Friends of ours are moving (one of my mommy group friends; her husband retired from the USMC) and had a retirement/going away party…with a waterslide for the kids! Owen started sliding shortly after we got there at 4 and only stopped for about 10 minutes total to eat a granola bar and a few bites for dinner before we left at 7:45. This kid loves waterslides. 🙂
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Tom was power washing some equipment on the back deck while the kids were riding around. Of course they liked the mist, and eventually got out of the car to run directly in it…then of course daddy started spraying them directly and that was even more fun!
Katie kept running at it with her mouth open!
Happy wet kids!
I told Owen to hold Katie’s hand while walking into the store. Not bad for a first attempt. 🙂
Then they both wanted to sit in the cart. This is about the best way.
She usually gets the glasses on upside down but did it right this time!
So, it turns out it was his friend, Braxton, that peed on him. (I actually got the scoop from the classroom assistant.) She told me it hadn’t really been that big of a deal—that the girl who called made it seem like an INCIDENT. She thinks it was more on purpose but apparently Braxton said they were peeing in the same toilet (which, she wasn’t watching, but had walked by and they were at separate toilets).
His mom actually showed up at the same time I was there and we had a laugh. She said she was hoping it was Owen because she knows me and knew I wouldn’t care. 🙂
Owen didn’t seem to be phased by it at all and didn’t even talk about it until I asked. And he said Braxton just wasn’t paying attention. He didn’t seem to think it was any big deal.
So, no one can tell what REALLY happened, though Owen is a pretty honest kid (and does like to tattle) so if Braxton did it on purpose I’m sure we would have heard it.
So, I just got a call from Owen’s school.
School: Hi, this is ___ from Excel. We just wanted to give you a courtesy call to let you know there was an incident at school today.
Me: /my mind is racing/ Okay. What happened?
School: Owen got peed on in the bathroom.
Me: /immediate outburst of laughter/
School: /quiet, nervous laughing/ I’m sorry, I’m not laughing at it, but I’m laughing because you are. I was SO nervous to call and tell you.
Me: /still laughing/ I was expecting him to have barfed or pooped himself or broken an arm.
School: I’m glad you have a sense of humor about it.
Me: Ha! Getting peed on is the least of my worries of Owen at school.
She tells me they’ve talked to both kids, are getting two different stories (of course!), and she just didn’t want me to freak out when I saw him in different clothes and the teacher told me what happened. Of course she couldn’t tell me who the other kid was, but I know the teacher will—that’s partially why I ply her with bottles of wine and classroom equipment throughout the year. 🙂
I just thought it was hilarious. And of course I had to call Tom to tell him and he busted up laughing, too.
I needed that. 🙂
Katie is very good and quick about parroting what you say. 🙂
So while I was at my friend’s house today, her husband happened to have the day off. She heard their daughter call him daddy, so she started calling him daddy, too. It was SO cute. For awhile we thought maybe she really thought he was her daddy—tall, dark hair, short hair—but no, she told him her daddy was at work. But she knew enough to call him daddy to get his attention!
And being cute in a hat while picking up toys:
I had wanted to do an ornament wreath like I’d seen on Pinterest and had actually bought all the ornaments on clearance after Christmas! But I was afraid to attempt it on my own—I’m somewhat crafty, but Owen’s Lego cake fail seriously made me rethink my abilities to do anything crafy. So I enlisted the help of one of my friends and took all my stuff to her house. She was just going to help walk me through it while I did the work and we visited. Ha. HA HA. After I burned a hole in the ribbon during the first three seconds I was using the glue gun, she kindly took over. I felt bad, but she said as long as I didn’t mind her doing it, she had no problem because this type of stuff IS HER THING. Okay, you go, girl! I helped a tiny bit with the placement of ornaments, but she honestly did 99.5% of the work. And it turned out AMAZING!
She got to keep all of the leftover ornaments and ribbon, and I left with a tiny wreath to see if I can attempt it on my own. If I don’t do it before I leave, I told her I will give her all those supplies, too! 🙂
I walked in the room to see this:
I had to wake Katie up at 7:10 this morning…and look at how cute she was sleeping! It looks like Lambie was spooning her!
And moments after her waking up, happy and smiling.
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Ok wanted to spread the towel out to lay down, so of course Katie had to follow.
Watch as Katie mimics what Owen does.
We had our good friends over tonight for dinner…fun, because we love them and always have a great time…but kinda sad because it will be one of the last times before we move again.
Owen’s light sabers get everyone involved:
And the guys—missing the third musketeer who is currently deployed.
Owen wasn’t feeling great so he was resting on the couch…and Maggie joined him. 🙂
Loving driving through the bubbles!
This was actually from back in March (I think!)—I saved it in a strange spot and forgot to post it. I wish there had been more pictures…
Senior Prom with my best friends Shannon, Laurie, and Joell:
Some random end-of-year senior program with Pete, Joell, and Mike:
At my graduation party:
She usually doesn’t get snacks on the way to school. This is why.
