Metal Meredith

As heard in my car, yesterday, after going to the store and buying a 12-pack Phil’s favorite sugar cookies. We shared one on the way home.

Vivienne: Mom, why can’t we eat all of the cookies?

Me: We just don’t eat all the cookies. It just isn’t done.

Vivienne: Is it because you are the Boss of the World?

Me: Um, no. Well, I am just the Boss of the Cookies.

Vivienne: Is that your job, like Daddy works on the computer?

Me: Yep, I am the Boss of Cookies and I keep little kids alive and healthy and the house from falling apart.

Vivienne: Wow. I am just the Boss of Me. Can I have another cookie?

We dyed eggs this morning after checking in on our Easter loot. I think we have created a new tradition by having the Easter bunny bring us dyeing kits for the eggs in our baskets. That way, we don’t have 2 dozen eggs sitting around for a long time AND we have something to do that makes this day special for us.

Nothing too exciting here. Vivienne is on day 6 of her recovery and she is doing ok. Not 100%, I would say 75, maybe. We are having a quiet Easter with just us 4. Henry is walking up a storm and making us laugh all the time with his need to carry things as he walks around the house. He is also very fond of Vivienne’s kazoo.

All in all, I hope everyone enjoys this day the way that makes them happiest.

We took advantage of the beautiful sky yesterday and went to Maymont. It was so windy that the stroller threatened to blow away several times, even with the brakes on.

We also took a few moments to reminisce.

I know you want to see these but probably won’t ever go to the Shutterfly account I set up *sigh*, so here they are:

I hate to have professional pics done because I am always annoyed and disappointed. These are ok, we did buy a few more for the fact that we had some done on Vivienne’s 1st birthday, so we wanted to do the same with Henry. I also forget that my definition of “cheesy” is so obviously not the same as everyone else’s. I do know that “I don’t like props” isn’t that hard to understand (nice blocks, eh?)

So you can understand my being perplexed, no?