Monday, November 19, 2012

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Halloween night, we taped the Charlie Brown Halloween special. I had completely forgotten how bossy and rude Lucy is. Truly. Whew! For days and days after, I heard something to the effect of, "Ford, I'm going to pound you!" Gasp! Right? She'd laugh and say, "Mom, that's what Lucy says!" Oh my. This will teach me to encourage these shows, huh?

In other news, we've been having lots and lots of trouble with getting dressed. Socks (the seams!), pants (these hurt!), long sleeved shirts (I don't like this), are all causing us trouble. We've actually resorted to "practicing" wearing winter clothes. Can you imagine if we lived somewhere cold? Even super soft Ugg boots that someone loaned us - "these are itchy!" It's a fine line between wanting to listen and be sensitive and then really, really, really needing to get somewhere and absolutely needing her to not be naked. The days of a sundress and crocs every day are gone.

Some days are better than others. Recently, it took a full hour with kicking and screaming to get her to put on a pair of socks. Socks, people. Not a wool sweater. We finally settled on these cute, reindeer socks but could only find one. Two days later, I found the other sock in the garbage disposal. In the words of Charlie Brown... "good grief!"

But, the exception is her blessed (jelly) glass slippers from Halloween. Even Ford likes to try 'em.





They give her blisters and yet, she won't take them off. So she's not that sensitive, eh?

The few days around Halloween, it was really warm. Back in the pool they go...with Ford splashing and jumping around while Abby stands there like the lifeguard.




And then naked Fordy wanted to swing...


And here she is, still looking like the Lifeguard, very in charge. "Fordy. It's time to come back to the pool."


So, in light of the Charlie Brown show, you'll now notice the use of the word "blockhead" in this video. Dear Lord, make her forget everything that video hath sayeth.


767. candy cane green tea
768. 24/7 Christmas music already
769. a joyful-hearted hubby in a bad circumstance

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