- normal person: so what do you like to do
- me: watch TV
- normal person: oh, that's neat, i like watching TV too
- me: no you don't understand
Guys. I was just invited to join a playgroup. After I fill out this extensive questionnaire and the group leaders like my answers. Seriously. Um, if you’re interviewing your future friends like this, you’re doing it wrong.
I’m just putting this here because I don’t have a pintrest but i need to save this little gem for when someone awesome has a girl baby.
Today I spent a lot of time in a hospital waiting room. (Don’t worry, no one is dead, we just had a ton of regular type appointments.) While waiting, I watched CNNs live coverage of the Shuttle Discovery being flown over and into DC. It was a heartbreaking moment for me because I’ve always loved our space program. When I saw Apollo 13, Tom Hanks made me want to be an astronaut (absurd, I know.) I remember the Challenger Explosion, I remember Sally Ride, and I grew up with frequent news stories about the International Space Station, my mom even worked for a contract company of NASA’s for a short amount of time and we got to see the patches that were made up for space shuttle missions. I love the space program.
So as I sat next to my three year old in the clinic waiting room, I couldn’t help but be sad. I’m telling Riley “That has flown in space!” And he’s like “Dude, why is that small plane attached to that big plane? Whoop dee flippin’ doo.”
I noticed a frazzled mom with a few kids sit down and once she got her kids settled, she turned to the tv and a smile broke out on her previously grumpy face. She did the same thing I did, “Guys, look! That is the space shuttle, it flew in space!” All the adults in the area seemed glued to the TV and I couldn’t help but wonder, why did we shut the program down? At what point did we decide to vote for people that would say “NASA needs to cut it’s funding because space isn’t important?” Sure, we still have a small space program and perhaps the civilian side can do it better, but will school children get to watch shuttle launches anymore? Do our kids care about it anymore? And how do we make them care?
We hit the beach for the first time this season. It was COLD. So cold.
We’re at Grandma’s for Spring Break and Ainsley just discovered the stash of Dr. Seuss books from when I was a kid. These words tumbled from her mouth:
MOM! There’s a Tooth Book? It’s like the Foot Book but about teeth?! Oh, this is just amazing. Look, there’s a walrus on the front, of course, because of his teeth.
The Tooth Fairy
I’ve been down with the flu. (Cheyenne assures me it’s the flu not the plague like I assumed.) Anyways, because I’ve had the flu Cheyenne has had to pick up the parenting slack because I’ve done nothing but lay around, whine, sleep, and drink ridiculous amounts of juice.
Ainsley’s got a mouth full of loose teeth. She’s the only child in the world that doesn’t wiggle the loose teeth. She cried when she lost her last three teeth. It’s very traumatic for her. Well, she’s finally to the point where she doesn’t cry, but it’s still pretty panic-worthy.
So yesterday she lost her tooth. It’s her front one. It’s kinda adorable. So I went to bed at 6pm (well, I said I was going to nap but that didn’t work out,) and Cheyenne took care of getting the kids dinner and in bed. Ainsley put her tooth under her pillow. Cheyenne forgot. He forgot. It’s valid. He’s not used to doing all the work and I was hazy and fuzzy from the plague the flu.
Fast forward to this morning, Cheyenne can’t figure out why Ainsley is in her room whimpering. The Tooth Fairy didn’t come. He described it as “OMG SHE’S ABOUT TO TURN. SHE WON”T BELIEVE IN SANTA, SHE WON”T BELIEVE IN THE EASTER BUNNY. THINK FAST. THINK FAST AND FIX THIS.”
Here’s what he came up with:
So, the Tooth Fair has a schedule for all of your teeth coming out. (Ainsley starts to sniffle just a little less) And see, that tooth was scheduled to fall out today, not yesterday. (Ainsley panics again) But it’s okay, it’s okay! I’ve heard of this! When there’s a blip in the schedule the Tooth Fairy brings DOUBLE the cash! (Ainsley finally perks up) Yes! Double the cash! So…just wait for tonight. It’s gonna be great. GREAT!
Good catch, honey. Good catch.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A STUDENT WILL COME UP TO ME AND ASK “SEÑOR CHANG, WHY DO YOU TEACH SPANISH?”
So Riley will not stop looking at this fish. And he’s like “Mom, the fish is not talking to me! I said hi! He’s not talking to me!” So I said, “Riley, it’s just a picture.” His reply? “Hang it on the wall. Pictures hang on the wall. He’s on ‘puter. He’s supposed to talk to me.”
(via cupcakesandtv)
Ainsley cracked up for 10 minutes straight when I suggested that dogs can have beards.
seriously. she wouldn’t stop laughing. And she’s like “Mom, you’re making that up! Dogs can’t have beards!”
Riley ate all the strawberries. He didn’t believe me so he ran to the kitchen to check for himself. This is how he reacted. Seriously. He just did this.
