Today was a full day. All of Spring Break will be full, actually... gotta keep the rascals busy.

We started the morning at the park with friends, then we came home for naps/work. Then we took a swim in the pool and began to think towards dinner and soccer practice, which was when I remembered it was my day to pray and took 5 at the computer to write an email prayer.

BIG MISTAKE. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. I completely forgot that I can't do anything but children when said children are awake, OR ELSE BAD THINGS HAPPEN:

And see the STUPIDEST part of the above was that I spoon-fed them the idea. Oh, you heard me.

Shaun and I were being stupid with them on the couch, and I tried to scare them with Evan's safety scissors, making snip noises around their heads... and Shaun said, "what are you doing?" But before he even said it I thought, 'what am I DOING?' Like one of those moments when your hands are still moving even though your brain is saying stop, stop, FOR THE LOVE OF SOFT BLONDE HAIR, STOOOOOOP!!!

I think I just wrote stupid and stop like five times each, didn't I? Well, if this were Sesame Street those would be the adjectives of the day. Okay, so stop isn't an adjective (but Sesame Street doesn't do more than letters anyway,) oh just STOP talking, Katie...

She looks okay with the bow though, right? LOOK CLOSER! Just to the right of the bow... and notice how high up the bow is, because her hair is THAT SHORT NOW. What, you can't see it?

Maybe you can see here? No?

Well how about HERE:

Gave herself a nice set of bangs, she did. Was very upset with herself, actually. (This shot taken after the melt-down.) Thinks she looks like Jacky, and I'm not gonna disagree with her, although she also resembles a page boy, or maybe one of those child actresses from an 80's sitcom, the way it goes back to her ear and all.

So while we had a long talk, she and I, and panicked a bit, Jack was still in the shower where I had left him... right? Right? RIGHT?

Wrong.

"Jack... Jacky? Where are you?"

Oh, there you are.

I'm so glad you brought your car. What's a mud bath without a car? Come to think of it, what's anything without a car? What's life without a car? Life with no cars would have no meaning- meaningless, all meaningless!

"CAWWWRRR!!!" (Your favoritest word in all the world.)

Hmmm, you still have no idea I'm standing behind you with a camera. You are having yourself a PAR-TAY, aren't ya now, boy?

Oh and look at that, you've been baking. And eating. No need to think towards dinner now, at least there's that.

What's that? I can't hear you, what with all that mud in your mouth and everything? What are you asking me? Do I know the muffin man?

PS- PEOPLE! I am NOT pregnant, are you CRAZY? Although, thank you for the many emails (and phone calls.) I think this post explains WHY I have closed my womb for business... and after today's events, you all should be sending me extra birth control ASAP.

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