Heart Smiles

I wont sugar coat it, today was tough.Maybe it was that we missed B today. He worked a double which means he was at work at 6 am and home by about 10:30, thats a long day..for him and me. Maybe it was the looming laundry from our camping trip that called me all day..a call which I ignored..At any rate, as a mom, I didnt bring my "A"`game today. The kids and I were bored, and boredom and kids are never a good combo. So after me being shorter tempered than I like, and the kids not quite knowing what to do with themselves other than eating catfood, taking a black crayon to several white surfaces in her room, (while I was attempting to teach an important lesson of cleaning up a mess), making a band with the wooden spoons and pots, rearranging (a.k.a tearing out) pages of a newly checked out library book and way too many movies, This was what I get at the end of the night....

Isabella (yelling from her room) : I love you mom!!
Kristen: I love you too, goodnight
Isabella: :Do you know what my heart does when I say I love you Momma?
Kristen (tears are starting to swell) No, what?
Isabella: My Heart smiles Momma.

Being a parent is just so sweet, Iwould have a million days like today, if only just to remind me how loving and forgiving my little ones are of their mom on`days such as this.