Now We Are 9.....

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Now we are 9...
The tooth fairy finally came and you hit the jackpot with 8 teeth. You can read, write,add,subtract and multiply. You can rest your head comfortably standing just under my chin. You had the BEST teacher EVER who gave you confidence, showed you laughter and instilled a passion for learning. Your jeans are the same length as mine. You can breakdance with the best of them, you have the most gorgeous pitch (in baseball) I have EVER seen and you are truly one AMAZING artist!

But you still hold my hand(except sometimes in certain places), pick flowers for me, run/skip during ANY organized sport,laugh with me for hours and tell me that you love me everyday!

So I guess...
That is why 9 is so wonderfully fine...
because you are still mine..

Happy Birthday my sweet Monster... 

the one with the sensitive empathetic heart,  the mischievous smile, the wonderfully crazy haired mop top and those sparkly eyes which simply light up a room..

I love you like no other...

Now let's get some rockin kicks and get this Sneakerpalooza started!!!
(with chocolate cake of course)

Now We Are 8........

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Now we are 8...

You have lost 7 teeth. We can wear the same size socks. You can read,write,add and subtract. You are too heavy to carry to bed. You are only 1 foot shorter than I. You are faster, stronger and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

But you still hold my hand, tell me that I am the best mom ever, and snuggle with me every night.

So I guess...

That is why 8 is still so great...

Happy Birthday my sweet Monster, the light of my life and the

one who will forever make me want to be a better person..

I love you..a bushel and a peck.

Now lets eat some chocolate cake!

Dreams of Tutus & Birthday Wishes...

Today, all the way across the country,in the land of Tinsel...

awoke a man (who I still think of as a boy), kissed his beautiful wife on the head (je t'aime, he said), tickled his beautiful daughters, hopped in his Mini and drove through crazy crazy traffic to get to work so that he may inspire others and be the creative genius that he is..

 You see..I was there at the very beginning..

 Together, we sat side by side(you know..strength in numbers)and we created fantastical worlds(thank you Fisher -Price), became Fred & Ginger on the fireplace's marble hearth, drew till our fingers were sore, and laughed till we cried..Sometimes we had to do things we didn't want to do...but there we were..always side by side...Maybe that's how we both became the artists we have now become.

Sometimes, I would be there for him....

and sometimes he would be there for me...

But I can honestly tell you...that even though we are worlds apart....I will always be sitting next to him..

side by side(pinch or no pinch).

Have an amazingly adventurous and silly birthday little brother...and just remember...how much I love you..

I love you so much that even the Tutu picture didn't make the cut..