Looks like Batman has a wedgie!
But in his defense….those are the cutest wedgied buns I’ve ever seen.
Wedgie
Tough As Nails
I have always said the Navy is tough as nails. But even I was impressed by this! I decided this morning that I was going to walk to swimming lessons.
My three youngest were at home, and the double stroller was full, so it looked like Navy was going to be scootering!
We headed out, and I quickly realized that we live amongst bigger hills than I ever realized.
Poor me.
Poor Navy!
But you wouldn’t have believed it!
That girl scootered and scootered and scootered!
She was amazing!
It was four miles there.
Then she swam for an hour.
And another four miles scootering back home.
Eight miles!
Again — she was amazing!
So I rewarded her with a Yogurtland (she got to make it extra big) on our way home.
At the final stretch, she found some honeysuckles.
And then she treated herself to a few of those.
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After eight miles, and two blistered feet for me, Navy didn’t even flinch.
She just wanted to know if after picking up Scout, they could play for a while before homework.
To which I agreed.
Happily.
Scout The Shmooz
Scout is quite the shmooz.
Or maybe he is more of a con artist…..you choose.
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For a few weeks, I have been picking up Scout at school, and he has had one of the after school snacks that they sell.
Four dollar Jamba Juices or Hawaiian Shaved Ice.
At first I innocently thought that he must have conned Micah out of four bucks each morning.
But I finally asked him where he was getting all of the money for the treats.
To which he replied…completely nonchalantly…
“Oh….Mary buys them for me every time. She told me that if I play with her at recess, then she would buy me whatever I want after school. So I just play with her, and she buys me everything.”
And then he informed me, “But now I have played with her long enough, she said that I earned her buying me stuff for the rest of the year.”
Amazed at this deal he is involved in, I asked, “Do you still play with her?”
And he said, “NO! That’s the best part! I don’t even have to play with her anymore!”
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Poor in-love Mary.
Poor Mary’s parents who must be out $40 by now.
Poor me, the next time I see Mary’s parents.
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Shmooz or Con?
Or jerk.
Yogurtland Lover
I’ll admit that I got into a major rut during the wedding planning. I was always going 90 miles an hour, and yogurtland was a very quick and very delicious meal replacement. Dash, my partner in crime, also became a lover of the quick and delicious. This day, on our way home from swimming lessons, Dash asked for a Yogurtland stop off. And it was about lunch time, so Yogurtland it was!
(Disclaimer: it was a meal replacement for me, but was an appetizer for my boy.)
Britni
“Aunt” Britni has come through with her new place.
It is a place where the two of us + babies can enjoy the air conditioning while the other hoodlums are going crazy in the sand and surf just through the window.
My kind of paradise!
And when the festivities are done…she whips up some “chocolate shorts” — her fancy chocolate milk +ice cream delicacy.
And then it’s time for the tube.
Clearly they played hard — poor Grey was done in within the first minute of sitting down!
Keep up Grey….you are dealing with the mighty weasels!
Surfing FHE
Scout got his new surfboard from Seth and Cade, so it was time to try it out.
We headed to Doheny for Family Night.
But first, Micah tried to teach Scout hoe to get up on a board..using a towel.
Dash did a little dabbling too.
Then we were off.
And then they were off.
Meanwhile, these two played in the sand.
And fought in the sand.
Micah taught him what it was like to stand, and they practiced that a bit.
And then he rode a few waves in.
Not bad for day 1.
Confetti
I could have killed Navy and Dash for getting into my confetti!
Killed them for wasting it and for making a royal mess!
I didn’t catch on to it until Dash was napping, so Navy was in charge of cleaning it up solo.
But of course Scout, the ultimate big brother, helped out.
That is…after he played in it with her for a bit.
His Birthday
Ever since Scout’s birthday, Dash is constantly claiming that it is his birthday.
I tell him it isn’t, but he keeps assuring me that it is!
So I let him think it is.
But I am wondering if her ever catches on that he doesn’t ever get any gifts?!
My Beakfast in Bed Girl
Look at the double breakfast in bed I got this morning!
This girl is as nice as it gets!
Tuckered Out
On our way to swim, Dash threw up.
We obviously skipped swim, and headed home to a sick bed.
After the whole morning, he seemed to be feeling better.
But when I went downstairs while putting a movie for him to veg out to, I came back up to one tuckered out little boy.
Sound asleep.
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