oh soooo sneaky

I'm sitting 3 feet from Thing 2 who THINKS she's totally got me snowed over to the fact that she's elbow deep in a cup of her sister's ice water. Really sneaky when 1) she's SILENT for the first time in 19 months and 2) she keeps turning around and looking over her shoulder at me with a giant "I'm doing wrong" smile on her face. Whatever kid; little do you know I am fully aware of what your doing; I just don't care. Rock on with your cold self.

How did you spend your mothers day, you asked? Well, at 5am the alarm went off so my dear husband could go "fishing". I use the term loosely, since these turds only FEED the fish a putrid anchovy type fish. I guess it was more about boy bonding and getting sunburn in an awesome farmer tan pattern I thought we left in Wisconsin. Guess I was very wrong. THEN; when Thing 2 announced her change of status by laying against her bedroom door and VIOLENTLY KICKING IT at about 7:45am, we got up and get ready for the Springs Preserve. This place ROCKS. It's an ecological park that focuses on desert living and conservation. There's lots of interactive things for the kiddies and it's engaging enough for adults too. Since it's already over 90 degrees by 10am, this place is great with lots of exhibits indoors. Fun for us. So in a moment of delusion; I have the false sense that I CAN control Thing 1, Thing 2 and a stroller. Dumb, I know. Things go well until we get out of the car. Then it's 2 hours of all 3 of us NOT wanting to be anywhere near each other. Unfortunately for Thing 2; she has a harness and can't get away. YES A HARNESS. Don't judge me. Thing 1 NEVER needed one; so naturally Thing 2 does.

This afternoon I was treated to a Circus in my house; and not just the usual sideshow that happens everyday from 5 to 7:30pm. This was my Mother's Day gift from the girls. And even though it took about an hour; and had 3 intermissions, I did get to see all the 'acts' and Summer worked really hard with Ellee. She named all the colors in her book, screamed at Summer for about 4 minutes, walked on her hands while Summer held her feet, pushed Summer and yelled "NO. TOUCH." then they did some flips for me. She's a very good big sister to a very bad little sister.