Lilly: "Mama, where's the bestibul?"
Mommy: "&*C()*DYS)(#&*@*)("
Lilly: "Mama, I don't see a bestibul. I don't see any kids."
Mommy: "^%&(&**(^*(&*P"
Lilly: "Mama, you said there was a bestibul! You said we could play games! Mama, can we ride the police horse? Mama! Mama! Mamaaaaaa!!!!!"
So we meandered around downtown 'Ville for the heck of it because, why not? We drove clear down there which you know when you are by yourself with 2 toddlers = no easy feat. Mommy topped it off with a trip for dinner to McD's playland. Round out the day with a rounded out healthy meal. I like to eat the french fries and that's it. Anna likes to eat whatever she finds on the ground.
So MONDAY Mommy found a "bestibul" at one of the world's largest churches (no lie, the sanctuary is the size of Rupp Arena) where we got to take our first pony ride! Mommy bribed a lady to walk with me because there is one of her and two of us and "all children must be attended on the ponies". Please, don't make us wait in line for 35 minutes (with a 1 year old and a 2 year old and a completely unsympathetic audience) just to tell Mommy that "no children may ride unattended." It's a CHURCH FESTIVAL FOR CHRIST'S SAKE WILL SOMEONE JUST HELP ME OUT?!?!
Wow, Anna is a natural and LOVED riding the pony. Walked right up to it while Mommy was putting me in the saddle, smacked it's behind (lovely) and yelled at it. Nice. Mommy walked with the little cowgirl and I walked with "the lady." I had a GREAT time, look at that smile! Mommy can't wait until phones can take photograph quality pictures. Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with Anna (looks like an Indian Sunburn - how's that for politically incorrect?), it's just the way the photo turned out from the camera phone. Mommy may not be "stay at home" material, but she ain't negligent!
For the rest of the day we did the only other thing Mommy knows to do with us when you just can't take any more time at the park and in front of the TV. We went SHOPPING and bought all kinds of shit we don't need. That killed a good hour. Only an hour. And Mommy realized she is "that Mom" who lets the two of us run wild around the clothesracks and the shoeboxes because, hey! It keeps us happy and entertained and in the air conditioning. Mommy will endure a few sneers and snide remarks from childless strangers in exchange.
And then, as a reward for being mildly well behaved at the store we got to play at - the park. We got home at almost 6:30 which is a full hour past our usual dinner time and Mommy whipped up some microwaved vegetables, fish sticks and macaroni and cheese in a frenzy and all we ate was yogurt and cookies. To top it off, Mommy drank a beer, shoved us right into Daddy's arms when he walked in the door after a 12 hour shift on his feet and ran off this morning like a crazy woman leaving the scene of some crime or a NYC sample sale. She was in such a rush to leave she almost forgot us (okay, that's an exaggeration) but when she told us we were going to Mary Lou's this morning, even we cheered.
I hope everyone had a real nice, relaxing holiday weekend! If you ever want some excitement, come babysit us, please!
Love,
Lilly and Anna
4 comments:
You need to publish all of these posts in a book :)
love you all
Babi
Cheese and RICE! Lilly looks like an eight year old in these pictures! She is growing up too fast!
<3 Teti Kimmie
Bahaha I'm pretty sure I'm one of the childless sneering people :)
Cheers!
Kimber
Miss Kimberly, Mommy can not WAIT until you have kids...
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