Last night Kennedy treated me to a special surprise...a visit to her beauty spa! She had pulled some chairs together to serve as the salon and had laid out a brush, de-tangling spray, lotion, a necklace, and a pencil and paper. First she did my hair. Then I got a hand and arm massage, followed by a foot massage. It was some serious pampering. She was also kind enough to let me interrupt the treatments with a few quick dashes into the kitchen to stir the dinner. When Macy saw what was going on, she had to come over and help style my hair. While I was in the chair, I wrote Kennedy a little love note. She's always doing this for us - making cards, notes, and pictures saying how much she loves us all. They go something like this:
To Mom I love you mom oh and I love you too dad and oh I love you Macy From Kennedy
Kennedy told me that I'm her very favorite person in the whole world, that I'm the best mom ever, and that she loves me more than one billion, zillion, quatillion, million times! When I told her that I hope she always feels this way about me, she looked at me like I was crazy. Like, why wouldn't I, mom? Well, someday you'll probably be angry at me and say that you don't like me, and someday you'll meet a boy that you will love even more than me. Kennedy was nearly in tears at the unimaginable thought of me not being the most important person in her life. I don't want to think of that either, but there might come a day when she's a teenager who wants nothing to do with me, and I'll want to look back and remember these times. But for now, she just may be the sweetest girl ever!
I'm hoping that some of this will rub off a bit on Macy because lately she's been hissing or sticking out her tongue at us - a lot - definitely not so sweet. Macy does give me an occasional spontaneous "I love you, mom!" which always makes me so happy to hear. She also gives amazing melt into your arms hugs and butterfly kisses with her extra long eyelashes or Eskimo nose rubs. She's also loves to put her tiny hand in mine, even just when we are walking around the house. Macy is figuring out how to delay bedtime, and although I don't want to encourage this, it has the upside of an extra snuggle and a few more songs or stories for me.
Last night the two girls took turns reading to each other. Kennedy really is reading some of the words, but they are both pretty good at memorizing their favorite books! I don't know how I got so lucky, but being a mom to these two wonderful girls is the most amazing experience! I'm glad to know that they think I'm doing a good job because I admit, there are times when I seriously wonder.
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