My little girl is stubborn.
And she has the lungs to tell you so!
This morning alone..
She wasn’t interested in waiting for me to get her undressed for her bath.
And after she got properly cleaned up….she insisted on eating her yogurts herself…which landed her yogurt-dirty-self right back in the bath.
Just an afternoon with our feet kicked up at the movies.
And the bonus — Bree and Alexa came along.
Every once in a while, I need a break in the afternoon.
And when I do…I know just the place…RoRo’s Beach!
I send them all out to the beach, while I watch from the air-conditioned window.
Pippi is a crap shoot, on whether she wants in or out.
But Dash usually gets her outside for the bulk of the time.
And then, Brit and I stick them in the outside shower to clean up.
And then we zonk them out in front of some lame electronic — whether it be the TV or an IPad.
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It isn’t my every day go to….but it is my back pocket go to on those really special days.
Whenever one of my kids cries lately, I say, “If those are real tears, everyone is going to bed for an hour. But if they are fake tears…that’s a funny joke.”
You wouldn’t believe how often, what I know to be real tears, end up being “fake” tears.
And Dash is the king of putting on a big smile, right after he took a decent blow.
“Bella”
“Bella just lost one of her babies. But I’m still glad she still has one!”
How cute is my most compassionate child — Navy.
Just a quick session of afternoon wrestling.
My guess is that it was over who gets to use the balance board next.
Here is my last, on the playground I love the most.
The one that is close to good food, good shops, and completely air conditioned.
And like Pavlov’s dog, after we hit up the mall playground, we hit up Wetzel’s Pretzels.
As you can see by the cinnamon all over this tuckered-out, little girl’s lips.
I know the days of all of my kids in the same bath are numbered…but the simplicity in it, is too much to give up!
Maybe tomorrow.
Our DMV used to be a dream. You could get in and out pretty fast, and it was no big deal. Well, they totally remodeled it and made it nice….and now it seems like everyone on earth knows about it. So when I decided to take a quick jaunt over, to renew my license, I thought that bringing my four crazies would be no big deal.
Presenting….
“No Big Deal”.
Disclaimer: The first two shots were not posed (although they smiled when they saw me snapping). The third was — as they were all sitting in their fourth timeout of the 75 minutes we waited.
Obviously my kids are pretty excited that NayNay is home!
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