Saturday, March 29, 2014

DIY Greeting Cards, Baby and Toddler Style

One hidden perk of being the parent of a baby or young child is that you can easily go for a few years without having to buy greeting cards. That's good, because babies and toddlers aren't necessarily great at sitting patiently while you read through 30 Mother's Day cards to find the one that says exactly what you want to say to your mother, which means you could conceivably end up accidentally buying your own mom a card that says "You've been like a mother to me." I'm not saying it's happened to me, I'm just saying it's definitely within the realm of possibility.

But if you have a baby or toddler, you have this wealth of ridiculously cute greeting-card potential at your fingertips... or wherever your child ran/crawled off to in the time it took you to read this. To get you started, here are three easy ideas for DIY greeting cards that your little one can help make:

Handprints/Footprints


This one works for kids of all ages. If your child is old enough to color or fingerpaint, he can help to decorate his own handprints or footprints. But even if your child is too young to willingly participate in the whole "let's not shell out $5 for a card that's going to end up in the garbage in three minutes" process, you can still force them into helping you - but not like in a mean way.

Lucas "helped" make the above greeting cards for my dad and Dan's mom (whose birthdays are one day apart) when he was about seven months old. And by that I mean that Dan held him while I stuck each of his feet on an ink pad (non-toxic and washable, of course) and then pressed them on the paper. Both grandparents loved his little footprints so much that they didn't notice that I'm fairly awful at making cards.

Added bonus: while we were at it, we figured we might as well make a footprint heart for ourselves, so we had an extra for Lucas's baby book.

Cutie Holding a Sign

This is another one that can work for a child of any age. You can make a Happy Birthday (or Merry Christmas, Happy Grandparents Day, Reasonably Pleasant Arbor Day, etc) sign for younger kids, and older kids can make and pose with their own sign. Then put the picture on the front of a card or in a frame (or email it if you don't quite manage to make it to the post office in time, like may or may not have happened with my brother's birthday card when I took the picture above.) Plus, you'll probably end up with some funny outtakes.



Markers and Painters Tape



Over a year ago, when Lucas wasn't quite a year old, I got the bright idea to combine two different ideas I had seen on Pinterest. I wrote the word "Love" in painters tape on ten pieces of folded paper with the intention of putting them one at a time into a sealed Ziploc bag with paint and then letting Lucas paint through the bag onto the cards. In my mind, the end result would be beautifully painted Valentine's Day cards that Lucas had enjoyed painting and that resulted in no mess whatsoever. In reality, Lucas hated the activity, he managed to to scratch holes in the plastic bag with his fingernails so that the paint came out and got on his hands, and when I took the only card we tried it on out of the bag, it was so wet that it fell apart. So... not a success. But I had already spent over an hour putting the tape on all of the cards, so I just held onto them.

Anyway... I recently found the cards again while I was trying to get caught up on Lucas's baby book...


...and I decided to give them another shot. But this time with markers, since we've established that Lucas hates finger painting. I had Lucas color over the painters tape with markers, then peeled off the tape to reveal the word "love" in white. (You'll probably have to peel the tape off really slowly to keep the paper from tearing. Especially if you've left the tape on for over a year...)

Yes, Lucas is wearing a backwards winter hat and water shoes.

My granddaddy is in the hospital awaiting heart surgery (please pray for him if you're the praying sort!), so I decided that if we managed to get at least one good card out of the batch, we'd mail it to him. And as you can see in the photo above, we did! Tra la!! (Dear everybody in my family - please don't show this to granddaddy. We haven't mailed it yet!)

Do you have any other ideas for greeting cards your child can make? Please share in the comments! 

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Friday, March 21, 2014

Happy One Year Blog Anniversary to Me!

So, as you maybe (probably. hopefully.) guessed from the title of this post, today is this blog's one year anniversary! If you want to bring me cake, you may do so. I also accept waffles.

In case you missed them, here are a few of my favorite posts from this past year. Which kind of sounds like I'm bragging, since I wrote them. But it's my blogiversary, so I think I'm allowed to do that.

Stranger Anxiety for Moms - In which I explore the fact that strangers know more about taking care of my child than I do.

Letter to Me - I try to send a letter back in time to myself before I became a mom. (It didn't work; I never got it.)

The Battle of the Moms - Motherhood is a competition. Apparently.

Mama's Here - Sweet words from my favorite little man.

And because the fact that it's my blog's anniversary means that my post doesn't have to be at all cohesive (wait, that's what it means, right??) here are some things that are unrelated to each other:

- I've decided to start accepting a few guest posts. If you're interested in being a guest poster, please click here for more information!

- Here is a picture of my 15+ week baby bump. (AKA my waffle pooch.)


- If you click the banner below, you can get $1.00 off of Boudreaux's Butt paste, which is our favorite diaper rash cream to use on Lucas... even though it has the word "butt" in it.



- Here is Lucas feeding Elmo a sippy cup while wearing his daddy's slippers:


- And if you really want to help me celebrate, but you forgot to buy me something pretty, you can click the smiling lady below, which will cast a vote for me at Top Mommy Blogs.

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Monday, March 17, 2014

Nine Ways to Clothe Your Growing Baby Bump Without Going Broke


I hate spending a lot of money on clothes; in fact, my wedding dress only cost $99. So when I first walked into a popular mall maternity store (which shall remain nameless) and spotted a simple t-shirt that I liked - only to discover that it cost almost as much as as the dress I wore when I married the man of my dreams - I was more than a little shocked. Maternity clothes can be expensive, and if you don't know where to look, you might feel like you have to choose between taking out a second mortgage on your home or wearing one outfit for your entire pregnancy.

When I was pregnant the first time, my "largest" months took place in the winter. This time, I'll be most pregnant in the summer. Which means I'll need to supplement my pregnancy wardrobe. In case you need to work on yours, too, here are some tips for dressing our pregnant bellies without going broke.

1. Check out second-hand and consignment stores.

When I was pregnant with Lucas and bemoaning my inability to find inexpensive maternity jeans, a friend recommended that I visit Clothes Mentor. Clothes Mentor sells gently used women's clothing - including maternity clothes - for a fraction of the price you'd pay if you bought them new. The first time I visited, I bought three pairs of maternity jeans, one pair of maternity dress pants, and two shirts - all for less than I would have paid for one pair of maternity jeans at the mall. Clothes Mentor has stores in 25 states, but if there's not one near you, try calling around to other second-hand and consignment stores to see if they have a maternity section. Most good second-hand stores (that buy clothes instead of accepting donations like thrift stores do) will only take clothes that are less than 3-5 years old (unless they sell vintage clothing,) so you won't have to sift through a bunch of 80's maternity muumuus before you find something you'd actually want to wear. The other great thing about these stores is that they'll buy back your maternity (and other) clothes when you're done using them, so you can get some cash to spend on new things when you no longer need maternity clothes.

2. Don't limit yourself to the maternity section.

Believe it or not, you can actually find a lot of clothes that aren't designated as maternity clothes that will last you well into your third trimester of pregnancy. I felt a little silly checking out the clearance racks at Charlotte Russe and Forever 21 with a giant pregnant belly, but I actually found some things that fit me (for way less than I would've paid for maternity clothes.) Look specifically for stretchy fabrics, ruching, empire waists, and cardigans.

Old Navy Perfect Tanks paired with shirts I bought from (left to right) H&M, Charlotte Russe, and Clothes Mentor.
I didn't like Old Navy's rib-knit maternity tank tops (they stretched out throughout the day so that a shirt that fit me nicely in the morning looked about four sizes too big by that evening.) But their Perfect Tanks (not the ribbed ones) in the regular women's clothing section are extra long and extra stretchy, so they accommodated my growing belly all the way until the end of my pregnancy (you may have to buy them one size up from your pre-pregnancy size.) Plus they often go on sale for $5 or less, they don't lose their shape, and you can keep wearing them after you're pregnant! Since Lucas was born in February, I needed warm pregnancy clothes. So I bought a bunch of the Perfect Tanks in solid colors and paired them with cardigans or other open-front shirts that I bought on clearance in non-maternity stores or with shirts I already owned. Which brings me to my next point...

3. Shop in your own closet

You might be surprised at how many of your pre-pregnancy clothes still fit when you're pregnant. Besides the obvious (like open-front shirts, cardigans, and button-up shirts without all of the buttons buttoned,) I found that quite a few of my pre-pregnancy tops lasted me at least through the end of my second trimester, if not longer. This pre-pregnancy sleeveless dress:

Three years pre-pregnancy.
(Sorry, I couldn't find a better picture!)
ended up being one of the few things that could adequately cover my 39+ week pregnant belly (as a shirt.)

Same dress/shirt three days before I had Lucas.
I even had one pair of really low-rise pre-pregnancy pants that somehow miraculously fit me throughout my whole pregnancy. Also try on your maxi dresses and skirts to see if you can still wear them (you may have to roll your skirts down below your belly.) Just a warning - if you end up wearing a pre-pregnancy top as a maternity top, you might have trouble wearing it again after you give birth without feeling like you look pregnant (even if no one else thinks you look that way.)

4. Give your pre-pregnancy pants a little extra room.

There are products out there that can help you wear your pre-pregnancy pants even after you can no longer button them. Several companies sell stretchy fabric bands that are designed to let you wear your pre-pregnancy pants unbuttoned and unzipped without them falling down. I'll be honest, I wasn't crazy about the bands (I bought two BeBands from Target) because I thought they had a tendency to roll down and need to be adjusted, but a lot of women love them. There are also elastic straps that attach to the button and button hole of your existing pants to give you a little more room. Or you can try pulling a thin ponytail holder through the button hole of your pre-pregnancy jeans, pull one end back through through the rest of the holder, and then looping it around the button. (For pictures on how to do it, click here.) It probably won't make your pants last you for nine months, but it might buy you an extra month or two.

5. Shop in your friends' closets.

Unless every mom you know happens to be pregnant at the exact same time, there's a good chance that some of your friends have maternity clothes they're not currently using, so ask if you can borrow (or buy) some. If you don't want to put any one friend on the spot, just post a general inquiry on Facebook. I've lent maternity clothes to several of my friends, and friends have lent clothes to me. Since maternity clothes get worn for such a short period of time, many moms are just glad to know they aren't going to waste.

6. Try discount stores.

While many discount stores have a limited maternity section (or no maternity section at all,) some stores might pleasantly surprise you. If you live near a Gabe's (aka Gabriel Brothers,) call to see if the store nearest you has a maternity section. I'm not sure that all of them do, but I was able to find some majorly discounted brand-name maternity clothes there when I was pregnant with Lucas. Shopping at discount stores may mean doing a bit more searching than if you shop at stores that exclusively sell maternity clothes, but the prices might make it worth your time. Check with your local Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart and Sears to see if they sell maternity clothes. Don't forget to check nearby outlet stores, too!

7. Browse online consignment and resale shops.

I'm not always a fan of shopping for clothes online, because it can be really difficult to tell whether something is going to fit you. But if an online retailer has a reasonable return policy and low prices, it can be worth the gamble. Check out ThredUpNine Little Months, and Bump to Bump.

If you need a specialty maternity piece (like an evening gown or a suit) that you'll only wear once or twice, there are even sites (like Mine for Nine) that let you rent clothes for a month at a time for a fraction of what you'd have to pay to buy them new.

8. Go garage-sale shopping.

I like to use Craigslist to find garage sales, because the site allows you to search within the category for specific keywords. So do a search for "maternity clothes," and you can narrow down your garage sale visits to just the ones that might offer a good selection of maternity clothes for you to choose from.

9. If you do go to the mall maternity stores, head straight for the back.

While the specialty maternity stores are often ridiculously overpriced, you still might be able to find some good deals in the clearance section at the back of the store. My parents gave me a gift card to one of the higher-priced maternity stores while I was pregnant with Lucas, and I was able to get several shirts from the clearance racks for fairly reasonable prices.

So there you go: nine ways not to go broke while dressing your rapidly expanding belly! Do you have any other suggestions for saving money on maternity clothes? Please share them in the comments!


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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Texts I Sent While Pregnant

As I mentioned the other day, I'm pregnant with our second child! Yay! I'm genuinely excited and happy... but I've also felt pretty lousy. I wrote a whole long post about how bad my morning sickness has been. And then after I spent a ridiculously long time on it, I suddenly remembered that no one wants to read a whole blog post about throwing up. So this is maybe every-so-slightly less gross. You're welcome.











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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Five things that might make your toddler forget about the TV (At least temporarily)


As I mentioned the other day, Lucas got a nasty stomach bug that lasted for a few days. During that time, I let him watch an embarrassing amount of Sesame Street and Curious George because he wasn't really up for doing anything other than lying on the floor. So when he finally started to recover, he was still in the mindset of "let's watch television all day." Which, you know, really isn't the most educational thing I could have my child do for hours on end. He's usually really good about entertaining himself with his toys and books for reasonable periods of time (for a toddler, I mean,) and he loves to color, but after he recovered from his stomach bug, he was still dead set on being allowed to watch TV all day. Oops.

So here are some random things we did together in the days after he was sick to get him out of "TV mode" and back into "let's actually do something" mode.

1. Play Dough and Uncooked Noodles
How adorable is this smile??
I had actually never let Lucas play with play dough until last week. And then we really, really needed a new activity to make him stop asking to watch TV, so I pulled out a jar that I had stashed in a closet. Like almost every other mom who uses Pinterest, I had seen an idea to stand uncooked spaghetti noodles up in play dough and then have your toddler stack Cheerios on the noodles. It sounds like a good idea in theory, but spaghetti noodles break really easily, and toddlers aren't exactly gentle. So it didn't work out for us. Instead, we just stuck the (broken) noodles into the dough for a while. Then I rolled the dough into a bunch of little balls, and Lucas stuck a piece of noodle into each one so that they looked like lollipops (except that we called them "flowers" so that eating them wouldn't be too tempting.) Lucas thought it was the best thing ever. Seriously, he played with them for at least an hour. Play-Doh brand is non-toxic, but if you have a little one who's really into eating everything, you can find lots of recipes for homemade play dough on Pinterest.

2. Treasure Box (aka - Box full of Random Stuff)



Moms who are a little more together than I am call these "sensory bins," and these boxes often have a theme. But as I've mentioned before, the theme of my sensory bins is usually "these are random things I found in my house."

The key here is that you want to fill a box/basket/container with items that have a wide variety of shapes and textures that will be fun for little fingers to explore. (Make sure that nothing in your box is a choking or strangulation hazard!) If they're not typical "toys," they seem to be more interesting than things your child gets to play with every day.

Here's what ended up in our treasure box:


And here are some more ideas:

- Pieces of yarn/ribbon/lace (make sure they're too short to wrap around the neck)
- Pieces of cloth/felt
- Clean sponge/bath loofah
- Key chains
- Shower curtain rings
- Cupcake pan liners
- Photographs or post cards

As with anything else your child plays with, this will lose its appeal if it's always easily accessible. So get it out for a day or two, then tuck it away in a closet until you really need it again.

3. Wrapping Paper/Crepe Paper

I'm going to say this up front - this activity is kind of wasteful. So maybe either recycle the paper or find another use for it after your child is done.

Having said that, am I the only one who has gotten sucked in by the 99 cent wrapping paper in the front of stores at Christmas time? I'm always like, "Oo, look! It's so cheap! And we need some! I'll buy three rolls!" Well let me give you a little hint. There's a reason that wrapping paper only costs 99 cents: it's not worth a whole dollar. Seriously. After it ripped for approximately the four thousandth time while I was trying to wrap gifts, I shoved it back into the closet and whipped out the expensive stuff. I didn't actually want to throw it away, but what do you do with really awful wrapping paper? Answer: give it to your toddler.

The first time that Dan saw Lucas running around unrolling a barely used roll of wrapping paper, he said, "Um, do you know that he's destroying a whole roll of wrapping paper?" And I responded with something like, "Oh, that wrapping paper would destroy itself if he didn't do it first." Lucas had a blast unrolling an entire roll of wrapping paper; it was definitely way more fun than watching television. (But make sure your good wrapping paper isn't accessible, or it might all become a toddler toy.)

If you've never been suckered into buying the worst wrapping paper of all time, a roll of leftover crepe paper/streamers that you're never going to use the rest of is extremely fun, too. (Lucas also had a blast completely unrolling two rolls of toilet paper while I was making lunch, but that was not a mommy-sanctioned activity.)



4. Stickers


Lucas loves stickers. I taught him to peel them off of the page himself (with medium-ish success,) and he will happily put stickers on paper for a ridiculously long time. I scrapbook (or at least I used to,) so I have lots of stickers, and I try to pick some up at the store occasionally for when we're bored. They're not stored anywhere that he can reach them, so it's always a fun treat when I pull the stickers out.

The great thing about younger toddlers is that anything that sticks is automatically a fun sticker. Price labels leftover from your garage sale last summer? Cool! Those address labels you got for free in the mail on which your name is spelled wrong? Sweet!! Just hand your toddler the stickers and some paper and let him go wild. (Bonus: circular and rectangular stickers are much easier for little hands to pull off without ripping them than irregularly shaped stickers are.)


5. A "New" Toy

I'm definitely not advocating buying your kid a bunch of new things to bribe them not to watch TV. This is more like an in-case-of-emergency idea.

There's nothing quite like a new toy/activity to distract a toddler from saying "George??" for the nine millionth time. Keep an eye out for good clearance deals, garage sale finds, and in the dollar section of Target for inexpensive toys/books/activities that can be pulled out if you really, really need a new distraction. Or, just put a few toys that your kids haven't played with in a while away in a closet, and in a few weeks/months - voila! They're new!

We've been using Pampers diapers on Lucas since he was born, and I've actually entered all of the Pampers Rewards codes for every single one of them. So periodically, I get to cash the points in for toys for Lucas. A few weeks ago, I cashed in some points to get a set of wooden alphabet blocks for him. I had originally intended to use them as a birthday gift, but they came a few days after his party, and he had already gotten a bunch of new toys for his birthday anyway. So I stuck them in a closet for an "emergency." I pulled them out one night when nothing else was cutting it, and even though he builds towers literally every day, building a tower with new blocks was extremely exciting.

*Bonus idea!*
(I thought of this one the morning after I first published this post, and it seemed silly to make a whole new post for it. Also, I was too lazy to change the graphic that said "Five things" so that it said "Six things." So here you go. It's a bonus.)

6. Giant Building Blocks

Yes, my child is in pajamas in every single one of these pictures.
I promise I really do dress him in real clothes.
We tend to shop online more than in stores, and so we end up with a lot of boxes of varying sizes. Lucas loves to play with and color on the boxes, and he also loves building towers with blocks. So I taped a bunch of boxes closed, and suddenly we had giant building blocks! It took me about two minutes total, and it was a lot of fun for Lucas.


What other ideas do you have for distracting toddlers when they've watched just a little too much television?


For more "this is more fun than television" ideas, check out these posts:

Ways to entertain your toddler inside when it's ridiculously cold outside

My "extremely sophisticated" homemade toys, part 1

My "extremely sophisticated" homemade toys, part 2

My "extremely sophisticated" homemade toys, part 3

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Happy 2nd Birthday to my little Elmo!

Lucas's birthday was actually last month, but I was busy hanging out next to my toilet, so I didn't post about it. Fortunately, I did manage to pull myself together long enough to celebrate my little man turning two!

Shirt by The Tiny Closet. Adorableness by Lucas.

Also, it has come to my attention that some people don't know this: if you sign your child up for the free Toys R Us Birthday Club, you get a $3 store gift certificate for their birthday every year, plus they get a free balloon and birthday crown when you bring them in to the store. Tra la!

Lucas really loves Elmo, so we did an Elmo-themed birthday party. For the record, if you search Pinterest for "Elmo Birthday Party," you will find approximately 90 billion ideas. Good old Pinterest. So I can't claim all of these ideas as my own. Thanks, creative people of the world!

My friends Sarah and Rebekah of Sarahbelle's Cupcakes made these delicious cupcakes. (They're the same ones who made the cupcakes for Lucas's necktie and bowtie party last year.)

Chocolate peanut butter, Oreo, and funfetti cupcakes. And my grandparents' wedding picture.
I had seen a really cute idea to make an Elmo fruit tray (on Pinterest, of course,) so I left some fruit and a tray with Dan's mom while I went to the store, and I came back to this:

How stinkin' cute is that?? I was very impressed! 
We served it with fruit dip (half strawberry yogurt, half  Cool Whip,)
and after the party started, the fruit was gone in under 30 minutes.
My mom and Dan's mom also hung up streamers and other decorations while I was at the store.


I wasn't really feeling up to making a ton of food, so we just ordered lots and lots (and lots) of pizza.

The Elmo plates and napkins are from Party City.
I found this "Place the nose on Elmo" game at Party City.

All of the kids got stickers as prizes, so Lucas is decorating the game with his prize stickers.
My favorite part was the treat bags.


In case you don't have the "Elmo's World" theme song memorized (lucky you,) one of the lines says "Elmo loves his goldfish, his crayon too." So I made little tags that said "Elmo loves his goldfish, his crayon too... Lucas loves that he got to share his birthday fun with you!" (I did actually come up with that part myself. High five, Bethany!) I got the treat bags from Party City, and inside each bag we put a bag of Goldfish crackers, a box of crayons, and a little notebook with an Elmo sticker on the cover.

And of course, there was my little man's adorable Elmo shirt!

I bought it here. Oh, how I love Etsy!
So, there you have it. Lucas's Elmo birthday party! Feel free to borrow any of these ideas, since I borrowed most of them from other people anyway. :)

Monday, March 3, 2014

So here's what's new with us...

I've abandoned a blog or two for no good reason. But this time, I actually have a legitimate reason for not posting much in the past couple of months. And since a picture is worth a thousand words (even though I'll still probably type a few thousand words on the subject anyway)...


Sometime around September 6, my little man is going to be a big brother! It's not so much that fact (or the adorable shirt, which I bought here, in case you were wondering) that has kept me from blogging. It's the morning (read: all day) sickness and exhaustion. But more on that another day. For today, I would just like to say: Danny and I are very excited (and maybe slightly nervous) to be welcoming a new member to our little family!

At two, Lucas isn't quite old enough to totally understand what's about to happen in his world, but he has decided that the baby in mommy's belly is a girl named "Baby Chippeh." We don't know yet if he's right about it being a girl, but I promise not to name my child Baby Chippeh. You're welcome, baby.

So... that's our news! What's going on in your world?

And since I couldn't pick just one picture...



Sunday, March 2, 2014

Mama's here.

My little man has some sort of stomach bug, and I've cleaned up (and caught in my bare hands) two particularly disgusting types of bodily fluids within the past 24 hours. Which naturally reminded me that my son is perhaps the only person in the world I would do that for. And so I wrote him a letter. (Also, I feel like I often end up writing these things when he's sick, which makes it seem like he's sick a lot, and he's actually a very healthy child. Having a sick little one just makes me feel like writing, I guess?)



Dear Lucas,

I will confess, my precious love, that I wasn't very patient early yesterday morning when you woke up in an extra cranky mood. You had no symptoms (yet,) and you didn't feel feverish, so I thought it was just a case of "wrong-side-of-the-bed-itis."

Then your crankiness continued, and I finally realized (only after our friends came over and you shared food with their son, of course) that you were sick. I made you a little bed on the floor, and you stayed curled up there all morning, content to be watching Curious George and lying next to mommy.

It wasn't until late afternoon after I thought you were finally feeling better that you threw up - on the carpet at the top of the stairs we were just about to walk down and then into my waiting hands. Daddy and Mr. Ryan brought wet paper towels and a garbage can, and we cleaned up my crying little boy as well as we could.

As I rocked you, stripped down to your onesie at the top of the stairs, you said a phrase that has become your mantra when you're scared or upset or hurting - "Mama's here." I've said it to you dozens (maybe hundreds) of times when you wake up crying or fall down hard. "Mama's here." And now you regularly say it to calm yourself before I even get the chance. "Mama's here." You said it to yourself - and to me - several times throughout the course of the evening. Lying on the floor, feverish head on my lap - "Mama's here." As I changed your diaper while you cried from tired eyes and protested against bedtime - "Mama's here." As I rocked your too-warm little body to sleep - "Mama's here."

You say it to comfort yourself, but I think it comforts me even more. I am your constant. My sleepless nights and long, long days haven't been wasted. You believe that I can fix things. Make things better. Put your world right when everything's going wrong. My presence is your source of contentment. It's a little intimidating at times, but it makes me feel so blessed to be your mommy.

And I will always be here for you, love. Whether you scrape your knee or your problems are too big to be fixed by just a cuddle and a kiss, you can count on me. Mama's here.

Love,
Mama