iPod Survives Child's Independence: Story at 8

The kid came into the living room yesterday... saying the iPod was acting strange. The app pictures were turning white. Upon inspection, I took it from her... realizing it was soaking wet. I asked, "What happened? Why is it wet?" She said, "It was messy. So I cleaned it." 

Rest, dear iPod. Rest.

I am torn in trying to figure out, was I more impressed with her independence or my ability to stay calm?

As we raced around finding rice to put in a bag to dry it out -the ball & chain and I  asked, almost in unison, "Did you put it UNDER water or just rinse it a little with water?" She looked at us - looking for the right answer... "A little of both."

An overnight in a bag of rice and the iPod works fine. The app pictures are still white but the rest works fine.  My girl, Miss Independent... and still an iPod owner. Lucky duck.

week 12

How we survive dinners alone.

How mommy survives.

 

 

End of March. Still snowing.

 

Sometimes their play time is picturesque.

Like right off the pages of Pinterest.

Most times: it's just a well timed photo. Because there is always mayhem.

We take "Flat" Stanley/Karrie too far.

week 11

• This week, we booked a trip to Disney. 
• This week, I got sucked down a Pinterest > Disney hole. 
• It's so freaking cold here. Still. 
• I took my girl out for a frozen yogurt date.
• I know, it's cold - went for frozen yogurt. I'm not saying it makes sense. 
• You know what else doesn't make sense? St. Patrick's Day in the Cleveland.

Ever wonder: Is the Cleveland St. Patrick's Day Parade family friendly?

Wonder, no more. The answer, 100%, absolutely: NO.

In order of appearance:

• Alcohol.
• Cussing (others). 
• Drugs. 
• Cussing (mine). 

That was just the train ride to the parade. Pretty sure we should have taken that as a clear sign to turn around. We didn't and proceeded to the train route. Obviously there was going to be a lot of drinking, but as we headed to the parade there was an abundance of vodka pretending to water in water bottles and a lot of drunk people talking about how the water in their water bottle is not actually water.

Spoiler alert: It's vodka. We would have known if you didn't mention it. Loudly. Several times.


The long and short of it is, after the second time we witnessed domestic violence we head back home. Keep it classy, Cleveland.

week 10

NOOOOOOOOO! - only / favorite / most used / always used

 

 

• Nothing else matters except that the weekend was beautiful. I wore my contacts, sun glasses and on Sunday my flip flops. This, is really all I need to say about the week. It.was.awesome.