Ohh...today was so beautiful, warm ,and peaceful. I puttered around in the yard most of the day with the girls happily entertaining themselves. In the late afternoon my sister and I walked with the kids (who biked) down to the park. Liv and Libby had a great time together. They are the monkey bar queens! It's amazing how strong their little arms are. Ivy decided to go topless. We were at the duck pond when she decided to take off the three shirts and hoodie that she had spent so much time choosing. One-by-one they all came off and went into my purse. There was absolutely no use arguing - when this child has her mind set on something look out!


I just had the strangest conversation with Liv as I was lying down with her in bed. Right out of the blue she said, "Mom, when I die can you build a pyramid for me and put all my stuff in it with me? Oh and can you make me a mummy?" What do you say to that! I didn't want to say no because what if she has some kind of fear of death and burial and this is her way of making it seem less scary. So we lay there for a while and then she asked me what I'd like when I die. I told her that I'd like to be cremated and that she could scatter my ashes somewhere I like. She thought that maybe she'd split them up between several of my favorite spots because there would be so much of me to go around. Then she finished the conversation with "Mom, being buried in the ground is just so humiliating." Hmmm...Queen of Egypt in a former life?