Wonderful Wednesday--3rd Time's A Charm Edition

Is it just me or does Wonderful Wednesday seem to come around a lot? It's only once a month, so how is it possible that yesterday was the third time of the year so far? I always have issues with the passage of time and fear I am destined to be perplexed by it forever.


I was relieved that Eva was excited about the day, because I dread her thinking she sees too much of me (and knows that I'm not fun) and will one day tell Michelle that she'd rather stay home. I'm sure Michelle would veto that, but still, it's nice that we're all willing participants at this point.


We took our self-portrait in the car (as is our tradition) and then traveled to my house. We talked about teeth during the car ride, and Eva informed me that her front teeth are neither baby teeth nor big teeth, they're "middle teeth." I found this amusing.


Ashley arrived about 20 minutes after we did, and the girls began playing immediately. I love how they just get busy playing right away. They have that unspoken understanding all kids have that they both know there's playing to be done and that they should get busy with it. There's no awkward moments of reacquainting or questions like, "How have you been?" or "Why haven't you called?" It doesn't matter that they haven't seen or thought of each other for a whole month, there's pretending be done and the clock is ticking!


Yesterday was a glorious, spring day so the girls were able to play outside for awhile. Eva requested the picnic, but then didn't eat anything! Maybe she just liked the idea of it (sort of like I like the idea of exercising regularly). She also had some issues with being outside because that's where bugs live. She had a moment of fear and crying when some ne'r do well bug flew by her. She recovered, but there was a whole lot of going in and out during the 30 minutes of outside time. Ah well.


Play-doh was the real life saver of the day because they were united in their enthusiasm for it and were able to play without too many "sharing" issues. They did have a passionate exchange about who has bigger muscles though. I kid you not, they were getting so mad at each other as they compared their tiny biceps. I told them they were both huge (which is hilarious to think about) but they still debated it. Good grief!



I took some video of them playing just so I could capture the essence of their dynamic, and thought it was funny that the big muscle debate resurfaced during the video.


Eva brought a "Land Before Time" video with her so I made them a little popcorn picnic, complete with M&Ms in the bowl. I had to make sure they had the exact same bowls, with the exact same stuff in them. I don't know why there was such a fear of injustice, but they both got after me with loud vigilance.


I was quite relieved to have them happily set up watching their show and eating their popcorn. When their show was over I noticed there was a bonus feature sing-along so I played it for them. It was a HUGE hit, so the 3 of us sat on the floor singing "The Lone Dinosaur" song over and over and over again (seriously about 15 times). There was a biting incident after all the happiness, but we recovered and moved on. It's impressive that kids forgive each other so easily.


My mom stopped by around 3:30 to bring me a shake (woohoo) and to bring the girls ring pops. It was nice of her to do this, and good to stop and talk for awhile. She ended up taking Ashley with her when she left (since they live together), so then Eva and I were on our own. (Whitney normally comes home and plays with Eva, but she went to a friend's house after school.)


It was only 5:00 so I wanted to stall for time before taking Eva home, so we ended up playing dinosaurs on my bed. It definitely helped that we were playing on my bed because I was able to recline for much of the game, and really if you've got to play you might as well be comfy doing it right?


Our game actually ended up being kind of funny since my dinosaur was named Brenda and Eva's big scary dinosaur was named Linda. Those just aren't dinosaur names are they? I kept cracking myself up as I'd say things like, "Oh no, Dino Linda come out of the hot lava!"

Overall it was a good day. I wasn't exhausted at the end of it, wasn't wishing them good riddance, and didn't have any feelings of annoyance, hooray!

**Do you have problems with time flying?
Did you suffer from feelings of injustice as a kid?
What flavor shake would you have gotten?
Do you forgive easily?**