converses, grass stains, and snot.

Before I became a mom I did not understand how people let their children look like little homeless people. They were covered in dirt, had runny noses and looked like they carried diseases. Toddlers are gross. They are messy little humans and they will roll in just about anything.

Let me just tell you a story in pictures.

My sweet, perfect, clean, snot free little lady started off the day with her hair in a little fountain on the top of her hair that smelled of baby shampoo. We headed downtown and immediately rode the trollie with "Bumpa" and the gang.

The moment that child spotted "the hill" it was game over. With all of the other messy children playing, Lillian had to join in. Daddy, Nina and I all took turns going down the hill with her on our tooshies. All of us had nice green pants to show for our hundred trips down the hill.

Don't judge me. I forgot the makeup at home.

We used our grimy little hands to feed the ducks.

We walked around downtown, where we ate our fair share of ice cream, funnel cakes and shared an icee. She also decided that her hair bow needed to be brushed out.

The only think my sweet monster wants to do is play outside. She loves "side", so outside we went.

getting sleepy but refusing to stop.

That's when my gremlin put lots of mulch in her hair. 

A dirty child is never complete without an overload of snot. Don't say I didn't warn you.

I would kiss that face anyways. 

Today was a great day. I will always hold on the memories like those we made today, even if my child is one of those children.