Kira

Kira is a friend who lives across the parking lot. She has 2 little blondies and the cutest vintage style. Her oldest is a 3-year-old fashion-conscious ballerina and quite a firecracker. Though Kira claims to be on the shy side she has brilliant humor. Every time I read her blog I laugh outloud. What she wrote on Mother's Day particularly made me laugh and inspired me. Here's part of it:

Here is how she [3-year-old firecracker] chose to greet me on Mother's Day morning, "Mommy, I just love Daddy so much. I wish it was Father's Day."

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But don't worry...I am not throwing in the towel on Mother's Day. I am just embracing a new tradition of the Mother's Day Challenge. Because afterall, Mother's Day isn't a day when the children wake-up and think "It's Mother's Day. I am going to play it cool." No, it is a day for me to prove that I do rock as a mother. That when my kid uses my new shirt as his Kleenex, I'm not going to get upset...no way, It's Mother's Day and I am a good Mom. And when my skirt is colored on, you won't see me frown because, "It's Mother's Day and I am a good Mom." And when the goldfish spill and the [Mother's Day] song isn't sung or the "I love you" said...you won't see yelling at the kids...no not on this day, because "It's Mother's Day and I am a good Mom!"