Patriotic Piggy Toes...

Per Halle's request and my feelings of how quickly she is growing up and probably won't love hanging out with me as much someday, we have decided that once a week Halle and I will have our "Girl Time". We chatted about all the things we could do and would enjoy doing with just the two of us. We usually spend time together during Caleb's naps in the afternoons, or before bed we have fun giggling, talking, dreaming, praying, and sharing some moments together before she falls off to sleep. Our first official "Girl Time" happened last week when we decided after seeing some really cute patriotic piggy toes that Halle should have them too. When she told me she would only charge me $5.00 to paint them on Halle I was sold. We took her right back and went ahead and had her fingernails done as well. She was thrilled with having such a dark color on her fingers and toes as I have only allowed her to have pinks or soft purples up until this point. We talked and smiled, shared a fun hour together and drove home all the while Halle was happily admiring her hands. She even asked me to buckle her seat belt for her so she would not mess up her nails. If we would have had a little more time, I would have had mine done for the occasion, but I enjoyed even more seeing her light up with excitement and beam with pride when showing all the women in the nail salon her extremities. This was the perfect start to our first of many special "Girl Times" to come.