The Daily Hailey

When the little boys are sleeping, and Dekker is at school, I have some one on one time with Laela. Sometimes we just rest and watch a bit of tv, sometimes we color, sometimes she plays lego, etc. Today, I was thinking we’d duck up to my room and she could play while I cleaned our en suite up a bit. However, now that the boys are down, and the dishwasher is humming away, I feel like my work is done for the moment. Clearly, I’m feeling somewhat unmotivated, haha! But today, I am SO glad I wasn’t motivated!

VeggieTales is on the tv, and Laela and I were cuddled under some blankets when she asked if I’d paint her fingernails. For some background, I’ve painted Laela’s fingers and toes less than five times. Every time I do it, she’s sat patiently through it, and then immediately wailed and fussed for me to take it off. Its SO frustrating, because on one hand, sure, I can do that, and on another hand, NO!! So I haven’t initiated nail painting in a LONG time, and it hasn’t been missed. But Laela began asking a week or two ago to have her toes painted. I reminded her how it always went, and while she didn’t say she wouldn’t complain, she did understand that I wouldn’t be removing it immediately afterwards. So I painted her toes (Dekkers too) and she was happy with it. No complaints a few days later 🙂 Success. And now, this morning, she asked for her fingernails.

I explained to her that she’d have to sit and be patient while I painted them, and she said she would. I got a clipboard to lay on her lap and grabbed the color she requested from my bathroom. She was sitting on the couch, her fingers splayed on the clipboard in her lap, ready to go. So we did.

And she loves them!!

She sat so patiently, and even lifted each finger as I got to it to make it easier on me. As I sat in front of her on the floor, she on the couch, she said quietly “You’re great at this, mommy.” Its like she knew I needed the reassurance! It was SO sweet! 💗 I thanked her, and was done very soon after. She gushed that she “luffed” them, and gave me a kiss.

My little girly seems to be feeling pretty happy and breezy today, and I’m so thankful for that. Some days feel heavier than others, for a thousand different reasons, but the kids being happy makes ALL the difference!