this picture was taken right before one of my daughters threw up, twice, all over the mcd’s playground while everybody watched us. one guy and his kids were walking into the playground area when she started throwing up and the dad quickly said to his kids, “let’s go eat somewhere else kids.” and hurriedly walked out. i went to go tell the manager while my husband went and got plethora of napkins to clean it up and he managed to get 1/2 of it when one of the employees came with his broom and all the cleaning supplies and insisted he clean the rest of it up. we said it was okay but he kept insisting so we just stood there and watched him in horror/disgust as he swooped up the rest of the throw up with the napkins-with his bare hands(napkins seeping through with the vomit) and even getting some on his bare hands. we felt terrible. my husband and i kept looking at each other like, “what do we do, what do we do?” i wanted to give him some mad tip but all we had was a couple of dollars which sounded too small and offensive to even offer as a tip for cleaning up our daughter’s vomit. so we just stood there sheepishly while he cleaned it up while i said at least 10 times, “i’m so sorry, i feel terrible. thank you so much.” and then we awkwardly walked out and drove home. i wish i had gotten his name so i could tell his manager how grateful we are. so whoever you are, i want to thank you. thank you for cleaning up my daughter’s vomit.(i can’t believe i’m saying this to even begin with!) it meant a lot to us and you are a wonderful person.
p.s: if you ever see me sneaking in and playing inside the playgrounds at any of the fast food restaurants, don’t judge me. i’m just supervising and making sure our kids don’t fall into any deathly traps or eat anything poisonous and die. because that could happen inside these dark tunnels and mountain-high slides, just so you know. 😉
times like these…
i say to myself, i’m so done having kids.
how can i handle more mess when i can barely handle these two?
i feel like lately more than ever, all i do is clean up after them.
all day long, every single day.
i clean up after them all day and the house is still messy
since i didn’t have time to get to the dishes, dirty plates on the table,
laundry, vacumning, cleaning the toilets, oh the list never ends.
if i finish all those lists, an hr. later, or surely by the next day,
i need to do it all over again.
but then they do something ridiculously cute
like when we were over at the grandparent’s house and adi wanted
to take home all the grapefruits and clementines and we told her no.
and a few mins. later as we were about to leave,
they followed us out as if nothing happened but they were walking funny,
and we see this.
yeah that does not look right.
hmmm… no comment.
oh yes, i want more of these little rascal, messy-making, hyper and demanding
children! i can’t get enough of them and they grow up so fast so why not
have more to start all over with? 😉
and despite all the sighs and grunting i do cleaning up after them,
they bring me way more laughs and smiles to my face.
picnic at a park
ADI
me: “look what I can do adi!” (started to flick my rubberbands of my braces causing sounds)
adi: (mouth and eyes wide open) “WOW mommy! You have a voilin in your mouth!!! Can I get a musical instrument too when I get older? Please?”
her favorite saying lately. “mommy, you’re the best mommy I never had.”
ANA
me: (as ana and I watched daddy take adi to the bathroom) what is adi doing ana?
ana: “she she?(thats how she pronounces “sister”.) she she pee pee.”
me: “whats dada doing?”
ana: “jay fut fut?” (fart fart? she always calls him by his name and never daddy)
ana says:
“fut fut” = elephant or fart fart. it sounds the same.
“yoook mommy!” = look mommy!
“muh mas?” = i still have NO clue.
we had a little picnic at a park
tonight after we had dinner i went visiting teaching and grocery shopping. jay put the kids to sleep but ana kept wanting her mommy so he called me twice while i was out so ana could hear my voice and speak to me. on the phone she just sounded so grown up as she repeated the words after daddy, “mommy, where are you? mommy i miss you, mommy, i love you.”, that i thought she was adi at first. jay said she kept asking for mommy and waking up and crying for me and it just breaks my heart knowing she went to bed unhappy and fell asleep being sad. i know it’s maybe silly how much i’m saddened by it but i always want to be there for my children when they want me. whenever, wherever, no matter how long or short. i’m sorry i wasn’t there when you wanted me ana. mommy will give you lots of love and kisses as soon as you wake up in the morning.
work it for the camera!
my oldest daughter always looks so cute and precious with her little poses,
but my youngest….
you be the guest.
yeah…she hasn’t quiet learned that smiling doesn’t mean you gotta scrunch up your nose and bear as much teeth as you possibly can and that smiling means you actually look happy instead of angry.
but i wouldn’t trade it for anything.
i think it’s absolutely adorable.
and can i just tell you how ecstatic i am for halloween?
mainly because i’m excited to wear our costumes but mostly,
just to see my husband in his. oh man, you’re gonna love it.
and halloween is x1000 times more fun when you have kids!
(mostly because you now have an excuse to go trick or treating and get lots of free candy!
time=free candy on halloween, how much cooler can it get?)