No Joke
We didn't carve pumpkins, so here I am trying to get tealights lit and lining the front steps before the first trick-or-treaters get here.
And, sadly, this is all we could come up with for costumes. Finn got the firemen's hat from school a couple weeks ago, from Fireman Dave to be precise, and Lucy refused to wear tights that would have actually made her look somewhat like the ballerina she was trying to be.
Some things matter alot and some things (like, for me, costumes) don't really matter that much. So we simplified this year (okay, most every year) and took the easy route.
Just to show you how much candy these kids consumed this weekend, Finn's response to my "do you want oatmeal for breakfast?" question yesterday was, "Does it have candy in it?"
And, as the sewing season of holiday Etsy sales is upon me, combined with the ultra-wild forces of my kids, I feel the need to go on a mental vacation from my problems. The rule of the game is if you want to do it, do it, and if you don't, then don't. It's that easy.
My vacation may or may not include:
- Blogging
- Eating sugar cookie dough straight from the fridge to complement meals and augment snacks
- Combing my kids' hair before making a public appearance
- Combing or styling my own hair before that appearance
- Being hard on myself for any reason
- Expecting too much of my kids
- Fixing full-blown meals (cereal will have to do)
- Doing laundry
- Doing any sort of deep cleaning
- Catching up on reading
- Letting my kids watch as much TV as they want
If you have any questions, comments, complaints or constructive criticisms, just know that I may or may not be temporarily "out of the office" for the time being.
5 comments:
mmm that is my kind of vacation. may i join you? :)
I would love to join you but I don't think my boss will respond well when I tell her I'm on a mental vacation and I didn't feel like completing the assignment or organizing the meeting. Safe travels and enjoy the trip.
Mom says: This post was laugh out loud funny. Yes, Finn, oatmeal would be a tasty breakfast with a handful of Nerds stirred in. And I liked Lucy's non-costume response to dressing up. I've played that game a few times with certain unnamed Fox children who refused to wear the time-consuming or costly desired costume. I have also been the uncooperative child. One year I wanted to be a mummy. I was about 6 or 7. My mom spent hours ripping and tying rags in which I was wrapped and bound. Upon completion of said costume, I was absolutely certain I did NOT want to be a mummy. The activity ended with me hunkered down in the backseat of our car, fuming and crying. That is how life goes sometimes. Things don't go as planned.
Hey, count me in on the mental vacation. Jeremy's in FL for the week, so cooking is definitely OUT! Yippee!!
Asher just said they have cool costumes
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