best mommy ever!!

recently zella has become very attached to her stuffed animals. she loves them so much and calls them her babies. she has a special spot in her heart for her black kitty named Cinderella. this name was inspired by my parents two new kittens, one of them is named cinders. this is short for Cinderella. there is a story behind this name, but i digress. she had played with, slept with, ate with her Cinderella. then we couldn't find her. we looked everywhere. we looked at my parents house, and found nothing. one time we were at target and they had the exact same kitty. i thought about just buying her a new one, but decided against it. they also had a gray kitty. i showed it to her and she smiled and then reminded me that she wished she could find her Cinderella. flash forward a few weeks, and the other night, charlie told zella he had a surprise for her. he came into the kitchen with Cinderella in his hands. both of us, zella and myself, were jumping up and down with excitement. he had found Cinderella in the trunk of his car. she told charlie over and over, how happy she was that he found her. then she asked if we could go to target and get the gray kitty so Cinderella would have a sister. we talked about this for a while and said that if she was a really good girl for the rest of the week, the next time we went to target we would look to see if they still had her. so Saturday afternoon, i needed to run a few errands. charlie and zella came with me. we told zella that we would end up at target and that she was such a good girl, we would look to see if they still had the gray kitty.we first went to get something to eat and then to office max. we had said we would go to target after office max. while we were there, i realized that Costco closed in 30 min. so we changed our order of shopping. when we were finished with Costco, we had to come home to drop off the goods. so we had to change our shopping order again. this whole time, zella was really patient. when we got home, i decided that zella and i would go up to target. we first went to the target by office max. no kitty. we went back to office max to return our previous purchase, and then went to super target. no kitty. we returned something else at Michael's and then went to target greatland by the mall. i wish i would of had my camera when we walked around the isle and they had 2 gray kitties! she squealed and started jumping up and down. she was so excited. she picked her up and said "i will name her Tinkerbell" i had to get a few things, so while i was shopping, zella was in the cart hugging and hugging Tinkerbell. she was playing with her and Cinderella. yes, i let her bring Cinderella into target with us. she had the two kitties hugging and saying "i missed you, i missed you" while she was playing she looked up at me and said "mommy, you are the best mommy"!

now i realize that is a big title, maybe too big of a title for me. i didn't move any mountains, or swim any oceans. i did spend 3 hours looking at every target possible, but i will take it. she played with the kitties for the rest of the evening. and when she was going to bed, she made a spot for the kitties right by her pillows.

so at 4am, i woke up and went in to check on her and turn her light off, she was sound asleep with her arms around her new Tinkerbell. and when i was closing the door to her room, i thought, maybe i was the best mommy ever today. at least to her i was, and that is all that matters to me.

have a great day

jill b