The first 10 years of our marriage were all about Frogs and Snails. Having 4 little grubby but adorably handsome boys, how could it not be? (I think growing up as the only girl in the family and having 5 brothers was to prepare me for being the mother of all boys... and 4 of them). I absolutely loved it too! I loved everything about it. I loved the dirty little hands they'd have from carrying aroud treasures, the hot wheels cars and plastic army men that I'd step on in the middle of night on the way to the bathroom, the potato bug parts that I would find in the bottom of my washing machine while Chet was going through his little potato bug fetish, the snake that slithered out of the bucket and was loose in my kitchen for an afternoon (not!). I loved the deep, gruff little boy voices and I even loved the wrestling my 4 little boys would do in the living room among my "pretty things" at bedtime with my BIGGEST BOY.. (their DAD!) I was content and I was what my kids would call "boytrapped".
And then the call came... out of the blue! What? A baby? Well, I would most definitely want a boy because that's what I'm used to.. Huh? A little girl? Why yes.. We would love to!
And that is when we added piggy tails to our frogs and snails. Things have not been the same around here since... they never will be... And I love it! I love the hair ponies that I find all over the house, the drama (not so much), the purses, the dress ups, the long strands of hair stuck in the drains after showers, the babydolls, the frilly clothes and disney princesses. I even love the barbies (Not really.. I NEVER owned one single barbie in my WHOLE life and never imagined that I would have to share my house with one).. and the fact that they are naked 97.3% of the time (with 4 brothers around sometimes I even wonder if it's ONLY Jasmyn that undresses them. lol) I never imagined life with a little girl could be so fun. I had no idea what I was missing out on. My little girl became the dream I didn't even know I had.
It's amazing how different little girls and boys are. So fun in different ways. I am one lucky girl.. I am the Mom of 4 handsome boys and 1 Island Princess.. surrounded by Frogs, Snails and oh yes.. PiggyTails!
And then the call came... out of the blue! What? A baby? Well, I would most definitely want a boy because that's what I'm used to.. Huh? A little girl? Why yes.. We would love to!
And that is when we added piggy tails to our frogs and snails. Things have not been the same around here since... they never will be... And I love it! I love the hair ponies that I find all over the house, the drama (not so much), the purses, the dress ups, the long strands of hair stuck in the drains after showers, the babydolls, the frilly clothes and disney princesses. I even love the barbies (Not really.. I NEVER owned one single barbie in my WHOLE life and never imagined that I would have to share my house with one).. and the fact that they are naked 97.3% of the time (with 4 brothers around sometimes I even wonder if it's ONLY Jasmyn that undresses them. lol) I never imagined life with a little girl could be so fun. I had no idea what I was missing out on. My little girl became the dream I didn't even know I had.
It's amazing how different little girls and boys are. So fun in different ways. I am one lucky girl.. I am the Mom of 4 handsome boys and 1 Island Princess.. surrounded by Frogs, Snails and oh yes.. PiggyTails!
