Dear Gibson,


I have to first apologize to you.  I am a distracted mommy.  I have lots going on, and sometimes most of the time I end up spending too much time on other things and not enough time playing with you and Gibson and being a good mom.  Today I got home from work a little bit early and needed to go to the store to pick up a few things.  You and Georgia were fighting in the car, no surprise there.  I was feeling overwhelmed, and then I saw a playground.  I promptly pulled the car over and said, "Who wants to play on the playground?"  You went crazy.  It's not that you've never played on a playground before, but this was out of the blue - a special surprise.  We played for almost an hour.  I took off my shoes and we went down the slide together, we climbed the tree, we took pictures, we played tag.  It was a really wonderful hour.  I didn't make it to the store, but I got everything I needed from you and your brother.  I needed to spend some time with you.  No distractions, no email, no phone - just me and my kids having fun together.  I promise I will try harder to be the kind of mommy that I really want to be and know that I should be.  I watch how fast you are growing and can't figure out where the time has gone!  Spring is almost here in full force, so I hope we have lots of opportunities to just play together.

Love,
Mommy