Tonight I am blogging… (wait.. what? I’m blogging again?? Hush. I know it’s been awhile- at least I’m doing it!)
Where was I? Oh yes. Tonight I am blogging on my laptop in the comfort of my bed with a little girl, a pillow pet, 2 Barbies and some Barbie shoes laying in bed next to me. The little girl rolled over and went to sleep a little while ago. 
The men in the family are all at the Father Son Campout tonight, braving the passing thunderstorms and the pretty constant lightening that’s happening up in the sky at the moment. And I am here, snuggled happily in bed with my favorite little girl in the whole world.
Emmaline wasn’t sure at first about being left behind tonight. She generally wants to be doing anything and everything with her brothers and she really didn’t like that the campout tonight was “no girls allowed”. But after the men left, I started giving her all of her choices (pedicures? dinner at a restaurant? pierced ears?) and told her we could do whatever she liked. Ah… the little light bulb turned on and off we went to Chili’s for dinner. Where she ate- I kid you not- almost an entire adult Chicken Caesar Salad. (Emmaline really, really loves salad.)
Me? I really, really love Emmaline. It was delightful to spend an evening with her. She is growing so tall, I can hardly believe it. I loved talking with her and laughing with her and I was quite impressed with her sense of humor. It’s good to be Emmaline’s mom. It’s also good to be in a nice dry house and not a wet tent in the rain. Hurray for being girls!
