National Best Friend Day

June 8th is National Best Friend Day.

It is just a stupid Hallmark holiday. Totally. However, it made a good excuse to go do something fun even if I feel like doo-doo.

I am sick. Got sick on Wednesday. It's not a 'barf all over and sleep facedown in the bathtub' sick, it's a 'wake up with a throat frog who happens to hate your life' kind of sick. I am pretty sure I got sick because of a bad sunburn. Ish. No more sun for me this year, pass the Coppertone please! Despite my cranky tush I wanted to spend a fun day with my best friend, and that meant going outside because it's her favorite thing. I figured a proper Best Friend Day should be spent doing whatever is your favorite, but you do it with your best friend. Everything that is PP's favorite thing, is most likely my favorite thing. She likes the park to play and eat dirt, I like the park so she gets tired and sleeps in til 9AM. She likes to take wagon rides because she can sit back and people watch, and I like wagon rides because I gotta work these glutes somehow. She LOVES chocolate cake, I LOVE chocolate cake, 'nuff said.

Our day started with a hefty helping of snuggle time. We ate a lot of goodies, because eating just happens to be ANOTHER one of our favorite things! We ate lunch and took naps. It was so lovely! Then it was time to have fun! We ate a pizza for dinner, got cleaned up and put on some sunscreen. Our wagon ride was warm, but very pleasant. We walked around the lake, and then ended up at Wild Rumpus bookstore. It was AWESOME! We saw some chickens and kitties, some cockatiels and doves, and lots of books. PP wanted to leave before I could get her to 'pick out a book' so we just hopped back in the wagon. On our way home, we spotted a park that we hadn't been to before. Play time! At about the same time, Papa Chris got done with work and running a few errands. He met us on our walk home and brought us for a nice, cool drive around the lake. We all went home and got PP ready for bed, then it was off to snoozeville for her. What a fantastic day!

One thing I hate about stupid Hallmark holidays is how they celebrate stuff that we should do all the time. Valentines Day? PSH. I tell Chris how much I love him every day and I buy him chocolate all the time, and vise-versa. Mothers Day? It's nice, but I like to be appreciated all year round. So, Best Friends Day should just be renamed Monday or Friday in my opinion. I love to do my favorite things with PP, and I think that's the way a childhood should be spent. Having a kid is an opportunity to re-do all the fun stuff you did when you were a kid, and actually remember it. I LOVE being a mom! Especially on days like today.

I still feel like doo-doo, but I am determined to have some sort of fun even if it is a tad uncomfortable. Chris and I did a really, really fun photo shoot with a family this morning. It took a couple hours, we got beautiful shots, and we wrapped up earlier than I thought. Chris had to zip off to work when we got home, but he still got some smooches from his girls. PP and I felt a need for some sun, so we slathered on some sunscreen and got outside. We went over to a local farmers market in a church parking lot. It was cute! I got some green onions. We walked by a park and I thought PP was going to have a little spaz-fit if we didn't stop. We played until we were done, and then we walked home. Stopping at a garage sale was a necessity. I love our neighborhood.

Nap time is over! What will we do for the rest of the day!? I can guess it will be anything fun, and that includes chocolate cake.


Sandy toes and zinc on your nose
XoX