The best part of my day

Today I took Susie to my parents' house so my dad could take Susie to preschool while I went with my mom to a class.  Today I vowed to myself that no matter what, I was going to dedicate the afternoon to hanging out with Susie.  A lot of times I end up taking phone calls and answering emails for work, or I try to get all of my errands done, or I try to get work done around house.  But today . . . today was going to be about playing with Susie.

We ended up playing, running some errands and doing some cleaning.  She helped me cook dinner and we did a good bit of laughing.  Unfortunately, I also spent about an hour on the computer and phone doing some work.   I felt like I had failed.  She acted out while I was on the phone, so I had to send her to her room - ugh! We were supposed to have a GOOD day! 

I tried to make it up to her during dinner by bringing the focus back to her.  While we were eating dinner, I asked her, "So, what was your favorite part of your day?"  I thought that she might tell me it was the Mickey Mouse stickers, or the few M&Ms she had with her snack, or playing at the Chick-fil-a play ground.  Nope.

Susie said, "The best part of my day was Mommy."

I love my baby girl.