Be Careful What You Say...

When I heard other moms bemoaning the fact that they only had one more week of freedom then school would be out or meeting for mimosas the first day school starts back, I always said "that will not be me"! Now I think I will be eating my words!

It is not that I don't love spending time with my little girl (who's not so little anymore) it's just the thought of toting her to and from my construction site is not as appealing as being able to go by myself. What about checking on rental properties or going to court??? Sigh....

I will say that she will be rocking a super cute pink hard hat thanks to Lolo and Lola!!!

We do have some fun things planned and I am very much looking forward to seeing and doing those things with a creative and thoughtful four and a half year old (like today we saw a 3 1/2 foot snake in our front yard!!).

Friday is her last day of school...send good thoughts my way!!!

The Sweetest Thing...

So the sweetest thing came out of Mikayla's mouth last week....

Let me give you some history leading up to said sweet moment....
Our dog, Bud, has been very sick. He stopped eating and we realized he had an infection in his mouth which required minor mouth surgery. A week later after he started to eat again, he stopped eating and he started throwing up. We thought his mouth might still be hurting and tried more pain meds...didn't help. Took him to a second vet for another opinion and ended up taking him home with a load of medicine. We had a trip planned to Arkansas and had to leave Bud with a friend and we hoped and prayed he would start eating again. We came home to find an even skinnier Bud!! Michael and I talked about it and decided to take Bud to the vet and we were weighing our options... the night before taking her to school I told her that Bud is real sick and might have to go to Heaven. She didn't like that too much but she at least was prepared.

So here's where the sweetest thing comes in to play....
Wednesday morning (Dec 22) before Mikayla left for school I told her to give Bud a big hug and tell her that she loves him...

MAC hugging Bud: I love you Bud and hope you feel better and if you have to go to Heaven, I will see you when I get there...

Sigh....needless to say the tears flowed all day long that day, what a sweet girl!!!!

Updated funny sayings

A few weeks ago I got a hair cut and decided to go drastic and cut 8-9 inches. Before Mikayla went to bed that night she said... "Don't worry mom, I still love you even if you don't have long beautiful hair like mine!"

A week or so later I picked her up from school on a Wednesday afternoon. I told her we had to hurry because we needed to get home to check on Bud, our dog (he had just undergone some minor mouth surgery and the pain medicine made him kind of loopy). She wanted to stay and play but I needed to urge her towards the truck so I say "I have a surprise for you in the truck!" to which she said, "What could you possibly have in the truck that I would want?" All I can think is...are you 4 or 14????

Mikayla is in her school Christmas play. She is going to be the Virgin Mary... I am waiting for her to ask what virgin means and so far I have lucked out. However, she has informed me several times that I could start calling her the Virgin Mikayla and I am thinking "You BETTER be a virgin!!"

Tomorrow is the actual play...stay tuned for updates!!!

My Own Rule...

So for her birthday, a friend from her class gave her a Kid's Adventure Bible. It's pretty cool in that it takes the stories of the Bible and makes them "kid friendly" for lack of a better word. Anyway, at school they have been talking about Moses and tonight we read a story about Moses and Pharoah (sp?) and the Ten Commandments, etc... We had a long discussion about how Commandments are God's rules.

So before she went to bed, Mikayla announced she had her own rule...

MAC- I have my own rule mom (finger pointing in the air). My rule is no one is to go to Egypt because there is a bad man there (Pharaoh, again excuse me if I misspelled his name).

So, now we can not go to Egypt!

Damn It...

About 4 weeks ago, we were pulling in the parking lot of Mikayla's BAPTIST school parking lot we saw the little boy that Mikayla is going to marry...his name is Colton. Not the tallest kid in the class, but all the boys want to be his friend and all the girls want to marry him!

As I pull into a parking spot...

Me- Look there's Colton
MAC- Where? Oh... As she unbuckles her seat belt and tries to open her door (thank goodness for child locks) and the door doesn't open... then I hear "Damn It!"
Me- Mikayla Aubrey Cathcart...we don't say those words! As she looks away sheepishly...


Fast forward to this afternoon...
I finally let Mikayla wear flip flops because we just had to run a quick errand before nap time. First one flip flop flops off and she wants me to pull over to get it and put it back on...Not going to happen.

So then she grabs her second flip flop to make sure it does not fall off. As she plays with it and is waving it around it falls to the ground and what should come out of her mouth...
"Damn It!"

Day light saving what?

It's apparent that a 4 year old's body does not pay attention to DLST...

While mommy and daddy were hoping for an extra hour out of Mikayla, who should appear at my bedside at 5:30 in the morning (granted it was 6:30 in the morning according to her internal clock)??? You guessed it...Mikayla.

We even put a digital clock in her room and told her she couldn't wake up until the clock read 7:00...but she claims she was wide awake and needed to go potty. So after the bathroom I had her lie down until her clock said 7... next thing I know there's these little feet running around the house!!!

Oh, and she didn't take a nap either....*sigh*......

A Look Back, Almost 4 years of Parenthood...

So as the month of October gets busier and busier, I can't help but wonder where did the last 4 years go???

So here's a look back on some of my favorite pics...*sigh*...years one and two...

She's almost 10 months old here...and learning to make messes... Next Christmas 2007

After eating cake...or icing...on her first birthday!!

This is right before the "Blue and White" Fashion show at UTA, February 2008

July 2008

December 2008