"I'll be the Mom, and you'll be the Honey."

I can't count the number of times Rian said this to me last week. It cracked me up every time. That's how she tells you it's time to play house. She gets to be the "Mom" and everyone else is a child, or what she calls a "Honey." Hilarious.
Last week Natalie and I went to Daishan and Aaron's to watch their two girls for almost a week. I'll admit, I had prepared myself for the worst but it ended up being absolutely fine. For starters, she has two of the best behaved girls, ever. Granted I think the fear of a new person in charge probably had them on their best behavior but, it worked okay for me! Couple that with Daishan being the most prepared person EVER and everything worked out. She had drawn a town map, secured free passes to a children's museum in Tacoma, and had lists of other activities, her kitchen was stocked, and the house was 100% ready for us. We had so much fun! We went to the museum, to the park, played outside for HOURS, read books, played house (yes, I was the honey), and watched some cartoons.
During one of the cartoons Rian looked over at me with ELATION on her face and said,"OH, I LOVE this one. I've seen it before, YEARS ago." She's three...
The only glitch was the obvious fact that I could not nap during the day with Natalie if I needed a little pick-me-up. This would have been doable if not for the fact that I also started reading the "Twilight" books...
I swore I would not read them. I've never had less of a desire to read a book in my life. Seriously, a high school vampire love story?!? Give me a break...
That entire week, I didn't sleep, I read. And read. And read. And once I was home and finished with the third book I was lost. Really, I would sort of walk around doing whatever needed to be done and just think about them. If I'm going to be honest, I think still about Edward... a lot. At least Stephenie could have done me the courtesy of setting the book in college instead of high school. There is nothing noble about being obsessed with a fictitious high school aged vampire. Would it have killed her to make him legal?
The week went by so quickly, I was surprised. Addy was such a good helper, and Rian kept me laughing with her princess dresses and incessant desire to chew gum. It was nice to see Daishan and Aaron for a bit as well. I wish there had been more days to just visit. Then, on my way out of town Daishan treated me to a pedicure for my birthday! It was DIVINE! Now we are home and getting back into the swing of things, and wishing desperately for some nice warm weather!