My Rival

Years ago my father gave me a poem by Rudyard Kipling entitled "My Rival". Well that was back when I was seventeen. I'm now racing up on 49 and I have another rival. This rival is sweet, adorable, beautiful, blue-eyed medium brown haired girl. Just last night I watched her flirt with my husband. I watched as my husband melted in front of her. He thought she was acting shy but she was flirting! She was all coy. Almost everyday I watch as my husband falls under the spell of this minx. There is a special light in his eye reserved just for her. And I love every minute of it.

I have to say that this girl has a beautiful smile. It lights up her whole face. She has an imagination that is quite developed. She has a growl that is quite endearing. She stands with her hands out stretched and her fingers curled and then the growling starts. As it builds her little back arches and her belly thrusts forward, I've never known a child to growl so much!

There are so many things about this little Imp of mine. I'm working like crazy to remember to enjoy EVERYTHING because they grow so fast. She's no longer an infant.
She's right smack in the middle of toddlerhood. So there will be more posts about this adorable little child of mine who flirts with her daddy and wraps him around her little finger.

Summer Excitement

So, here's the back story to this posting, my husband and I grew up in families that were in no position to take the proverbial family vacation. My husband's family were farmers and there simply no way to go very far for a vacation. My family's vacation was to get in the car and drive practically non-stop to my parents' birthplace to visit their families. On the surface that sounds fine and you know it was but it sure would have been nice to stop and see some of the sights along the way. We never did because my parents wanted to have as much time with their families as possible. I understand that and appreciate it, too.

I'm excited about this year's summer vacation because we are going to do something we never got to do as kids. We are going to go Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. We get to see some of the majestic West! Never thought I would. I want to see the Morning Glory pond at Yellowstone and of course Ol' Faithful but there are still so many things I want to see.

The best part of this trip is we get to stay in a yurt! This way we get a kind of camping experience but it still seems civilized enough for our dear DQ. She wanted to stay in a motel. This is about the same cost and I don't have to figure out how to stick all the camping gear into the mini-van and I don't have to buy a tent. These yurts do not have TVs! I'm so happy. I want the kids to run and be free (with supervision) like it was when I was a kid.