Okay, Maybe I'm a FAIRY Good Mother

Wow! What nice comments I received on this last post. Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate them and see your points: I'm just looking out for safety issues and manageable time limits. I guess, to me, I just felt I was being mostly selfish about Sweetie's newfound social life interferring with my own time needs/desires.

So anyway, the girls happened to come over while Hubby and Sweetie were outside (planting some flowers for me) on Mother's Day. Not knowing the girls were over, I went outside too, to sit on our porch and enjoy a nice cup of tea.

I'm embarrassed to say I was a bit annoyed that the girls were over. Hubby was busy planting, not paying much attention to them. So I immediately felt that, now that I was out there, they were all under my charge. 

Actually, it really wasn't such a big deal at all. Since both Hubby and I were out there, I wasn't that concerned to keep an ever-vigilant eye on Sweetie & her friends. So I was able to relax a bit, read my magazine, and enjoy the sunshine. 

But then... I was done. I wanted to go back inside. Hubby was finished and also wanted to go inside. And I didn't want extra kids in my home.

Again, I felt selfish and guilty - how do I send these girls home without sounding like a big meany?

Aha! I thought of the perfect activity to help them with before sending them home.

Hey, girls. Come here! (Sweetie), her Daddy and I are all going to go in soon, so playtime is going to be over for the day. But I have something we can do before we go. Let's build a Fairy House! 

What a big hit that was! A Fairy House?! That's so cool! The girls loved it. Hubby even helped us collect items and find the perfect location to build.

Here's the result:

(Can you see that okay? Unfortunately, I just took that picture today, so the dandelions on the "roof" have all died away. There were also some sweet little white flowers on the Fairy House floor. Oh well - hopefully you get the idea).

After the completion of that build, everyone was happy and satisfied, so saying goodbye for the day was no big trauma. Yay!

Oh, OH! And then?! Since Sweetie is all about the fairies now, she declared yesterday that she wanted to do a "stakeout" at nighttime, so she could see the fairies come back to their house to sleep. Luckily, she forgot about that by bedtime. 

But this morning, I did let her enjoy a nice warm cup of Fairy Tea (very weak black tea with sugar and plenty of milk).

Am I a cool Mama or what?