Allow me to paint this picture for you... And you too. 13:48 Jul 09 2014
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I never post pictures of myself and my daughter. It's just not my thing. Most times, whatever we are doing, it too fun or distracting to stop myself and pull out my phone to capture it. Memories are worth much more that way.
And Frankly... if you did not earn a spot next to me or my daughter to witness our time together, then it's really none of your business what we shared that day.
That being said, I never had a bad time with my daughter and I sure as hell don't have a play-by-play update on here nor on FB about what we do.
But two days ago, her birthday, was shared with a lot of people, family and my friends. They helped me make Little Foot's birthday so awesome that she was screaming " I had a great time!! It was nice meeting you!!!" out the window of the car as she said goodbye and I drove off; and that wasn't even the end of the day! Hmm hmm.
"Little Foot, we're going to a book store today. I want you to look around with me for a little while." She gasped and said " I LOVE books!!"
That... is how her birthday started.
I invited Nate to come along because he had not seen Little Foot in a little while and of course, he's also a big reader, and good with kids. Better than me. I picked him up and started on the way to Barnes and Noble down town. She explains to Nate how a book store and a library are the same, but different. Quite correctly, I might add. I had reserved three books for Little Foot as a surprise and wanted her to just have fun around the store and look at some books for later consideration. After getting the books, and Little Foot grabbing a box of kids crafts she wouldn't put down(My getting it for her), I decided to take her to Haagen-Daz Ice cream shop on South street. Oh course she gets a cone bigger than herself and doubles that in the mess she makes, but she loved it, or so said the minty-chocolate chip ice cream mess of a grin on her face.
Nate and I get her cleaned up and I glance down the street, and see Lorenzo's pizzeria, so... onwards to greasy goodness! I get TWO SLICES that equaled a pie and a half of pizza! Then proceeded to cautiously walk them to the van while being afraid a strong gust of wind might pick up the slices and take them flying, from how aerodynamic they were. Nate can barely hold Little Foot's hand from Little Foot's hopping around excitedly being impatient about biting into her piece... and drops it. Good thing the slices are enormous and I just gave her a piece. We eat, what we can, and then put away the rest for the trip back home.
I dropped Nate off, as our trip wasn't anywhere near done. She waved bye to him and off we went again to go visit another friend, X, so he could finally see Little Foot, since the last time he saw her she was still in a carrier. She loved being over there as she met his daughter and played around and ran just like she should. Me having a mini heart attack every times she tripped and fell, and her scratching off a scab and making it seem like she was dying. Minimal blood. Maximum hilarity. His mother in law cleans her leg up, and off to running around she goes again. They give us some fruit and I took a picture of his daughter laying and Little Foot sitting on the steps eating blueberries. The mosquitoes, are jerks. because that's when they caught her. 10 Plus bites all on the open back of her dress. Blah. Then inside the kids go to play for a good while more before I tell her it's time to go yet again. She thanks them for the fruit, and X for his birthday gift to her. She screams " I had a great time!! It was nice meeting you!!!" as we leave.
We stop by my dads for her to see some more family. She run around a bit more and my dad gives her some paper to draw on since she piratically demanded it. Lol... we stay there a bit too late while things are getting prepped at the house for her birthday. Things are set up and she hugs and kisses everyone, tell my dad he misses him and we're on our way again. As we're driving she says "Wow... we've been riding around a LOT today, dad! Today was my great birthday because I had a lot of fun, and i made new friends!" I just smile and told her I was glad she enjoyed it. It wasn't over yet. Hmm hmm. We get to my house, and my mother stops her at the door while they make one more adjustment... then Little Foot was allowed into a dark living room. And she gasps at the sparklers lit in the darkness held by my sisters. She sees her birthday ice cream cake and we get her settled and sing to her. Of course... I let her cut her cake, and got her with a glob of icing before she got her first bite. Right along her nose. She starts collecting her present and bragging about the presents I got her at the books store. She plays around with one of her jewelry sets before we all get ready for bed.
EXHAUSTING DAY for me... she was still kind of wired, but also tired from her day. her hugging me constantly throughout the day telling me she loved me and that she was having a lot of fun was the best of the whole thing. I'm just glad I got to do it.
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