let me call you sweetheart

Deals has picked up on terms of endearment lately, and has taken to calling us "sweetheart mommy" and "sweetheart daddy."  She loves it when she catches me calling Daddy by anything other than his name, and her favorite is when I call him "hubby."  There is nothing more heart-melting than your daughter leaning in close with her big brown eyes to whisper how much she loves you ... "sweetheart."

Yesterday we took a family hike in our own urban neighborhood on a perfect sunny day.  The highlights were Daddy finding the perfect walking stick for Deals, which she worked hard to master, and catching frogs in the tadpole pond.