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18 July 2009

Remembering the fun



So.  To be perfectly honest with you all, I've been a bit blah lately.... I haven't been feeling 100%, I've been exhausted and hot ALL THE TIME (NO I'M NOT PREGNANT for those of you who's mind just has to go there with me) and poor little Ana and Tay Tay have been taking the brunt of it.

So today, as I grunted around the house half complaining/half disciplining over the never ending to do list of dirtiness (laundry, floors, bathrooms, toys, yada, yada, yada) and waiting for the call form Justin who was on his AM long bike ride, I looked at Ana and said, "Mommy is CRABBY and needs the beach so get your suit and LET'S GO BEFORE I get mean".  Really, that's what I said to her.  

She whined about not wanting to go- it WAS 8 AM, and she HAD just woken up, and her favorite AM activity IS to play with her sister (inevitably messing EVERYTHING that I cleaned up from the night before) so I now see where she was coming from, but I was in NO MOOD.  So I again repeated, this time a bit more firmly, my above statement, "Mommy is CRABBY and needs the beach so get your suit and LET'S GO BEFORE I get mean".  

It was then that sweet Ana ran from room to room brushing her teeth, going potty getting her swim suit on and guiding Taylor in the process as well ALL ON HER OWN (you see I KNEW she is capable of it).  We were off and in the car in 5 minutes flat with no struggles over shoes, outfits, snacks, etc.....

By the time we crossed the causeway bridge with a clear blue sky and teal blue water my crabbies were gone, and we had a GREAT DAY!.......  Sometimes we all just need to remember the fun and let go of the "to-do's"!

Thanks for getting mommy her fun back girls!


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