Bedtime stories

a purely self-indulgent mama post…quotes from this evening’s conversation…

mom, tonight, you read me the story, and then i’ll read it to you. and then we can both sleep and dream about rainbows.

mom, when i sleep and you work on your computer, will you write nice things and tell the people in your computer that i am learning to read… (mama says: true story, the seeds are sprouting)

mom. do you think maybe when i grow up and i am a teacher…

(mama says: Cam is determined that when she grows up, she will be a teacher. i love this)

…and mom, i will be a teacher and i’m not going to get married..

(mama says: great, because you’re kidding if you think you’re dating anytime before your 30th birthday)

…but i will have a wedding and wear a dress and you can come and my cousins can have veils too and i will dance with the prince but i’m not marrying him…

(mama says: you go girl)

…and one day, when i am big like you, i will buy you all of your dream houses and you can choose which one you want to live in and i will live in the other one next door and all our family and our friends can choose theirs…

(mama says: i like that you have my retirement plan already in place, Cam. Good to know you’re into forward planning heh)

…and then, when we all live there, we can have tea at the different houses. i will paint mine pink and you can paint yours green…

(mama says: hah, and we’re saving on the interior decorator already!)

…and mama, mama, i love you. i love you because you help me make good choices. i make good choices, mom…

(mama says: oh my Cam, yes you do).

…mom, mom, now i must sleep. good night mom. good night fishies. good night stars…