March 7th...
Glee
–noun
1.
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
I bought myself season 1 of the show Glee today while we were out getting formula. I missed half of the first season when we moved down here and I wanted to catch up before the new season starts. After Cael went down for his nap, Averi and I sat down on the couch and started watching it. She loves spending one and one time with me and she could not stop smiling every time I sang along with the TV. (Lucky for me, she doesn't really have a concept of off key and tone deaf!) Times like this make me think about what it might be like when the kids are older. When I was little I remember having Misty-Mom day and Darci-Dad day. It was never something we did regularly...and to be honest, I can't even remember what Dad and I did for that day. But at least I remember that we did it! I would love to have days like that with Cael and Averi. I try to picture Averi and Derrick spending a whole day together. One special day where she gets treated like an absolute princess (pretending for a second, he doesn't spoil her rotten everyday anyway) I can only imagine at what she would want to do. Go to the zoo...or the local swimming pool...maybe even tour an art museum or something, I don't know, but whatever it is, I know Derrick and he would do everything in his power to make sure it happened. She is so full of life and excitement, I can't wait to see who she grows up to be. Slowly of course...I'm not ready to leave the baby/toddler stage yet. I keep telling myself, Derrick is only going to be gone for a year and then my babies can have their daddy again. Just one year...and less than that now! His time over there gets less and less everyday! That's a statement that makes me glee-fully happy!
When I lived in Texas at the ages of 3 1/2-5, my dad and I would go down to the boardwalk on the lake every Saturday and get a slush puppy. When we moved back to AZ, we would go every Saturday morning and get a donut. Just him and me, rain or shine. Even if I had stayed the night at a friends house, he'd come get me saturday morning for our donuts. Then once we moved to WA, until I was about 13, he and I would lie in bed with junk food every Saturday night and watch "Are You Afraid of the Dark" on Nickelodian. We still talk about watching that show together. All those were special times with just me and my Daddy that I will always remember. And now that I'm a mommy and my parents live in Boise, My dad and I always go out to dinner, just the two of us when he is here or I am there. It's always special to have one-on-one kid/parnent time!!
ReplyDeleteMegan, that is awesome! I'm glad you and your dad have that special relationship.
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