Well, today was one of those nice sunny days again. It reminded me of a warm, summer day in Portland. The type of day where you head down to the Pearl and stop at Sip-n-krantz for a plate of hummus and a cup of coffee that you take out onto the veranda as you watch your kids splash in that awesome fountain they have.
I spent the morning laboring over my book only to have Georgie corrupt my saved file so that the two pages that I did manage to eke out today are worth absolutely zilch. Even my back up disk isn't working. While I was doing this momentous, unfruitful labor, Tanner was finishing up unit one of his history assignment and then taking an exam. Between telling the girls to shush, feeding them lunch, changing diapers and listening to little squabbles erupt at regular intervals, I was done with child care by the time 3:00 rolled around. My standing solution to this dilemma is to take a walk. I'm embarrassed to say that I'm loosing a lot of weight because of it.
Into the stroller went Reagan and Georgie. Into the back went extra diapers, wipes and 3 bottles of water. Then, just as we were about to set out, Tanner emerged from the office and decided to go with us. What a perfect day for a walk. The wind was blowing gently, so that every time we hit a patch of shade we were able to cool down. We walked to a park and let the kids run around and duke it out all on their own. I thought that perhaps they would wear themselves out and take a nap. I was wrong. We walked back home, and all my girls were wide awake.
On a side note, we've been weaning Reagan from her pacifier. As a result, she has discovered that her pointer finger works as a great substitute. On another side note, Reagan is the proud owner of REAL big girls underwear.
So, have you ever watched Dora the Explorer? At the end of the cartoon she always asks, "What was your favorite thing?" Well, we decided that in our quest to develop thankfulness in the hearts of our children, that this was a great question to ask. So, tonight Kate said her favorite thing was to climb the tree, Reagan said her favorite thing was to see her teacher and Georgie didn't say anything at all. So, what was your favorite thing to do today? Some days it is easier to answer than on others. Today, I had to think. After all, Georgie had ruined my file, Kate and Reagan seemed to have been bickering nonstop, Tanner had been in his office all day, fruit flies, mosquito's, grump, grump, grump...and surprise, surprise, I realized that my favorite thing was when our entire family was together taking a walk.
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