Letter to Jaden

"mmmm Wake me up with a pet mom."
Jaden's famous first words almost every morning. She likes it when I grab a stuffed dog and tell it to "wake up Jaden, its time to get ready for school" and then the dog precedes to tickle her and pull the covers off.

So, this morning I woke her up with a pet. Her big stuffed dog named Icy. Icy has had more reconstructive surgery than Joan Rivers. I have sewn every leg, both ears, one eye and the tail so many times I cannot count. Icy no longer holds his original shape and has lost around 5 lbs due to massive stuffing loss. Icy is the old time favorite though. (Icy used to be called Dizzy, but apparently has had a name change)
Currently, her bed time toys are Icy, a bunny that she insists is a puppy named Verruca and a bear she also insists is a puppy named Katie.
She loves them and they have been going everywhere with us these days. Last night I spied on her at bedtime...she was singing "Jesus Messiah" to them. Of course she was singing the chorus over and over and over but still very sweet none the less.

This morning in the car on the way to school, she was singing "It ain't me Babe" to them.

Gosh, where does time go? I swear, I have days that seem to drag on until I want to pull my eyes out of my sockets and yet the time with Jaden just keeps flying by. I wish I could freeze time. But I can't.........no, I cant.
She is so silly, and has a very advanced sense of humor for her age. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have opened a kitchen cabinet only to have a stuffed animal leap out at me. How many times she has squeezed Ketchup onto her fingers and fake cry until I get in real close to look at the "boo boo" only to have her lick the ketchup and both gross and freak me out until I realize that in fact, its ketchup.

She does come by it honestly though. She does get me sometimes though man, really get me. Last night I was in the bathroom running her tub and I hear her scream bloody murder. I run out to the living room and see nothing. I cant find her now. I turn to look in the closet (her usual hiding spot) and right when I turn around she jumps off the bed right at me! Lags and arms flailing and roaring like a lion. My heart skipped a beat man. Then when she realized the success of her handy work she breaks in laughter and says "hahaha I got you ".

Little Bug.

So thats it. Jsut want to blog everyday so Jaden can look back and read all about stuff in "the old days".