a question of priorities.
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la_rainettela rainette: Hello, mop!
mop *morosely*: Hi.
la rainette: how was your day?
mop *mournfully*: So. Boring. I mean, you promised me some action, and I'm still waiting.
la rainette: well, that was before I had a look at the calendar. I had forgotten a few things, see...
Flashback to Saturday morning:
Froglet jumps and runs and plays ball, in between chatting up boys, in what is her last T-ball game, which may well be a final, only we have no idea because we've never bothered to follow the scores - having fun was more important, and it's not like we understand the rules anyway.
Then: searching the house for Husband's zoo card, thus increasing the chaos level somewhat, then packing everyone hastily into the minivan, and driving over to the Toronto zoo - and forgetting the camera in the process, of course.
A new zoo card: $ 5.00
One disposable camera: $ 15.99
Tadpole's delighted gasp of surprise, and Froglet hugging us and bellowing "you're the BEST PARENTS IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!! on the top of her lungs: priceless.
Taking pictures of the girls hugging (Froglet) or cowering away from (Tadpole) Max and Ruby, the kiddie program characters: priceless.
la rainette's silliness: er. silly.
Husband: can I see the disposable camera, please?
la rainette *hands over camera*
Husband *play around a little, then turns pink*: did you wind the camera?
la rainette: well, yes. I wanted to be ready. Why?
Husband: I think I just took a picture of my left foot.
la rainette: Oh, what a waste!
Husband: *glares*
la rainette: I mean, you could have taken a picture of my left foot, it's much prettier with the taupe-less showgirl toes.
Husband: ...
la rainette *giggles*
la rainette: See, mop? All worthwhile.
mop: yeah, yeah, yeah. But then, Saturday evening? What did you do on Saturday evening?
Well, we were invited to a birthday party. An adult birthday party, not that it was in itself NC17 in any way, just that the B'day boy was turning 30.
Watch Froglet as she makes a new best friend, who has promised to invited her to a "Spring Party" (?)
Watch me as I get hit on by a drunken Chinese guy - at least that is what I was told by an amused onlooker, I couldn't understand a word of what the guy was saying - before he passes out on the couch.
Watch Tadpole as she checks out every available drawer with catlike curiosity, and the fridge, which she then leaves wide open, when she runs away with all the yogourts in the house. She does that at the doctor's, too, all the time.
Watch us as we stumble into bed once we're home. So. Tired.
mop: So? YOU GOT UP EARLY THIS MORNING, AND YOU IGNORED ME ALTOGETHER, DON'T YOU THINK I'D NOTICE?
la rainette: Well, today Froglet got her T-ball trophy, plus Dora the Explorer was coming to the zoo, I mean, there is no way we could not go the zoo when Dora was coming...
mop: You're nuts. The house isn't clean, and your mom is arriving tonight, and you've gone to the zoo twice in two days. What will you say to her?
la rainette: Well. That we had a great week-end?
mop *grumbles*
Husband has had a giant sunburn and is now shedding skin like an adolescent snake.
Froglet: What's that, Daddy?
Husband: Dead skin, Froglet.
Froglet: Ew. It comes off when I pull.
Husband: hmmm.
Froglet *half-delighted, half-disgusted*: Ew! Ew!
Tadpole: Me too! Me too!
la rainette: come over here, Froglet.
Froglet *slides over, looks hopefully at my arms* Do you have dead skin too, Mommy?
Husband: I want to go in the zoomobile.
la rainette: ?
Husband *stomps foot*: I want to go in the zoomobile
la rainette: :D
Husband *wails*: I want to go in the zoomobi-hi-hi-hiiiile!
la rainette *giggles*
Husband: iwanttogoonthezoomobileiwanttogointhezoomobile
Froglet: Mom? What's wrong with Daddy?
la rainette: I think he's, er. Imitating you when you're impatient.
Froglet *reasonable voice*: but he hasn't said please.
la rainette: very good point, sweetheart. *proud mom smile. we might be getting somewhere.*
Husband and la rainette, on the zoomobile: realize that they are strategically placed to see each other in the side mirror, and start making faces. Froglet participates for a while (I showed her how to cross her eyes, and she does it very well), then watches on and giggles.
And all of a sudden, we realize the driver is watching us with growing alarm. :D A little longer, and he might have called the cops.
Am off to get my mom at the airport. *waves good-bye*
Mop: Hey! Where're you going? Where're you going? DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY!
la rainette *blows kiss and is gone*
mop *morosely*: Hi.
la rainette: how was your day?
mop *mournfully*: So. Boring. I mean, you promised me some action, and I'm still waiting.
la rainette: well, that was before I had a look at the calendar. I had forgotten a few things, see...
Flashback to Saturday morning:
Froglet jumps and runs and plays ball, in between chatting up boys, in what is her last T-ball game, which may well be a final, only we have no idea because we've never bothered to follow the scores - having fun was more important, and it's not like we understand the rules anyway.
Then: searching the house for Husband's zoo card, thus increasing the chaos level somewhat, then packing everyone hastily into the minivan, and driving over to the Toronto zoo - and forgetting the camera in the process, of course.
A new zoo card: $ 5.00
One disposable camera: $ 15.99
Tadpole's delighted gasp of surprise, and Froglet hugging us and bellowing "you're the BEST PARENTS IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!! on the top of her lungs: priceless.
Taking pictures of the girls hugging (Froglet) or cowering away from (Tadpole) Max and Ruby, the kiddie program characters: priceless.
la rainette's silliness: er. silly.
Husband: can I see the disposable camera, please?
la rainette *hands over camera*
Husband *play around a little, then turns pink*: did you wind the camera?
la rainette: well, yes. I wanted to be ready. Why?
Husband: I think I just took a picture of my left foot.
la rainette: Oh, what a waste!
Husband: *glares*
la rainette: I mean, you could have taken a picture of my left foot, it's much prettier with the taupe-less showgirl toes.
Husband: ...
la rainette *giggles*
la rainette: See, mop? All worthwhile.
mop: yeah, yeah, yeah. But then, Saturday evening? What did you do on Saturday evening?
Well, we were invited to a birthday party. An adult birthday party, not that it was in itself NC17 in any way, just that the B'day boy was turning 30.
Watch Froglet as she makes a new best friend, who has promised to invited her to a "Spring Party" (?)
Watch me as I get hit on by a drunken Chinese guy - at least that is what I was told by an amused onlooker, I couldn't understand a word of what the guy was saying - before he passes out on the couch.
Watch Tadpole as she checks out every available drawer with catlike curiosity, and the fridge, which she then leaves wide open, when she runs away with all the yogourts in the house. She does that at the doctor's, too, all the time.
Watch us as we stumble into bed once we're home. So. Tired.
mop: So? YOU GOT UP EARLY THIS MORNING, AND YOU IGNORED ME ALTOGETHER, DON'T YOU THINK I'D NOTICE?
la rainette: Well, today Froglet got her T-ball trophy, plus Dora the Explorer was coming to the zoo, I mean, there is no way we could not go the zoo when Dora was coming...
mop: You're nuts. The house isn't clean, and your mom is arriving tonight, and you've gone to the zoo twice in two days. What will you say to her?
la rainette: Well. That we had a great week-end?
mop *grumbles*
Husband has had a giant sunburn and is now shedding skin like an adolescent snake.
Froglet: What's that, Daddy?
Husband: Dead skin, Froglet.
Froglet: Ew. It comes off when I pull.
Husband: hmmm.
Froglet *half-delighted, half-disgusted*: Ew! Ew!
Tadpole: Me too! Me too!
la rainette: come over here, Froglet.
Froglet *slides over, looks hopefully at my arms* Do you have dead skin too, Mommy?
Husband: I want to go in the zoomobile.
la rainette: ?
Husband *stomps foot*: I want to go in the zoomobile
la rainette: :D
Husband *wails*: I want to go in the zoomobi-hi-hi-hiiiile!
la rainette *giggles*
Husband: iwanttogoonthezoomobileiwanttogointhezoomobile
Froglet: Mom? What's wrong with Daddy?
la rainette: I think he's, er. Imitating you when you're impatient.
Froglet *reasonable voice*: but he hasn't said please.
la rainette: very good point, sweetheart. *proud mom smile. we might be getting somewhere.*
Husband and la rainette, on the zoomobile: realize that they are strategically placed to see each other in the side mirror, and start making faces. Froglet participates for a while (I showed her how to cross her eyes, and she does it very well), then watches on and giggles.
And all of a sudden, we realize the driver is watching us with growing alarm. :D A little longer, and he might have called the cops.
Am off to get my mom at the airport. *waves good-bye*
Mop: Hey! Where're you going? Where're you going? DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY!
la rainette *blows kiss and is gone*
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Date: 2004-08-10 11:14 pm (UTC)You are so great!!!
I feel that my comments to you are silly and pointless, cause all i do is say how much i enjoy you and your girls. Well, do they make you happy? Cause that is all that matters.
:D
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Date: 2004-08-11 01:27 pm (UTC)Also, I love you guys very much too, so there :D