It's Lobster Time

Thursday was my nieces 12th birthday and today was the party. As a present her maternal grandparents got her an above ground pool. My brother received it yesterday and therefore after work he went to assembling it for the party today. My love bug loves water and I knew that we would have to go in. Sure enough, we did and just like I do every year, I got fried. I thought that at the most it would be 30-40 minutes of pool time and that certainly didn't call for sunscreen. I know, I know, I'm an idiot. I of course lathered little bit up with plenty. My shoulders and back are know the beautiful hue of lobsters. My legs are of course the color of cream cheese. If I paint my torso blue I could claim being patriotic rather than pure stupidity.
Other than the lobster factor, we had a lot of fun. I looked through some old pictures my brother had and just can't believe that she is twelve. It just seems like she was a rambunctious three year old yesterday. It was cute because she had her friends and they were listening to "their" music and chatting amongst themselves. For you big 12 year old I love you and you are turning into a beautiful young lady who makes me more and more proud every year.
Tomorrow is Mother's Day and to my mom I would like to say I love you. Thank you for being who you are because it has made me who I am. Thank you for being a wonderful grammy to love bug. You two are definitely your own mutual admiration society. As a mom myself I am very thankful and grateful that I have been so incredibly blessed that I was able to conceive and bring into the world two beautiful little girls. One is the most beautiful little girl in the world (I'm not biased) and the other is the most beautiful little girl in heaven. To both of my girls I would like to say thank you because to be a parent is a priviledge and it certainly is for me to be mom to both of you. I of course have said many thank you's to God for giving both of my girls to me and blessing me with them. To all my friends that are moms out there: I hope that your Mother's Day is a blessed, relaxed and fun day where you get to truly enjoy your children and if you are truly blessed, breakfast in bed, dinner at your favorite spot or a new addition to your wardrobe! (Ha Ha) Goodnight all!