summer is thiiiiiis close to being dunzo, and honestly, i'm glad. i'm OVER the triple digit heat waves and being stuck inside the house all day errrrrryday. i'm excited about getting into a little routine with school starting and dance classes(!!!!!).
randy took a half day last thursday and we took the kids to john's incredible pizza company. now, i'd probably not call it "incredible" but it was admittedly fun. they have a pizza buffet--including salad, chicken, soups, and i even saw mashed potatoes. the food left much to be desired, but the kids ate so i'm gonna call it a win. side note: while we were eating presley said, VERY LOUDLY, "ugh! i just can't stop tooting!" randy was like, "presley! shhhh!!" while i'm dying laughing. after we ate, we headed to the games and rides. they had lots of arcade style games... your classic skeeball, shooting range, whack-a-mole, etc. they also had rides...spinning cups, a little train, and those little riding machines you can find in the mall or outside the grocery store.
eli was hysterical to watch. he couldn't stop looking at all the flashing lights and was happy to just be running around after presley. presley played a few games, but she wasn't really interested in anything for too long. we (by we, i mean i played 2 games of skeeball winning 15 whole tickets, and randy hit a couple jackpots on some random arcade games) finished the day with 500 tickets and the kids brought home some really great prizes.... like kazoos. and plastic unicorn rings. and spiral bracelets that were stretched out before we made it to the car. and a plastic gorilla figurine.
presley picked out her outfit, by the way. she has been a lot more involved in that process lately... and i kinda love it. she still lets me pick out her clothes for church or wherever. but if we are staying home or going to walmart, she is in charge of it all, and i get a kick out of her choices and reasoning. she is really proud, and i love it.
speaking of being proud... did you know that i'm a grandma?
so, i tried to get presley to name bitty baby an actual name, but she is adamant that her actual name is bitty baby. so i suggested we call her "bitty". NOPE. she gets angry with me when i call her bitty...don't make the same mistake, i'm warning you.
presley also has a couple imaginary friends. holly and jilly--they are sisters from hollywood. sometimes they are at our house, and sometimes they are at home in hollywood.
randy asked me the other night, "did you know presley has an imaginary friend? she told me holly was upstairs, that she had already eaten dinner and she was playing on her o-plaid."
while we are on the subject, i've got a couple more presley-isms.
the other day she took a spill...which is common...she is the clumsiest child i've ever met...that's what i get for naming her presley GRACE. annnyway, she was crying, so i asked her what hurt. she wailed, "i hurt all my pieces!"
ok, so this isn't really a presley-ism, rather a dramatic snippet of her everyday life.
so i put her down for a nap, and went downstairs. probably 20 min later i hear her scream-crying "MOMMMMMMMYYYY I NEED YOU!!! MOMMMMMMMYYYYYY!" over and over. it's not unusual for her to find something wrong during naptime or bedtime, so i give it a few more minutes. she is still crying, so i go upstairs and into her room. she's not in her bed. but the door to her bathroom is open. so i walk in, and there she is. holding a toilet seat and lid in her hands. pants around her ankles. crying. hysterically. and i lost it. i was crying i was laughing so hard.
and i'll finish it up with a few pictures of my perfect babies.
Love these babies so much😍. I heard your dad laughing out loud and when I looked at him he just said ‘a blog from Brynn’!! Love that you keep us updated and share your sweet, funny experiences!
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