That little Dashy pulled a stunt the other night that was so dramicah, I was dying!
He genuinely bonked his head and immediately held it and cried.
He first came to his biggest support — me.
I coddled him and rubbed his head until he stopped crying about 15 seconds later.
Once he was quiet, and I was just holding him, he climbed off of my lap and went to Micah and started up his crying again — out of thin air!
After a few seconds of Micah comforting him, he then went to Nonnie and restarted his crying.
And then NayNay.
And then Bella.
It was ridiculous!
And hilarious.
And just like his handsome father.
But I’ll give Micah a little credit for being a little more under the radar.
I downloaded the pictures off of Nonnie’s phone, and came up with a few that are little gems.
Like when these two had some heavy hands at the make up counter.
Or when Dash got “Bak Bak”, his favorite stuffed animal in Santa Barbara.
Or when these two cuddle up at night together.
Or when I go in to wake up Dash and he is in this same position every time.
Or the time Dash hopped right into the tub during Scout’s bath — clothes and all.
Or one of my favorite tricks Dash does — his “funny face”.
Almost two weeks after we came home from Mexico, Scout’s Barcelo Bracelet finally came off.
When it did, he was excited and a little worried about losing this special piece of his history.
So he said, “Mom, I’m not going to throw this away. I’m going to keep it safe forever.”
I told him I liked that idea.
Then he came to me and said completely seriously, “Then mom, do you think you could keep it safe in your bra?”
So I said “sure”, and there it sits.
Wherever Navy is, she is collecting.
Whether it is seashells, bugs, sea glass, leaves, piles of dirt, she is constantly putting things together in some sort of collection.
And then she puts them in baggies and leaves them all over the house.
Today’s collection was of every neighbor’s flowers or leaves.
Apparently, she was going to make potpourri.
Dash has a case of the “Monkey Sees, Monkey Does”.
An example:
Just moments after I had him bathed and dressed, guess who saw their siblings in the bath?
That stinking monkey!
Scout had one of his prouder moments today. He, Navy and Shem’s kids were all out in the pool. While in their fourth hour of swimming, Navy (the bug catcher) found a little caterpillar, and she and the others were all playing with it. In the meantime, Scout heard some oohs and aahs, and went over to see what the fuss was about. When he saw it, he asked if he could hold it. They let him, and as soon as he got it on his finger, he popped it into his mouth and ate it.
HUH?!
He did it for total effect. He thought he was the funniest guy on Earth, and I’ll ashamedly admit, I totally laughed when I heard it.
But I don’t get it…..isn’t this the guy who wouldn’t touch chicken with a ten foot pole?
But a live caterpillar is okay?
He walked around proudly all day long. And when I told Micah the story, Scout chimed in with, “And you know the best tasting part? ….. The blood!”
My take on it — I am always trying to get this boy to take in more protein.
But I did give him a little talking to about eating other people’s pets.
I heard Megan was taking her kids to the San Diego Fair, so of course, I joined them. We didn’t stay for too long — only a few hours, but we still caught a lot of fun things.
First up was the pig races.
Trey represented our winning section and got some Oreos and a pig snout for his prize.
Dashy didn’t love wearing the snout so much!
Then it was off to play a few of their $1 games.
Which I was hoping everyone bombed because there is nothing worse than having your kids cry over me throwing away their ugly stuffed animals they won at the fair!
Then it was off to a few rides, some corn and some fresh lemonade.
Short, sweet and to the point.
My kind of afternoon at the fair.
I can clean out my toy room a billion times, and happily get rid of most things. But there is one drawer that gets fuller and fuller each time I clean, that I refuse to clear out. And why would I? My costume collection is one of the things that makes me happiest in life. And I am not the only one — my kids love them as much as I do.
I mean, who wouldn’t love this little flower walking around brightening up your day?
Or this furry little Elmo (who has lasted beautifully through three kids now) who likes to run and wave his hands and make us all crack up!
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The only problem?
What happens when they grow out of them?
They force their way back in them.
After I get the kids in the bath, I put their clothes in the laundry basket, and then come back with clean clothes.
ONe morning, as I came back, I heard Navy grossing out, and I went in to see this:
Dash had a huge poop on the side of the bath.
I kind of cracked up, and was really pleased that it wasn’t in the bath!
But I wasn’t sure how it got out.
Navy told me a story about how Dash pooped up on the side, but I just cleaned everything up and re-bathed them.
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Fast forward five days.
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Again I heard Navy grossing out.
So I ran in, and found this:
Dash was literally up on the side of the bath, squatting and pooping.
I got the camera just in time, and immediately after he was finished, he hopped back in the bath.
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Gross…yes.
But impressive…YES!
The kid saved me on two diapers.
The kid saved me on a bath filled with poop, which every mother knows is the worst.
But most impressively, the kid didn’t want to be in a poopy tub, so he figured out his own solution.
Bravo!
Day after day of non-stop play made for some very tired kids (and adults).
This particular night has about everyone down for the count.
It was kind of like a zombie land at our house.
But come 11:00, I riled everyone back up for that night’s grunion run.
Here were the die hards.
And some of the others mixed in.
Unfortunately, we had some really loud neighbors, and the grunion never came, so we packed up.
But un an attempt to make some sort of memory, I offered $1 to anyone who wanted to run through the sprinklers on our way out.
Grant and Scout…thanks for the memories.
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