They All Call Me Mom

You Smile, I Smile

So we’ve got Bieber Fever going on over here.  I’m not ashamed to say that I’m included in this. We just got the DVD “Never Say Never” and I have to admit, I’m now a fan of Justin Bieber.   What got me was the photos and video of when he was a baby and a small boy.  Oh. My. Gosh. but he was such a cute little guy!  There was this one part in the movie where he was just about 4 years old and dressed all up in his snowsuit, ready to go out and shovel some snow for his mama – he was so sweet! 
Anyway, so my little Andrew has got the Fever bad.  He has watched this movie about 8 or 9 times already and goes about his days humming and singing the songs.  I’m hearing “Baby, baby, baby, oh!”  in my sleep now.  Andrew also has a set of drum sticks – he doesn’t have drums, but just drum sticks.  I have no idea where they came from – and lately he’s been “drumming” on anything he can find that remotely resembles drums.  Today he took my baking pans (the round ones that I use to bake cakes) and took them outside to “drum” and when they came back into the house they were all dented out of shape.  (we are going to have some lumpy cakes now!)
Andrew’s birthday is at the end of June.  Dare we buy him a set of drums?  I’m dreading the noise, but he’s so darn cute, the way he’s been drumming everything in sight.  He might have talent.  Who knows?  He could even be the next JB.   Hey, it could happen.  Never say never, right?
So the song playing right now is “U Smile” and it’s my favorite JB song.  Enjoy.  But first let me tell you why it’s my favorite…
The other day while I was pushing Aria in the swing at our neighborhood park, she kept saying “Higher, Mommy!  Higher!”  and I would give her another strong shove that sent her soaring,  and I watched as her smile got bigger and bigger with each shove.  And at this one point she tilted her head up to the sky with her eyes closed, the sun shining down on her sweet face, her hair flying in the wind….and she said, “Mommy! This makes me happy!”   Just like that, my two year old said the sweetest words that a Mommy can hear.  It instantly brought happy tears to my eyes, my heart melted, and I burned that moment into memory so that I can replay it again and again when I need to.   Once the lump in my throat subsided a bit, I said, “This makes you happy, Ari?”  and she nodded, yes, still with a huge smile on her face, as I continued to push her.  And I said, “Well, you know what makes me happy?”  and she said, “What?” and I said, “Pushing you in the swing makes me happy.  When you are happy, I am happy.”  

You smile, I smile.


Here are some other sweet smiles that make me smile:


 Happy Memorial Weekend!

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  5. Thanks for your follow, I’m here following back. I’m a big Bieber fan too – I love this song. What a happy and good looking family you have. Hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend – because “when you smile, I smile!”

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  11. Thank you for finding my blog and following me. I am now following you too.
    What an amazing family you have, I agree with the poster above, your children are gorgeous.
    Have a fantastic weekend.

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