Yeah yeah yeah - I know, it's been a LOOOOOOONG time since I've blogged. Too long - I'm the first to admit.
Life. Has. Gotten. In. The. Way.
In a good way. The warmer weather has provided lots of opportunities to do fun stuff outside with the kiddos. And, a prolonged spring break "season" helped shake the winter blahs.
The kids (who, by the way are both growing like freaking weeds and eating us out of house and home lately) have been keeping life interesting.
Little Man just turned three (or, "free" as he says), and Princess is 5 & 1/2 going on 25, with the attitude of a teen.
I recently commented that toddler boys are physically exhausting, while kindergarten girls are emotionally exhausting. And, just to be clear, I have no delusions that the light I see is actually the end of the tunnel - I am WELL AWARE that it's an oncoming train.
And, most days, I love it. On the other days, however, I'm really glad there's wine.
Speaking of wine - part of the reason we find our "cellar" (read: pantry in the basement) so fruitfully stocked these days is because I have some wonderful friends who knew exactly how to put a smile on my face for my (gasp) 40th birthday.
I toast them all with every wonderful sip!
And usually, my blog is filled with stories of my own kids (because life with them is NEVER dull), however, the funniest kid story I have happened last Friday while we were out with friends.
My friend (we'll call her JJ) has 2 kiddos too, G-man is 6 and B is the sweetest 3 & 1/2 girl on the planet. Well, Princess and G-man ADORE each other. A-D-O-R-E each other. The kids and I joined JJ, her kids and her parents at a local cafe for dinner. Watching the four kids together was entertaining for sure! Princess and G-man were playing almost as if they were the only ones in the room. It was adorable.
From across the table, as dinner was winding down (but the kids' energy levels definitely were NOT), JJ texted to see if the kids and I wanted to head back to her parents for some play time.
If jumping up on the table, and doing the Ickey Shuffle would have been at all appropriate at that moment, I'd have given the other cafe-goers QUITE a show!
(I was flying solo with kids - Daddy had a much deserved night off.)
Instead, I think my text back was akin to, HELL YES!!!!!
So, as JJ leans over and tells G-man that the kids and I are coming over to play for a while, his eyes light up and he practically jumps out of his seat.
He excitedly turns to Princess, grabs her hand, yells her name and screams, "THIS IS SO COOL! YOU'RE COMING OVER! NOW I CAN SHOW YOU MY BIG, PURPLE SNAKE!!"
Swear. He said it.
IN THE CAFE.
And, being the very mature adults that JJ, her parents and I are, we BUSTED. OUT. LAUGHING.
For the record, G-man DID proudly show his big, purple stuffed animal snake to Princess as soon as we got to the cars.
Outta the mouths of babes indeed...
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