those three little words.....

no, i am not referring to "i am sorry" or " i love you" ~ i am referring to "mommy i'm sick" which i guess should be four words since one is actually a hyphenated word which i know has some special term that i used in elementary school but for the life of me cannot remember what it is!!

so anyway, those are the words my husband and i woke up to this morning @ approximately 3:30a.m. ahhhhhhh, (huge sigh) the joys of having children!! my youngest, 5yrs old, had sort of been out of sorts all evening. i mean, she was crying when i picked her up from daycare but she never said anything about not feeling well so, of course, i did what every mom who craves mommy time does, i drug her to our normal wednesday night activity so that she could hang with her girls and i could hang with mine. well, as i was chatting with my girls she fell asleep on the chairs beside me ~ i guess that should have been my first clue that, yes, something really was wrong with her!! so i continued to chat with my girls ~ thinking that my poor little girl was just exhausted from a long weekend away and later than normal nights. in comes my husband to see what was going on with her, and most likely to tell me that i am being a neglectful parent, and decides he will take her home so that i could finish my girl time. i do have to give him credit ~ he is very good about making sure he gives me space for girl time ~ i suppose because he is hoping it will lead to some "him" time once all three of our beautiful little darling children are snug in their beds. but, since i was still coming out of a small bout with something myself, let's just say the "him" time didn't happen. instead i was in bed by 9pm reading my book for a group study i am in and watching the semi finals of "america's got talent". i know i fell asleep before i found out who the final four acts were going to be in the top 10, (damn!) ~ thank God for yahoo news!! i was rooting for prince poppycock for starters ~ and yes !! ha made it!!!

anyway, back to the original story ~ yes ~ we heard those three little words from our youngest around 3:30a.m. this morning and i have sort of been up ever since taking care of her, watching reruns of shows that i probably never saw the originals of when they were first out on tv, like "who's the boss" and "frasier". i have checked out facebook about a zillion times and read blogs that i have neglected over the past few days.

(this is hayden on a good day!! all smiles!)

my daughter is feeling somewhat better and is asleep at the moment. children always look so peaceful when they are asleep!! me, i suppose i should be sleeping, or being domestic ~ i mean i have loads of laundry to do and a house that is, well let's just say could use some straightening up. but, at home down time doesn't happen very often for me very so i think i will just enjoy sitting here in my pj's, drinking my coffee, and indulging in this unexpected me time. you never know ~ i just might hear those three little words again tonight from one of my other children!!