Worms!

Yesterday Grant and I were working on our new flower bed and Maggie was playing around in the dirt. She disappeared for a few minutes over to the hose, methodically washing a rubber band she found. All of a sudden we heard her screaming at the top of her lungs and then she shouted, "A worm! A worm! A worm!" Grant asked what was wrong and she said, "A worm! It's... looking at my shoe!" She was frozen in fear by, yes, a worm, 12 inches from where she stood.

Today, Mother's Day, has been a great day for me. Grant let me sleep in as late as I wanted and he and Maggie brought me flowers and a card in bed and then cooked a big, gorgeous breakfast. Maggie's favorite color is, of course, pink and she loves Mickey Mouse. She picked out my card for me and happened to find one that was pink WITH Mickey Mouse on it. Of course she had to have that one. When she came in with Grant he prompted her with "What do you want to say to mama?" of course thinking she would say Happy Mother's Day. Instead she said, "Happy Valentine's Day!"

One of the kids across the street is named Manuel but Maggie has trouble pronouncing it. His sister's name is Wendy so Maggie has kind-of combined their names into one. She calls him, "Winmell" which sounds like "windmill". She'll shout across the street, "Winmell! Can you come over and play?!" Manuel also is quite a character. He is 7 and is absolutely adorable. The other day he came over for a little bit and was telling us very long stories about how his cousin and sister (ages 6 and 8) have been fighting all the time lately and also that his mom is pregnant but his dad doesn't know yet. D'oh! I guess his parents haven't taught him yet that some things are private :)

Hope all you moms are having a great mother's day! I know I am!