Y'all are going to be SO jealous when you hear what I did for Mothers Day. You might even hate me for it, but I'm OK with that because I know you are just jealous of my awesomeness.

I spent Mothers Day cleaning out closets.

I know! You hate me, right?

Heh.

That is seriously how I spent most of my day, which just goes to show that we really are getting serious about this whole buy-a-house thing. I bagged up six humongous bags worth of crap that needs to get donated because I ain't moving it. Period. It doesn't matter that there will be more than sufficient space if all goes as planned, because that stuff just plain needed to go away.

Oh, and why exactly do I own a dozen nearly identical short-sleeve black t-shirts? What the hells bells is that all about? Am I subconsciously expecting to spend the entire summer at funerals? WEIRD.

Anyhoo, in between realizing that every article of clothing I have bought in the past year looks exactly like something I already had in my closet, and the part of the day when I had to begrudgingly acknowledge that Alexis is never going to wear that super-cute size 3T red polka-dotted dress again, I did get to have a little fun. Alexis and I sat literally front and center for a local production of Beauty and the Beast. Totally fabulous, especially since I had no idea the cheap tickets I picked up a month ago were that great. Once again Alexis impressed me with her magical lurve for stage performances, even as I was a bit disappointed in some of the casting and the major sound issues that dominated the show. (It turns out microphones aren't all that important when you're in the front row, but the feedback and constant extra noise was muy annoying.)

The best part of the day, however, came later. Right before she got tucked in for the night, Alexis asked me if we could go for a walk so she could "blow dandelions." Dandelions are a new obsession of hers, one that I started last Friday and will probably be enjoying all summer long. So we hiked up the hill in our neighborhood to the little farm at the edge and sat blowing dandelion seeds for a while. On the way back, Alexis' legs suddenly stopped working (tragic, I know) so she demanded I pick her up. After rolling my eyes at her, I heaved her up into my arms to finish the last bit of our walk.

Alexis smiled as she sat in my arms, and then broke into song. It started out like this (and yes I ran inside as fast as I could to write this down):

"I love you, Mommy
My mommy loves me
My mommy loves me really much
My mommy loves me so, so much
Mommy and me are going to watch The Incredibles
but in the morning after I stay in my bed"

Have you ever heard a more perfect song? I sure haven't.

We'll just ignore the part where it was very obviously set to the melody of a song from High School Musical.