HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY from the Thompsons!!
This morning was crazy busy trying to get our girl dressed and ready for Valentine’s Day at school while we got ready for work and got out of the house on time with everyone’s teeth brushed and bellies full and dishes put in the sink and everyone wearing matching shoes…. you think I’m exaggerating but mornings get crazy when you add an extra person in there!!
But even with all the chaos of a Thursday Valentines Day, we still took time to cherish how precious this little kindergartener is. As her and her Daddy loaded up the car I ran out for extra hugs and “I love you”s and “have a great day”s. I started thinking about how much Ella Kate is losing the “toddler” look she had when I first met her.
My first date with Todd was the Thursday before Ella Kate’s fourth birthday and I met her 3-4 months later. She still had baby fat cheeks and little belly. She was just as precious as she could be… Now she’s getting so tall (literally almost as tall as I am…. she can seriously wear my tennis shoes if she wore thick socks) and getting slender. Its breaking my heart.
This is a picture of last year’s Valentine’s Day in Pre-K and today before heading to Kindergarten:
As cliche’ and cheesy as I think Taylor Swift is, a song of hers brought tears to my eyes today. Randomly it popped up on my iTunes on my way to work: “Never Grow Up”. As the song played I thought about how little time I’ve known this sweet girl and how much she has won my heart over…and she’s growing so fast! In one year she has just transformed inside and out. Its too much for this step mama to handle. Check out the song but be careful if you’re a sensitive heart because I needed tissues by the second chorus!
The first verse and chorus:
Your little hand’s wrapped around my finger
And it’s so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you’re dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything’s funny, you got nothing to regret
I’d give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that
Oh darling, don’t you ever grow up
Don’t you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don’t you ever grow up
Don’t you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won’t let nobody hurt you, won’t let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up
Life as a not.SO.wicked Stepmom 