"I should"

While we were on our little family  beach vacation to Delmar, I knew there would be no way to continue to blog on only my phone. I kept thinking the whole time how "I should" take note about the zillions of thoughts, topics and ideas that were coming to mind the whole time. Didn't. Now as I am trying to establish A. what the heck the purpose of this blog is and B. How to create  a groove for writing and carve out some space for  writing time , I am trying to reprise some of those thoughts from earlier.

Here is the thing, I cannot allow  this to be a laboring chore or task that will feel like a failure if I do not complete regularly. Afterall, I want my daughters to read it someday and get a glimpse of how I observed them grow and my perceptions about the role of parenting. My husband "Lightman" often reminds me that could of , should of, would of SHOULD leave my vocabulary!

So for today, Ill say that our vacation was wonderful and special time spent with Grammy JoJo, Pop-tah Lou and Uncle T with many precious photos to share. Some days have passed since our return and a million moments that I loved being in with them but now fail to recall. TODAY we had a fun morning at the Oakland Zoo with 2 highlights..

1. Rainbow was like a Zoo docent which made me proud of her love of animals and ability to navigate.

2. Starlight was very clear using a repetitive NO that she indeed did not want to ride the merry go round.

Rainbow is eager for pre school which begins soon. Her bff "Lulu" started today and she drew him some comforting pictures  accompanied by a love note and we left them in his mailbox.

Much more on pre school topic to come.