Anatomy Lessons Make Me Tired.

"Mommy, I don't want to have babies. How do I keep from having babies?" This is coming from my golden haired four year old in the back seat on our way to preschool. I'm quickly scanning my brain for options and decide that she is not truly seeking details. "Ok honey, that's fine." I tell her. "Mommy, how do I keep from having them?" "Uh, well, you wait to get married and ask God for them later if you decide to have them." Silence for a few seconds. "Ok" she responds. Phew! Thank goodness. I didn't think she really wanted the gory details replete with embarrassing and poorly named anatomical parts.

We arrived at the green mermaid building and hopped out of the car. Zoe clad in her pajamas with fruit on the pants, Hello Kitty tank top, and a turquoise bathrobe with little scotty terriers on it. She saunters in and asks to be held up so she can view all of the baked good inside the case. We make our selections and then wait. In between moments, I catch others reactions to her and their smiles make me happy. It is so sweet to have these morning getaways together before school. We get our drinks and she walks out like a pro with her short hot chocolate in hand. It takes me nearly ten minutes to back out of my spot because I have been wedged in like a sardine by the other drivers in line for the drive thru to get their liquid fix. We escape and head off to school.

After driving London to school, taking Koa to day camp, and delivering Zoe to preschool, I run one errand after which I am beat. With an hour and a half to myself, I could be productive, but the recent bout with the flu has other plans for me. A few minutes later, I am parked under a shady tree at a nearby park and my seat is fully reclined. I reach backwards, grab a pink fuzzy kids sweatshirt and cover my eyes with it. Alarm set. Good night! What if someone comes and questions me? Really, with two car seats and pink everywhere, how dangerous can I be? Ok, who cares. I'm too tired to worry. Zonk.

An hour later I am electronically summoned back to reality. Really? Is it time already? Ok, I can rally. When I stand by the classroom door and peek in, I see my sunshine at the front of the class next to the teacher and she is singing with the class and so proud to be the friend of the day. It is a moment that gets stored in my brain and will be replayed many times. It helps offset the utter meltdown that she had this morning when she wanted a yogurt tube but we had already left the house. That was the valley in the emotional roller coaster of our day. I just try to help her get past the frustration and find our way to the next peak.