Letters of Intent

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Dearest Rain,

Where are you?  I miss you.  Normally, we are well-acquainted with your monsoon habits by now.  Clear blue skies in the morning, thunder and downpours in the afternoon.  And I don't have to water.  Do you know how many times I have crawled into bed in the last month, exhausted from the day, only to realize that I left the sprinkler on?  Again.  Do you know how many times I have then had to pull out the sad puppy face to get the hubby to get up and turn them off for me?  I even miss listening to the tourists whine about you.  Please come back.

With love,
the lazy gardener

P.S.  The spitting last night does not count.

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Princess Potty Violet,

As much as I am enjoying our extended quality times lately, I would prefer that those precious moments were not spent waiting in the bathroom.  Sometimes, I think you tell me you have to go potty just so that we can have a one-on-one conversation.  Because, it never fails.  We spend 10 minutes in the bathroom, discussing the finer points of cartoons, shirt colors, and bugs, and then you pee in your pull-up.  And why, oh why, will you pee on the potty for everyone but me?  You stay dry for the nanny, for Daddy, for your Sunday School teacher, for Grandma, but not Mommy.  Why, darling?  By the way, your sisters were not nearly this stubborn. 

Love,
Ready to be done with diapers

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Dear Mom and Dad,

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Getting me the gift certificate for the Weisbaden Resort for my birthday was way beyond cool!   And, taking the kids for the night - fabulous!  You have no idea how much we needed this time to ourselves.  Oh wait, you had 4 small kids once.   You know exactly how bad we needed this.  I am positively giddy to go on a date night with my hubby, to sleep in past 6:30 (Ha!  Have fun with that one!), eat what I want when I want, and just relax.  To not have to referee, defend, correct, heal, chase, wipe, or admonish for a while.

Seriously, I could not have asked for better parents, or better grandparents for my kids.  I am sure that, as always, they will have a ton of fun.  And so will I.

Gratefully,
Is it Friday yet?

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To my handsome hubby,

You ready for tonight babe?  To be able to hold each others' hands down the street, instead of the minions?  To eat dinner where and when we want?  To relax and enjoy a restaurant, instead of trying to keep our children from being those kids?  To just relax and talk in a pool, rather than playing "half time trade sides" on the water slide?  To SLEEP IN?!?!?!?!? 

Yeah, me too!

Smooches,
ton amour

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Mr. Loose Tooth,

Seriously.  It is past time for you to remove yourself from my daughter's head.  You have been loose for, what, months now?  I know she is fairly relaxed about wiggling you, but really?  You must have roots of concrete.  You would have thought that her crying and pleading every night for the last week would have annoyed you into leaving.  But, no.  You are even more stubborn than my children.  Well, just so you know, you are facing the master this weekend.  Because Grandpa can pull loose teeth like nobody's business.  And he is far less cheap than Mommy in the "cash for teeth" department.  So, be warned.  You have met your match.

Sincerely,
Can't wait to hear this story

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To my readers/followers/friends,

Thanks for all the loving and encouragement you have given me lately.  It has been a blessing to develop friendships with amazing men and women from all over the country.  You are quickly becoming a family of choice (a post for another day), and I am grateful to have met you.  Although it is kind of weird, still, to me that people actually want to read what I write.  But, anywho, thanks!

Grateful