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I’m not a super mom. There seem to be a lot of super moms out there… especially on my facebook friends list. They are either very busy with work deadlines or they are taking their kids to zoos, parks and museums every day of the week. They are sewing costumes and crafts, or cooking wonderful meals. And some of them are doing all of the above at one time. While raising multiple children.

I spent the day checking facebook, having breakfast and lunch with Lilia (but not doing the dishes afterward), doing a little laundry, watching Lilia’s animals give a music concert, helping Lilia figure out how to make a Lego building that won’t wobble and reworking a turkey feather so Lilia could have her very own quill pen.

I actually wrote this post a few weeks ago when I got a pang of guilt about spending so much time at home this summer due to the various illnesses we’ve suffered. But you know what? That’s not a bad list of things to do in a day. It’s not super mom quality, but it’s alright. The dishes eventually got done too.

I don’t remember when she wrote these, but they are now pulled out of the notebook and floating around, so I don’t want to lose them. And by wrote, I mean “dictated to mommy”.

Butterflies
Butterflies start out as eggs.
They hatch and out comes a caterpillar.
They eat and eat.
More eating.
They eat lots of food. They crawl.
They are tired so they make a home on a branch.
Then out comes a butterfly.

Ladybugs
Ladybugs are so pretty people don’t think they are bugs.
They eat pest bugs. They stay in the grass so much. And
they have wings. And they can fly.