One of my favorite times of day

I think everyone knows that Lexie is as her grandma would say "a caution".  She can be so sweet like thanking me for washing her underwear, putting her make-up on with me, telling Callen that he is the best brother ever and begging to be the one to say family prayer.  She can also be a bit of a minx.  Today she put a wire hanger around Callen's neck, every pre-school day I cross my fingers that it will be a good day and she won't fight with the other kids, or she tells us that we are the meanest family and she wants a new one.  So when there are moments like this where she puts herself to sleep and looks so peaceful I have to stop and capture it.  I wish at that moment I could capture my feelings about her and bottle it to share, or express it somehow.  In that moment, time stands still every negative is forgotten and somehow never existed and all I can think about is the gift I have been given to be lucky enough to be her mother.  It is these moments that make every hard part of being a parent insignificant in the big picture of what a blessing it is that I am able to love and be loved in return 5 of the most perfect kids ever born.