles and chasing the cats around the yard (our cats don't mind the wet!).

Now I have to fight with my dad over who gets to play with her - during the summer there was plenty of time in the day to share - and most of the time he wins cuz she ADORES him. And she's got him wrapped around her little finger - very tight!!

Mommy keeps saying things like "be careful" and "don't run so fast, you'll fall and hurt yourself" or even "eww, don't touch that! It's gross!"

Grampa on the flip side says things like "isn't that neat?" or "catch that bug so we can watch it crawl on us" or "lets go dig a hole in the backyard" Who can compete with that sort of fun??? LOL