Friday, November 20, 2020Day Two Hundred Forty-Five
Annnnnnd ... THAT'S ENOUGH.
Enough.
Enough.
Enough.
I'm going to need companies to stop sending catalogs to my house because dear sweet Mila has become a home shopping addict. American Girl, Target, Walmart, Amazon ... she loves them all.
Mila spends hours looking over catalogs and circling every single thing that she wants. She might as well take a marker to every single page because she's like Sharpay and wants it all. Walmart, Target, Amazon, American Girl ... they all have little Mila's heart.
Today, though. Today she found the Elf on the Shelf page in the Target Christmas catalog. I had fully planned to ignore all things Elf this year, but then there was Mila freakin' out about how Brittany the Elf desperately needs a new outfit and a sleeping bag and a new pet and uuuuuuuugh.
Mila is so excited about the Elf. She counted the days and figured out exactly when Brittany should be making her appearance. Mila cleared a spot for Brittany to first appear and she made the damn Elf a tiny little mask.
Just to make sure we all stay safe.
And uuuuugh.
I guess we're doing this again.
Day Two Hundred Forty-Four
I know I say this all of the time, but everyone should have a Mila. She is a bolt of joy that flashes through her days, leaving a current of happiness in her wake. She's also the reason for like 90% of my gray hairs, but you have to accept both sides of the coin.
So far this week, Mila has been especially joyful. I'm not sure exactly why, but it definitely started when she busted into my office and screamed, "IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!!" at the top of her lungs.
Mute buttons, y'all. They're magical.
That happens to be the moment when Mila fully realized there are advantages to the whole cyber learning thing. She has been enjoying it, but she certainly escalated to being overjoyed when I told her she could go outside and play in the snow right then and there. She still had school work to finish, but so what? She's staying a few days ahead fairly easily, so there's no reason she couldn't cut the day in half.
So she did.
Snow angels were made. Flakes gracefully drifted to her tongue. Mostly, though, there were a lot of smiles and laughter as she ran through the snow and basked in its fun.
The smiles and laughter continued on another day. For reasons that I will never pretend to comprehend, the kid decided to put on a space suit and pilot some flights to other planets. I personally had the opportunity to go to Jupiter. It was a quick flight, but definitely delightful, even though my pilot yelled at me for not properly tightening my rainbow seat belt prior to takeoff.
Get you a Mila, y'all. Just make sure you ALWAYS go see what's going on when she suddenly goes quiet.
