Not gonna lie, a little bittersweet. Got a little homesick for my SAHM days, but I know if you just gave me one more day... I'd be itching to get back out there and be a working woman. I just wasn't made to bake cookies. Like really...have you ever had any of my baking? It's terrible.
I need blood and guts and high blood pressure. Never thought I'd be a little anxious to put on my scrubs. Just kidding, let's be real. Scrubs take the stress out of getting dressed. I LOVE SCRUBS!
Last time I checked, I had a 15 month old and a fresh 3 year old. Somehow over the last 11 months, they got older and I'm not quite sure how that happened but I like it. We traded our sippy cups in for real cups and water bottles and even though we have no fashion sense whatsoever we apparently get ourselves dressed too. We're still peeing our pants and obsessing over Toy Story and hot wheels, and for the love of all that is holy, Ryan is still opening his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches... but like I always whisper repeatedly throughout the day to myself... "PICK YOUR BATTLES". Someday the other kids will make fun of them and they will be known as the kid who smells like pee or the messy kid that eats yogurt with his hands and then it will hit them... "Ahh, Mom had a point."
So now that I have a 2 1/2 year old and an almost 4 year old, I've also realized that with that... comes memory. It's a terrible thing. RIP to the days when lying was considered a distraction "parenting" technique. Telling them that we can go to the park tomorrow if you're a good boy doesn't work anymore. Reason # 1, they will mostly likely not be a good boy and then we will be trapped inside the house all day and reason #2, they will remember only the first part of that sentence and ask repeatedly until we've arrived at said destination.
Needless to say, we spent a lot of time at the park this week. Thanks Seattle weather for loving us this week! One thing I never thought I'd say... but I kinda like Tacoma. It's growing on me. So many parks and places to explore, I discover something new every day. For example, I discovered if you leave your car unlocked...people will open it.
Enjoy my photo dump because I'm too lazy to go through and comment about every single picture and explain what we did. I think they're pretty self explanatory?
In case you need captions, you can mentally cut & paste this under each picture,
"THESE KIDS ARE AWESOME AND WE HAD A BLAST."
^^ 4 year old photography. Boys got skillsssss.
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