I just thought I would share with you what Kennedy has been up to in daycare. If you ask her for a kiss, or even try to hug her, she pushes you away. Nicholas is the exception. She gets so giddy when he is around. She literally almost jumped out of my hands when she saw that he was there.
The other day, I tried to get Kayden out the door by telling him Nicholas was waiting for him and he found it necessary to tell me that Kennedy was kissing Nicholas. I told him as her brother it is his job to tell her not to kiss. He told me “I can’t mommy, they’re friends” Such innocence.
P.S. Mr. Sowell has been complaining about his lack of “a voice” on here. So the web designer is creating a spot just for him to rant and reply to my posts. Stay tuned for his boring section. *insert roll of the eye* I mean really, what could he possibly have to say? I guess we’ll see.
Today was a good day. Everyday is a good day actually but today was a better day than the others. I normally relax on Sundays and do the manicure and pedicure thingy to get myself ready for the week. Saturday evening, Mr. Sowell and I went out to dinner and he suggested he cook on Sunday. That’s it, that made the day a good day! LOL. So what he only made the entree and I had to make the sides? It didn’t even matter that he always makes the same dish when he cooks-baked chicken wings. I was extremely grateful for the help and I felt like I could have the day off. Finally!
I woke up and he went to get his ingredients. The kids have been begging to go outside and I have reneged so many times on taking them sledding that I started to feel guilty. Every time it snows I say, “we’ll go this time definitely” and then the snow melts. This snow ain’t melting no time soon. So I finally gave in, got them dressed and let them loose in the back. Ms. Kennedy went to church with her Nana. It’s so funny how she acts like she doesn’t even know me when she gets with her grandmother. As I put her in the car, she never even looked my way. Hmmph.
The boys were having a good time in the back and at this point they were just running around the yard. The snow was stiff but not deadly so I didn’t worry about them falling down and cracking their heads on the ice. I stood by the kitchen window and snapped flicks of them playing and interestingly enough, as tough as M’khai acts, he always helps Kayden.
He Loves Him!
He got right off his swing and started to push Kayden because he realized he couldn’t swing himself as he literally sat on the snow. That was such a special moment for me because M’khai acts like he can’t stand the little fella. Rashid hopped down on his crutches and suggested I let them use their Zipfy thingys.
Zipfy Fun
I bought these things at the last minute (surprise, surprise) on Christmas Eve and I never really thought we would use them. Bingo, Rashid’s idea was genius. I didn’t even really know how to use it but leave it to kids to figure things out. We have a mini hill back there and they were having a blast. Rashid had another idea, take them to the hill at the school. This kid is so smart, he just acts dumb. (if you are reading this Sheed, I kid, I kid) The hill was fantastic! I could’ve kicked myself for not doing this sooner! Here is the video of Pennsylvania Winter Olympics 9010 as Kayden called it. Enjoy!
After we returned from the hill, Kennedy came home and my MIL and I went to Crate & Barrel to pick up a few things. We never went anywhere prior to her moving out. It’s funny how things happen; now that she doesn’t live here anymore, I talk to her more often and I genuinely miss her. When she was here I never really inquired about her day and we never did much. We stopped for a quick bite at Maggiano’s and talked about so many things. We had such a great time….finally.
Yesterday, the cool parent kept Kayden home again so they could have another father-son day. No big deal. It’s kind of funny how I am cool with being The Enforcer, this week and just last week I was complaining about not being fun. I see why I need to be.
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