Always a Princess

Today the weather was wonderful. A perfect break from the steady stream of rain. I decided that I would walk to Charlie's babysitter's house after school. I had forgotten that Charlie had taken two babies and two blankies with her this morning. I had the duty of carrying one of Charlie's beloved babies and blankies on the way home. Of course, the whole way I was told how to correctly hold the baby. "Not that way mommy! This way!" Charlie decided her baby needed a piggy back ride. At least half the way home, Charlie held her baby on her shoulders. Our five minute walk home also turned into a fifteen minute walk. She is curious about everything. Why do we lose that as we get older? She has to stop to talk to everything as well. "Hi girl, Hi doggies, oh doggies, hi, hi, hi doggies!" She is quite the site. I can only imagine what passersby were thinking as they saw Charlie talking to everything and me laughing hysterically. When we were pretty close to home Charlie yelled, "Hey, hone (her version of home)!" Unfortunately, the gravel driveway brought many small obstacles for her. PUDDLES! What to do. She really wanted to jump in them, but she didn't want to get her new sandles wet. Ultimately, she decided against jumping in the puddles. Her pondering was entertaining to say the least. As we come to the conclusion of my blog we get to the point of the title. When we reached our house, Charlie asked, "Where's frog?" Brennen had captured a frog (I know, I know he isn't a little environmentalist yet) and Charlie was wanting to see it. I thought Brennen had already released it. Charlie knew otherwise. "Go in garage mommy, I see frog." Sure enough, when we got in the garage there was a bucket with a frog in it. Charlie peered into the bucket and said, "Ew I not like frog, I not kiss it!" It took everything I had not to crack up. She really is a princess.

Indianapolis

Today the kids and I went to Indy with my parents and my niece, Hunter. My mom had a doctors appointment and we had decided we would go shopping after. Charlie isn't tough to bribe into shopping. All it took was to mention looking at shoes and she was hooked. Brennen is only slightly tougher. I had to bribe him with a promise of a pretzel. While waiting at the doctors office Charlie noticed this glass sculpture. First, let me warn you. The sculture was of a woman from the waist up, in her birthday suit. Okay, so Charlie notices this sculture. She points to it and says, "mommy, lady?" I answer her with a yes, that is a lady. Then, "Mommy, lady long hair?" Again, I reply, "Yes Charlie the lady has long hair. Finally, the comment I had been waiting for. "Mommy, lady boobies!" to which she immediately begins laughing hysterically. Of course the doctors office wasn't empy and my face was at that point the color of a lobster. Thankfully no one heard, or at least they were all polite enough to pretend they hadn't heard. Brennen, seven going on seventeen was totally disgusted by this. He rolled his eyes and signals to Charlie that yes we already know what those are.

Lowes

Tonight I decided I was brave. Last week, my enviro steamer bit the dust. I'm not surprised. I have had it since we moved into our house seven years ago. However, it is the easiest way to clean and sanitize my hardwood floor. I decided that I needed to replace it and tonight was the best night to go. My first mistake was thinking the whole family needed to go. Yeah, I made that mistake! I always think this time will be better than the last. The ride began with Charlie demanding to have the book Brennen was reading. I finally convinced her Brennen would share as soon as he was finished. She was content with that answer for like, oh five minutes. Then, when we are actually in the store she insists on standing in the cart and singing at the top of her lungs. Of course, no one knows what song it is except her. After that, we decide to eat at Long John Silvers. So Healthy! However, it is fast and the kids are hungry and mommy just wants the quiet that comes when they are stuffing there faces. This is when I begin to think, how will we ever manage a vacation. We just went to Lowes and Long John Silvers and I am exhuasted!