The journey between here and there

Only one child missed me while we were away…. well, I know Luke did because he broke out into a huge smile and came for hugs and stayed by my side for a while, but he can’t talk yet.

Brandon: Mommy, I was being really, really extra good while you were away.
Me: “Oh ya? That’s great Brandon!”
Brandon: Ya, I was being really good so you would come back home because I missed you. I really wanted you to come home.

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Luke was climbing on the cupboards and Laura went to get him down. He held up his hand, looked at her and said, “Go way! Go way!”

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Luke’s bath day.
Bath #1:
For breakfast he had some yogurt and dumped the bowl on his head, smeared it on the table and all over his face.

Bath #2:
His diaper exploded with poo… Ewww…

Bath #3:
Luke went outside and played in the mud.

Bath #4:
Luke grabbed some pudding and rubbed it all over his face and in his hair.

Bath #5:
Diaper explosion #2.

Bath #6:
I think Mya felt that Luke needed that extra special something to complete his outfit, so she took a felt marker and drew all over Luke. Luke thought he liked the idea of body art and felt the need to add to the drawings his sister was doing on him. So he helped her color his his tummy, legs, face and arms.

Bath #7
For supper we had spaghetti and…. of course he got it all over his face, body and dumped it on his head… why? because food tastes better when you dump it on your head… try it. You might get odd looks, but really, you’re just channeling your inner toddler.

I think I should have just kept him in the tub all day.

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I had my hair curly today, so I tossed it into a ponytail and took the kids to school. I rolled down the windows because it was +25 and I love to put my hand out of the window and let the wind run through my fingers. The wind whipped through the van since I rolled both windows down and it was tossing my hair around.

Mya: Mom, Your hair is CRAZY!
Me: Why is it crazy? I turn to look at her and she’s scrunched up her face like, “that’s so weird”
Mya: Because your hair is all over the place and just… just… crazy!

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Luke woke up, went straight to the pantry, spilled the entire bag of oatmeal on the floor, my small bucket of sugar all over the floor AND 300 straws on the floor…. after I cleaned all that up, his next project was to take the dishes out of the dishwasher and throw them off the deck onto the grass in the backyard… thankfully none of the plates broke… *sigh*

…. anyone want a toddler? He’s cute…. and just a tad on the mischievous side…