Wordless Wednesday - Age of Aquarius
Aunt Heather lending a helping hand
Which one's yours again?
waiting patiently
snip!
proud parade
Haiku Friday - The Summer Love/Hate Edition
Summertime is grand
Slip and Slide, sprinkler, the pool,
bikes, and sidewalk chalk
Fireworks, ice cream,
lingering walks to the park,
catching lightning bugs
Fresh watermelon,
lemonade, cook-outs, iced tea
twilight basketball
Flowers in full bloom,
planning vacations (woo hooo!)
softball, soccer, sun
Corn on the cob (yum)
Popsicles, bratwursts, lawn chairs
scent of fresh-cut lawns
There is a flip side…
“Mommy, can we go outside???”
patience, dear kiddies
House won’t clean itself
dishes begin to pile up
beds remain unmade
But, the pool, the POOL!
Hang on, Mommy’s reading blogs
Almost done! Hang on!
Mommy, can we PLEASE
set up the slip and slide now???
it will be SO fun!
Time to go yet, Mom?
Ready for that bike ride NOW?
Let’s go, hurry UP!
Can we do this? Can
we do that? What about this?
Oooo, ooo, OOOO and THAT!
Bedtime is postponed
It’s much too light for sleeping
(Where’d I put that wine?)
Summer, I do love
all you have to offer us
you just wear me out
Wheee!
twilight basketball
lightning bug family
testing the waters
EeEeEeK!
Glamour is a scarf
Andi from Poot and Cubby said it best when she said, ”What do I do when I have nothing to say? I exploit my children for gain because that’s what Mommy Bloggers do.”
Truer words were never spoken.
So, in true Mommy-Mandy form, I’m taking these quotes from my 4 year old’s mouth (and from the various Post-Its cluttering up my desk).
Daddy: “Kae, you look so glamorous today!” ~commenting on her outfit consisting of a straw hat, painted fingernails AND toenails, a tinkerbell purse, (fingerprinted-to-the-point-of-opaqueness) dinosaur sunglasses, and a pink sundress with matching blue flip flops. She was styling.
Kae: words dripping with attitude ~ “Daddy! I’m not glamorous, because I don’t have a scarf! - *heavy sigh*”
Kae: after seeing the commercial for the 40 bajillionth time ~ “Mommy, when WILL we get those FIREWORKS, FIREWORKS, FIREWORKS?”
Kae: calling from the bathroom ~ “Moooom! I need some help in here! I had another one of those slobbery poops!”
Don’t lie. You know EXACTLY what she’s talking about.
