Friday, July 26, 2013

One day more

Levi's been at scout camp this week. It's been a pretty good week. A barbecue and playing at the river on Wednesday, swimming with my sister's family at the aquatic center on Thursday. We haven't even eaten out. I even took dinner to a family in the ward yesterday. I was rocking this week.

To celebrate a successful week of daddy-less-ness, I planned to take the kids to a Cinderella play tonight in Clearfield. I thought they'd love it. I even made some brownies, some to take to a neighbor and the rest to eat once we'd gotten home. A blissful family outing completed.

"All right, kids. Let's eat dinner and then we'll go to the play."

Clara: "This is not my favorite dinner."

Nathan: "I hate this! I want a brownie!"

Alice: contentedly ate her dinner and then asked for more

Clara: ate a quarter of her dinner and then wandered downstairs to fall asleep in her bed (at five o'clock)

Nathan: "I won't eat this! I hate this! You feed me! I want some ranch on it!"

Things hit a low when I "fed" Nathan by bringing the entire plate of food up to his mouth. Rice spilled over the kitchen. Mother of the year, right here. I went upstairs to put laundry away.

Forty minutes later, Nathan: "I want to go to the play!" Repeated wailings, etc. before falling asleep on the living room floor.

I think Alice and I will enjoy some brownies together, in the quiet.

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