Tonight's dinnertime conversation with little lady

Aves: "Momma, wouldn't it be SO COOL if we had a massive swing-set out in the yard...like bigger than the one out there now?"

Me: "I guess so, but what would make a bigger one better?"

A: "Because it would have things like a super-duper speed racer twirly whirly yellow slide...and a club house and you and me could be the ONLY ones allowed and we could sing songs in it like this: 'No boys a-looooo-oowed, No boys a-looooo-oowed' and so no boys could be there, and we could do thing like paint our nails up there, and eat popcorn and cotton candy and watch Barbie movies with NO drooly brothers or stinky Daddies to worry about!"

Me: "Wow, that sounds-"

A: "Momma I'm not done telling you all about it! It would also have a magical giant rainbow trampoline...and you would jump so high, like WAY high that you would flip over and bounce on your bum ALL the way up to the moon!!!!"

Me: "To the moon?!"

A: (eyes wide open and panting for breath at this point) "Yes Mommy to the MOON! All the way up there!! And you could even wish on shooting stars on the way up there!!!!" (excitedly get off her chair to use full-body gestures for the remainder of story)

Me: "And when we got to the moon, what would we do?!"

A: "LOTS OF THINGS!!! Like jumping jacks, and bake cookies, and play with our American Girl dolls!! And then....we would jump like this and ZOOOOM back down to the rainbow trampoline and it would be the most funnest day of our ENTIRE lives!!!!!!!!!!!!"


Dear Aves, Thank you so much for keeping me a kid at heart via our dinnertime conversations. I love seeing the magic & fascination of the world through your incredibly imaginative eyes...you certainly march to the beat of your own little drum, and in doing so you never fail to bring a chuckle to my lips and a smile to my heart.... (& I can't wait for that day when we bounce to the moon together!)        Love you billions, Momma