Princesses & Pirate Ships

I am a big fan of Taylor Swift and she has a song called "The best day" on her most recent album.  You can't help but get teary eyed or in my case bawl every time you listen to it.  If you are a daughter, mother, father or brother it is touching.  It's a love song she wrote to her mom about her childhood.  It so much reminds me of my mom and I hope it is the way my daughter will someday feel about me.  Towards the end there is a line she sings about being 3 years old , "... it's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs. Daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world..."  I cannot help it, I cry every time I hear it.  Ella, my 3.5 year old daughter had me repeat this song for days and then one day she just started singing along to it.  It melted my heart to hear her sweet little voice singing the words as we were looking at each other through the rear view mirror of my car.  Of course yes I am crying again, and completely amazed that my little baby got this song down in about 3 days!  And this is the age of princesses and pirate ships in my house!  Nathan loves to play pirates and is in character pretty much from the time he wakes up until the time he goes to bed.  Ella loves to pretend to be a pirate too!! But, much to my delight, recently she has been more interested in having tea parties and playing dress up! Don't get me wrong I love my little tough tomboy but it's fun for a mommy to do the princess thing with her daughter too.  

I guess this song touched me in 2 ways.  As a daughter I could so relate to all of the scenarios in the song, it makes me miss my beautiful mom and wish I had written her a song like this.  And the words touch me as a mom, it is so simple and right on with my life right now with 3.5 year old kids.  It helped me remember that I want everyday to be the best day for my beautiful children.