Last week I took the boys to the pediatrician to check on Jackson’s ears (unfortunately he’s been plagued with swimmer’s ear this summer.) Anyway, while we were in the super crowded waiting room Bear happened to be skipping (his new talent) across the room and as he walked past the fire extinguisher he pulled out the ring. Immediately a light green powder started spraying out covering all of the people/children within a 3 foot radius. It was awesome, and I say that with the utmost sarcasm. The kids were freaking out, there was a loud noise coming from the extinguisher and the nurses were worried about the powder being toxic. Turns out it’s only toxic if ingested.
My kids weren’t even misbehaving and I was still “that mom” whose mere presence was causing chaos and disruption. I have no clue why a pediatricians office would have the extinguisher at the two foot level but regardless, ugh. Then we went in to find out that yes, Jackson had his third ear infection since May. Then we went home.
At home I decided that we all needed some green smoothies and got a little overzealous with the chard and kale so I decided to add some of Jay’s fresh honey (from his bee keeping class). With my newfound lack of any type of coordination (thanks to late 3rd trimester balance issues) I dropped the entire jar on the floor breaking it. I can tell you that honey is one of my least favorite things to clean up. The mess it makes is not entirely fun.
So, at this point, I was in a pretty bummed mood. Hormones, exhaustion (getting up multiple times each hour due to being so enormous and uncomfortable AND having to pee constantly), etc and I was just down.
So, my sweet 4 year old came and sat beside me. Anyone who’s lived with me in the past 15 years will tell you that one of my favorite things ever, especially to cheer up myself or anyone else, is a good dance party. When I lived with Danielle at Baylor we quite often would hop onto the sofa and sing our hearts out into our hair brushes while dancing and having fun. It’s definitely continued through out my life because when Jackson came up and sat next to me on the floor he said, “mom, I think what we need is to crank up the music and have a dance party!” So, of course, I hopped up and turned on the music. “Open the Eyes of My Heart” was on and it was perfect because it’s one of the kids favorites. So, we danced and sang (luckily my glass cracking voice has never impeded a good dance party) and instantly were all in great moods. And then when the song was over Jackson looked up at me and said, “when I’m an adult I’m going to have a huge, fancy dance party. I’m going to buy you a princess dress and dance with you and dip you like a prince.” And with that, the day was saved and all I could think about was how richly God has blessed Jay and I with these super energetic, wild, curious and amazingly loving little boys!
1 comment:
Oye vey!
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