Maderville

Singing in the Rain...
Don't you love those extraordinary opportunities that life throws your way sometimes? For me it was such a sweet moment between me and the Bug today. I was sitting in the floor of my bedroom folding this mountain of laundry and all of the sudden I heard the back door fly open and Landry was jail breaking on me! Mike accidentally left it unlocked when he walked Bella this morning and she immediately found her way to the unmanned door. It was raining like crazy outside and all I saw was her little hand go out and reach for the rain drops. There is an area that pours out some water over the gutter and causes this sheet of rain to come down. Landry saw it and shrieked ' Shower! Shower! Shower!' I told her that WAS a shower but to come back to me. She wanted to get in it so badly...I could feel it in her bones! After less than a minute of thinking about it I finally just said go ahead and jump on in. She didn't waste any time getting under that waterfall. It was cool yet she still eased her way underneath the steady stream of water. I ran and got my camera and stood there while she just explored the situation and enjoyed her outside shower. She looked at me and said "Mommy...shower?" I told her to hold on hoping that she would get bored and want to get out of it before I had to go in. Landry was having none of it. She came over and picked up the bottom of my shirt and said 'OFF! OFF! OFF!' I guess since she knows that we don't usually have shirts on in the shower she thought that I needed to get prepared to get in! I told her that I had to keep mine on but I put my camera down, picked her up and we proceeded to have one of the best times I have ever had with her. She LOVED being in the outside shower with her mama and I really think she knew this was something kind of special. We danced around in the rain and I literally got soaking wet. It poured on us and I can't imagine not having taken advantage of that one precious moment with her. I am so thankful I did. It makes me appreciate the little things I share with her each and every day. If I had to miss a moment like that to make an extra buck, I would hate it. I know that most people these days don't have the luxury to make that choice but I thank God(and Mike) every day that I do. Singing in the rain today with my daughter has got to be on my Top 5 all time favorite things I have ever done. It just goes to show you that some of the most valuable things in life are absolutely free. We were....siiiiinging in the raaaain....just siiiiiinging in the raaaaain! What a glorious feeling...I'm so haaaappy again!

Do some thing out of the ordinary today...you'll be so glad you did.