A night out

We went to dinner and a movie last night. As we were walking up to the restaurant Chloe was making jokes about the name: "What is a nose's favorite restaurant?"
"Bob's Booger and Brew!"
He had a fun time at dinner chatting about life. Chloe did an excellent job at ordering her food and talking with the waitress. We could tell she felt good about it. she said-"I'm actually getting pretty good at that"
Chloe pointed on the kids menu that it said her meal came with a free pop and ice cream- and I said- "Oh man! Why did we teach you to read, anyway!?" She thought that was pretty funny. She also noticed how the entire kids menu was made up of unhealthy food. We had a conversation about that, and now she understands why we sometimes order her food not from the kids menu, and why we love to go to Scotty browns- they have very good kids choices.
After dinner we stopped by Hagen for some candy! The movie was fun! We are really loving our big, new theatre! Chloe didn't bring her coat- silly girl- it's January!! So Abby snuggled her all the way back to the van. We took some fleeting pictures- nothing perfect, but a a couple captured moments.

Waking up

I woke Chloe up yesterday in my normal way. I lay down beside her and put my hand on her sweet bean and rub her arm. I never have to say anything, she immediately starts to stir. I lay there quietly with her as she comes into consciousness. At some point she grabs my hand and snuggles it for a moment and I let her break the silence. A lot of days she says "I love you, mom" in her scratchy, sleepy voice- and I melt.
Yesterday after much the same scenario she said into the dark: "What does more, the heart, the brain, or the spinal cord?" It made me wonder what she was thinking, or dreaming about. It made me proud of her science intrigued mind. It made me cherish the little random moments I get to collect as her mom.