Ava: "Owen? Do you want to be a queen?"
Owen: "Noooooo."
Ava: "Do you want to be a princess?"
Owen: "Yes."
Ethan was the queen. The boys were both more than happy to play, provided they could wear the sparkly shoes. It's all about the sparkly shoes.
Ava manages to sweet talk them into anything. She was in her element today. She talked from the second she got up until the second she went to bed. It was one of those days where we had to plead with her to just. stop. talking. for. five. seconds. It didn't happen.
One of the items on her social agenda for the day? A new set of nicknames for the boys. Owen was Pokey Head and Ethan was Diaper Head. On a related note, I once had a teacher we called Diaper Ass, but that's a story for a different day.
Anyway, all dressed up and nowhere to go, I played with Ethan on the floor.
It was all fun and games until he started beating me with his shoe.
Today was a reminder to me that my boys are not one unit. They don't always have to be a package deal. A lot of the time I end up taking Ava places and the boys miss out because it is too much work to take them both. Today I had to run to the grocery store and decided I need to change my ways. I asked Ethan to go and you'd think I had told him I was giving him a million dollars. He was thrilled.
So off we went. What do mother and son listen to in the soccer mom van while we tour around town in the sunshine wearing our shades and the windows down? Fiddy Cent baby.
After dinner we went for a walk. Tantrums at sunset on the way home? One. Pokey Head was mad I wouldn't carry him.
Tantrums in the backyard when it was announced it was time to go back inside? One.
And it was a BIG one. Diaper Head was NOT impressed.
The other picture I took today? Ava playing on the play set in the backyard.
That was it for today. It was a good day and this beautiful weather is amazing!
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