things that made me cry this weekend...

1.) AJ,B,AE,MK and others were all in a recital that marked the end of their Camp Sunshine.

It was a confusing cluster of kids bumping into each other,kids crying because they were confused and other kids were bumping into them, and kids bumping into each other some more.

then I started watching the parents who were silently video taping every second of this confusing cluster and I started crying because for some strange reason I felt as proud as they looked.

Then came the awards...my little girls all got awards that were so fitting to their little spirits- and they were so proud. I mean so so proud. The whole 'look at this Ms. Mary,I actually got an award!!!!!!!!' cheer and it was just sooo adorable!!

thus...more crying.

2.) We were leaving Barton Springs the other day and noticed that everyone started clapping. No,it wasn't because we were leaving. It was because there was a tiny little boy on the diving board who kept on changing his mind about whether or not he wanted to jump. I mean to tell you that the entire place was watching him and cheering for him. This made me tear up. Then he decided he couldn't do it(his mom was watching him from the side...why she did not get in so he knew she would catch him in the water is BEYOND me-I maybe don't know the whole story so I won't judge!!)so his mom rescued him off the diving board. Everyone clapped for him for forever. Then I started really crying. I don't really know why. It was just touching.

Well,we were right outside of the fence when we heard more clapping and yelling and as soon as I ran over to the fence-he was jumping in. The look on his face when he came out of the pool was PRICELESS.

and the crowd went WILD again.

Then I really lost it.

3.) I was reading one of my very favorite books the other day to B and AE. It's called 'julius baby of the world' and if you don't know this book and you think you ever might want to be friends with a kid... (which, by the way,I highly recommend!! I spend most of my time with my little friends and I think it keeps me from going completely crazy) then you should invest in the Kevin Henkes BOX SET!!!

He is basically the best children's author EVER... in my humble opinion. 'Lily's Purple Plastic Purse' is my very very favorite, but Julius????... Julius is a close second.

So we were reading along and the moral of this one is about a little 'girl'(mouse) who doesn't really care for her newborn baby brother or his role in causing waves in the family dynamics...until someone else says something mean about him.

She then gets very defensive-like most of us do about our families.

For some reason, while I was reading it-I teared up and the girls thought this was just bizarre.

So then I felt like I had to explain to them so they could kind of understand (they are 4)and I gave an example. Then they gave me examples. And they hit the nail on the head.

I mean they really got it. And so of course...

I cried a little more.

4.) Roman Holiday. This is one of my very favorite movies and I love that it doesn't have the 'storybook' movie ending.

However,I should have known that I'm highly emotional right now and couldn't handle it.

So the end came and I found myself bawling once again.

Why could she not just stay and be with him?

Why could he not go and be with her?

Why?

Why?



Moral of the story is-it's been an emotional rollercoaster of a weekend.

And that's all I have to say right now.