The Perfect Photo

"The Ideal Life"

But don't think I don't miss her. My mom was a great parent. But I love my foster family as well. They are very nice and really care about me. And I am thankful for that.

So it is Sunday and my mom and dad took me and my little sister, Kaitlyn out to the city for a family outing. "Where are we going, Mommy?"Kaitlyn asked, of course holding her rainbow unicorn. Kaitlyn loves unicorns, and she has unicorns all over her side of the room. (My sister and I share a room, and we have one side of the room equally divided so we can have "our own space.")

"We are going to our family favorite cafe!" She said, excitement all over her tone. My foster mom reminds of my real mom. Only my mom has long, blonde hair. But she has short, dark hair. And it is quite wavy. "Yay! The Garden Cafe!" Kaitlyn and I screamed. We love the strawberry cheesecake there, and we go there once a week. Which was obvious when you ask if we go on a family outing. 

We arrived a few minutes later, with me, Kaitlyn, and Dad, talking while my mom was on the phone with her best friend. My dad is quite the funny one, and he has a broad imagination and creativity. He is also a good cook. I don't spen very much time with him, but everynight, I help him cook our dinner. We would talk about my day,  and how much fun he had at work. (although sometimes, things with his job wasn't very fun. )If you ask me, my foster dad is better than my real dad, because he spends time with me and instead of giving me problems, he's the one who helps me solve them. 

When we arrived at The Garden Cafe, we ordered our usuals. Kaitlyn got a Rainbow Slice Cake,  and a strawberry smoothie with a fancy umbrella on top, (too fancy for a smoothie , if you ask me)  I got the chocolate fudge cake and vanilla smoothie, coke for Dad, and a latte for Mom. While waiting for our order, we went to our usual table by the garden of their cafe. And we talked about.... well, A LOT OF STUFF. From my photography hobby, to Rainbow Land, ( Kaitlyn's favorite place,) and projects for school. 

Everything seemed fine, until my Dad got a phone  call. He had a very worried look on his face. "I'm sorry, I'll be there right away." Those few words siad, he then hung up, and looking at us, we knew he had bad news. "Work issues, Tom?" Mom asked. I gestured for Kaitlyn to come with me so Mom and Dad could talk without being bothered.

So we went to the garden beside the cafe. It had many pink and red flowers, many butterflies, beautiful flowers, and herbs. Kaitlyn and I normally go there during the Sundays to do our homewrok when we don't have anything to do, or Mom and Dad are busy talking. We always bring our homework with us  because Mom said it was better than getting ourselves into trouble. 

So we were sitting there, doing our homework when I felt my phone vibrate. It was a message saying: Family Sunday Latte Day has been cut short. Meet us in the car. Don't make us wait very long!  Kaitlyn immdediately kept her book and ran for the car. I stood there thinking I forgot something. I looked around the garden and saw a perfect photo op. There was a Blue Monarch Butterfly, sitting on a flower, resting on its delicate petals. Camera in hand, I crept like a tiger stalking its prey, carefully snapping a photo before it flew away. 

Happy with the photo I took, I left the garden and met up at the car with my family. "Show me your photo, Chloe." My Dad always knows that whenever it takes me long to do something, I was taking photos. So I showed him the photo I took.

Chloe's garden photo

My dad took a look, and gave me an approving smile. See what I mean? They're the best family ever! With that, my dad drove to his workplace. Mom later took the wheel and drove us home. 

Mom has a great taste for music, and so does Kaitlyn. She is great at guitar, piano, and violin. But whatever hobby we choose, our parents support us. 

I think my Mom could be like this. She would be happy I have the life I knew she wanted me to have.