A Poem for Booboo

I've brushed your hair and tied your bows
and wiped your butt and picked your nose
and tied your shoes and counted toes
to make sure you have all of those.

I've kissed your cheeks and dried your tears
and calmed your cries and quieted fears
and when your bad I smack your rear
and when you don't listen I tweak your ear.

I grew you right inside of me,
I knew it was meant to be.
I love you and you love me,
and together we're a family.

(that's so corny it made me giggle)

Here's one I wrote that was inspired by Booboo and published in my university's literary magazine circa 2009.

A Cardinal in the Driveway

Death caught her eye at
The very first glance:
The bright red cardinal Frannie
Killed and left as a bloody
Gift to her owner. She asks
Why the cat killed the
Cardinal and all I
Think to tell her is
Cats eat birds.

She looks at me amazingly
Knowingly, unnervingly unafraid.
Lily is four; captivated by cardinal
Death. I'll die!
She whispers, smiles sweetly.

She's seen death before
And told someone at the
Funeral my aunt died because her
Butt quit working. That's not exactly right
I say, but nothing else, nothing.
How can I teach her somethig I don't know.

Role Reversal

As Booboo and I were sitting in the car waiting for the bus the other morning I had her help me clean all the garbage out of the car. I picked up a roudn cardboard canister out of the backseat and asked Booboo what it was. "It's mine Mom. Don't open it, ok?" 'Well what is it?" I asked. "What's inside?" "Don't worry about it Mom, just don't open it."
She crawled into the back seat and continued to clean out the car.
"What is inside this thing?" I asked, my curiosity peeking.
"Don't open it Mom, it's mine." said Booboo.
I couldn't help it, I wanted to know what was inside. While she wasn't looking I pulled and pulled and finally got the little canister open. Baby powder exploded out all over my face and clothes just as Booboo peeked back over the front seat.
"You just had to open it, didn't you Mom? I told you not to!" she said.
"Well you wouldn't tell me what was inside!" I exclaimed in self defence.
"It shouldn't matter." said Booboo, "it's mine and I asked you not to open it... Hey Mom?"
"What?" I asked as I tried shaking the powder off my t-shirt.
"Next time use your listening ears, not your hearing ears." she said with a smirk.
"Noted." I said with a laugh. She totally got me.

Booboo's Spring Break

She had a far better spring break than I! Mine consisted of a few interjections of fun, work, work, finishing a school project, and work.
Together we...
Went to the park to play, make friends, scooter, and walk the dog

 And we went to the river to take a hike and let Booboo to swim in the (too cold) water. 

Then Sister, my friend Lacy Drawers, and some other friends took Booboo fishin' at the slough

AND FINALLY...

Booboo's spring break culminated in a trip to the beach with the rest of the family to enjoy some fun in the sun and attend my counsins wedding!



She had a great time on spring break! I'm so very thankful that we had a few good days to hang out and that she was able to make the most of her spring break, she deserves it!

Thanks Mom, Sister, Aunt J., and Speedy for making her beach trip awesome!
Thanks Lacy Drawers and Sister (again) for the fishing expedition, she loved it!
AND thanks Becks for taking all the photos at the park and the river :)