“Dear mom X O X O, I hope you have a great day today.”
What are those on the bottom???
Pippi said they are “itamins”.
She wanted me to guess each one.
When I told her I didn’t want to guess because she had gotten out of bed and it was 9:54pm, she proceeded to tell me what they all were.
A heart
A pie
A beautiful shell
An expander (like what Navy has in her mouth to move her teeth)
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I told her I loved the note…but she better get her buns in bed before she got in big trouble!
Our fourth and final kids needs to learn how to ride a bike.
So our fourth and final kid is practicing on the grass hill next to Dr. Thein’s park.
Micah said it was a rough go…but that she was consistent and persistent.
She’ll get it.
Maybe not today or tomorrow, but someday — hopefully soon.
Just a mean game of Left, Right, Center going on.
It was Scout and his buddies + Navy and Dash.
Scout is pretty rad that he doesn’t care if Navy and Dash are there.
And as Nonnie was walking out to Costco, she asked the kids if they wanted a treat. They wanted Sunny D and ice cream bars. And about 25 minutes later — they all had one of each. Scout…you are welcome for having such a rad family!
On this sunny afternoon, it was like I had cabin fever…and wanted to get out! So I told the kids I was going to swim laps at the pool. They wanted in, so we all headed over to the pool, and hung out in the sun, and some of us got some exercise in. It is so nice for Spring to have arrived!!!
Navy “joined the movement” today to be kind. When she filled in her pledge, I love that she is going to smile at everyone she sees — even if she doesn’t know them. I love it…LOVE IT! I love anyone and everyone who is teaching my kids to be kinder.
Pippi and I went on a special date today. After breakfast at the Ramos House, Pippi and I headed to the harbor to scooter and jog. It amazes me that doing ordinary things — like eating and cruising the harbor — under the name “special date”, can make my kids feel like a million bucks. My day to day life is so busy, that I sometimes forget how important these dates are. But today reminded me…and I plan to do a whole lot more of these with my kids.
Scout took about 30 minutes to teach Pippi some tennis today while the others were in lessons. Pippi took a bit of time to catch on, but then she started doing kind of good. Scout…you are a good and patient coach. Pippi…you are an attentive listener. Nice work you two.
Pippi has been talking about the “Bubble Run” for the last month! She asks every single day if the bubble run is that day. So today was the day I finally told her YES!!!!
Here is Pippi — lining up to run her hardest!
Notice her nemesis three people in front of her — who also wore fur to the run.
Pippi ran her little heart out….and made sure to always be in front of Karina.
Her favorite part was running through the bubble gun her dad pointed at her each lap.
After…her dad and I went up to tell her how great she ran. And she did! She didn’t stop and walk one time for 20 minutes straight! She impressed both of us so much.
Afterward, she told me…”Mom…I totally beat everyone in my class. Even Karina!”
I laughed so hard. Karina is a sweet little girl who is new to Pippi’s class. But according to the teacher, both girls have strong personalities…and both girls think they are as cool as it gets. Well Pippi….welcome to life. And nice work and lapping Karina.
(Just kidding.)
Scout got up really early (5 am) to surprise the kids with pancakes before scriptures. I was so impressed, and the Navy and Dash were thrilled. He said he added some cinnamon and sugar to the mix to make them extra special!
Then I looked over at the griddle to see the biggest pancake fail ever! He didn’t butter the griddle, and the sugar stuck!
But surprisingly to me (not to confident Scout) the kids said they!
Nice work big brother! Now go clean that griddle!
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(Update: There just wasn’t enough time to clean the griddle…so I inherited the job.)
We haven’t had a sunny Saturday in months.
So today…we took full advantage.
We started off with walking/jogging block party, where the green about knocked you off your feet.
Dash frolicked in the hills from Niguel to Ocean Ranch. He picked wildflowers, and just ran freely through the hills like he was Huckleberry Finn.
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Then we geared up and headed down to Doheny.
There is a ton of driftwood on the beach right now, so the kids made forts and had a really fun few hours getting beat down on by the sun’s rays.
Welcome back sun!
Please stay for a while!
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