On rainy days when we're stuck at home without a car, I let the kids make as big a mess as they want. Ten pounds of flour on the floor? Go for it. Want to try to sweep it up while spreading it around the rest of the house? Alrighty then.
Food makes everything better. Here's the extent of our anniversary celebrations. At least it was tasty!
My mother's alter ego is Zelda. Mine doesn't have a name yet (any suggestions?) but it's nice to spark things up once in a while:
When tragedy strikes, like when Sal got some faucet hardware stuck securely on her finger and it started turning purple and no amount of pulling, soap or grease would get it off, and Scott was stuck at the hospital, we're glad to have friends nearby who happen to be handy with tools.
I find myself taking up crazy projects like cooking whole crabs. If Scott can do residency, I can do weird crustaceans for supper, right? Plus crunching through crab shell with a sharp knife makes me feel kind of cool.
But sometimes we just eat cookies for supper wearing whatever the heck we want. (Even though Sal actually cried and said, "eating cookies is breaking the rules and we shouldn't break rules!")
On rare days off we like to escape to the coast. Can you believe it can be in the high 60's in February? Days like this really refuel the soul.
When Scott gets home, everyone jumps on him.
And holds on tight.
5 comments:
if i had the symphony & a few extra bedrooms, i'd invite you to come live with us for a while. we could keep each other company & cook stuff & do push ups together.
beautiful post. loved it. hang in there. love ya.
I think your alter ego should be Wonder Woman. Seriously. You are a brave woman (not the least of which for letting your kids go at the flour like that. I think that would bring on a mommy melt-down for me).
I meanwhile am rather quaking in my boots about next year. Here's crossing our fingers that we'll end up in Sacrament with you!! Then we can come over and make a party of cookies and costumes for dinner.
So I read this post on a particularly crummy day here in Mexico and my first thought was "I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has really crappy days"....and my husband actually comes home at a reasonable hour so I feel for you. Your alter ego is amazing btw. I thought you didn't have dreds anymore for some reason but I'm so glad you still do!!!!
btw you really should come visit. This summer we'll have a nanny and we can chuck our kids with her and go exploring. :)
your method coping looks like more fun than mine. although i think i realized last night that my kids will probably think to our time in texas when mom let them eat popcorn for dinner and watch endless episodes of thundercats as one of the best times in their lives.
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