Fiction: This is how it looked in my head . . . . . Mama, Daddy, and Boys load up in the mini van and go pick out flowers at Lowe's. Then we come back home, enjoy the sunshine, and plant our flowers. All the while, we are having quality family time and I am getting some precious pictures of the boys planting flowers that I can send to school with the boys on Monday to go along with their unit "How Things Grow."
Fact: This is how it really went down: . . . .After we finally got pants and shoes on both boys, we threw them in van screaming. We put on the DVD player to distract them the whole 1.2 miles we have to drive to Lowe's. When we get there, they are much more interested in sitting on the riding lawn mowers and playing hide and seek in the outdoor furniture section than picking out flowers. Evan is seconds from a complete meltdown, so John takes him on back to the van and Bryce and I pick out flowers. This part actually goes well, and I enjoy watching B carefully select each one. I tell him the different names of the flowers as we go up and down the aisles and he says very seriously "Mama, I really want the snap dragons . . . . . but, do they bite??" That little cutie comes up with the best one liners to make me smile.
We get home and unload and they have ZERO interest in planting flowers. Oh well . . . So much for my picture op and my great idea to correlate home to school learning! So, I plant some flowers as they run and play and giggle and scream in the sunshine. Even though things did not go quite as planned (and I am use to this because they rarely do!!), days like these are what it is all about!
Go grab some sunshine and some "unplanned" memories! ~j
Hahaha! Jill, I tried to get Oliver to plant some flowers with me the other day but he was more interested in throwing rocks into the street! I'm happy to know that I'm not alone in this struggle. I guess I need to develop more of an interest in throwing rocks if I want to hang with that little guy!
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