Dirt washes. However, I'm not sure I'd anticpated Jack, Ben and Ellie's trip to the "mud store."* Things I had not planned to do at midnight or anywhere near it:
1. Blog, but seriously...
2. Clean pink Nesquick powerded mix off the floor.
3. Clean pink Nesquick powerded mix out of the dog's food bowl.
4. Clean pink Nesquick powerded mix out of the dog's water bowl.
5. Clean pink Nesquick powerded mix off my broom and dustpan.
I would like to thank Daddy Lonsberry for astutely suggesting that our children could not watch another episode of "Charlie and Lola" without their own pink milk. Why should Lola and her mommy have all the fun?
* At some point in the last two days, I should have realized the importance of umbrellas. No really, if getting drenched in 15 seconds during yesterday's downpour taught me nothing, it's that rain gear is a must. The first time I left a store in Henrietta and it started raining, fine. Grab the umbrella. The second time I left the umbrellas in the van someone should have questioned my judgement. But the third time...honestly, the third time was at 7:30 p.m. at Wegman's in Henrietta with all three kids strapped into one of their amazing three-kid mobiles and God just turned on a faucet and said, "Haven't you learned anything today?" No, but I'm willing to bet my children wished they could have looked like they did yesterday instead of sitting and waiting for me to (again) find a stranger to watch them while I dashed to the van.
* My grocery store is better than yours (unless you live in New York, at which point you also can choose Wegmans and it's just a matter of who's location is better.) Wegmans is amazing, from their roomy eco-friendly shopping bags to their fresh out of some faraway garden produce to the natural food section and weird olive bar to the children's playroom in the new amazing Henrietta location. Too bad we found the playroom on the way out. My children wanted to stay at the grocery store and play. Who'd have thunk those crafty Wegmans would come up with a way to top the free cookies?
* I'd like to thank my friend Emily for the free portable dishwasher. I'd like to be more excited over it, but I'm holding back. I don't want to get my hopes up over not spending hours doing dishes daily just to have them dashed. At the moment, the diswasher attachement and my sink are not compatible. I'm trying new parts, but well, it's a process. Keep your fingers crossed.
* My garden is planted. I am weeks away from not buying a veggie all summer. Well, if all this rain didn't wash my seeds away. Drat. Didn't I learn anything?
4 comments:
I have some deep-seated aversion to pink nesquick--something from my childhood, I guess, but I don't remember what, exactly.
I saw that childwatch on the way out last time I was there, too. The problem is that there is an age limit and only 1/3 of mine qualify. 1/3 doesn't care, true. But I fear the other 1/3, the middle one, would have a ballistic meltdown if big sis got to play and he had to shop. Oh well--maybe cookie club is enough for us.
Hey Mandy
How are you? I have wondered what has become of you several times and have tried googling you (terrible, I know!) It is so good to finally catch up with you. I would love to hear your story since we last parted ways. Your family is beautiful. Take care, Jacque
Every time I go to the grocery store I miss Wegmans. I also miss the crazy rain storms. Once when I was in Medina it rained so much that my mascara ran!
I am so jealous that you get to shop at Wegman's. It is my all time favorite grocery store. They are amazing. When my dad lived in Buffalo we would shop there and now it is even better than back them. We even have to go to Wegmans as a tourist attraction whenever we are near one.
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