Good Morning!

I would like to start your day off with a wonderful serenade by a fantastically CUTE 3 year old

I finally managed to get Braelyn to stop being camera shy long enough to sing one of her favorite songs - “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” from Cinderella. The lyrics are as follows:

A Dream is a wish your heart makes, when you’re fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartache, whatever you wish for you keep
Believe in your dreams and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true

Also on the list of really cool things that Braelyn does, I have a story about the following picture of what Braelyn fondly calls “her ghost.”

Here is the story:

One evening, my parents, Braelyn and I were down in her playroom and she was playing with the ribbon in the picture - tug of war with all of us, using it as a leash to take her animals for a walk, etc. There were various other toys on the floor as well - shocking! I know and after the ribbon had worn out its usefulness as a toy, she dropped it on the floor. After a little while, she was walking around and stopped for a few seconds to look at the ribbon where she had dropped it. She said, “Mom, this ribbon is in the shape of a triangle - pointy on top.” “That is very true” I said. She kept looking at it and then bent over it again and said, “It looks like a ghost to me.” She went and grabbed an “eye” and “nose” and then said, “Look mom, a ghost with a face.” I hadn’t paid much attention to where the ribbon was laying but, she had dropped it over a whiffle golf ball and a red scarf for one of her animals. That became one of the “eyes” and it’s “mouth”. After she added the other eye and nose, it really did look like a ghost with a face. I was really blown away by her imagination and creativity. She really looked at that like an abstract piece of art. It could have been anything - just a ribbon, a triangle shape or nothing at all, and yet she saw 3 things grouped together and put together a “ghost.” She never ceases to amaze me with the things she comes up with.

One more exciting tidbit - I GOT A NEW CAR :)  Well, actually, it’s used but it’s NEW to me.  It is a Dodge Durango SUV and has rear A/C (which is SO important here in AZ in the summer), 3 rows of seats so we can tote more people, dogs, stuff, etc. around and it has a 6 disc-CD changer which comes in handy in switching between all the various Backyardigans, Dora and Veggie Tales CDs which accompany us wherever we drive.  We weren’t really looking to buy anything new as my truck is still really functional, is paid off, and is still in good working condition BUT with the deals they are having right now, there really is no better time to buy.  We figured we would need something new in a few years anyway since my truck is getting up there in miles & we got such a good deal, we couldn’t pass it up.

Matt is still driving his 130,000 mile 4 Runner but he loves it and wants to drive it until it runs into the ground which will probably be quite a while since Toyotas last forever!

I think that’s all for now - have a great rest of the week!!

Love,

MLB Mama

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