10 minutes out from Disney, just told my wife that there’s a fingerprint scan at park entrance and she’s losing it, while in the backseat it’s “come over here, I want to punch you” followed by “he punched me!” followed by “mommy, did you just say the s word?”
Harry Styles above all
The manatees were so lovely, best perk of in-laws’ new location so far 💗💗💗On another visit we might go swimming with them.
Frantic texting to make sure that we’re meeting in-laws at the correct mermaid show
“Put a little south in your mouth” sign
Brightly colored alcohol spheres at kid eye level at the 7-11 checkout
The three magazines at the CVS checkout: Jesus, Mary, and Harry Styles
Underwater view of the underside of a gentle manatee as it eats a head of romaine
More sights that we don’t see at home
Keeping 4yo entertained by pretending he’s making road mirages disappear with his magic wand; 9yo thrilled to see an actual Winn-Dixie as in the book and movie Because of Winn-Dixie
GPS took us down this road, we’re good
Me: that’s called Spanish moss
9yo: no, it’s gray cloth, but whatever
Florida!
They are also unsettled by the number of endearments being thrown around; the furthest south they’ve been before being St. Louis or northern Virginia, which are technically south of the mason Dixon but just not that friendly
My children: “it looks like a painting that AI made”
Security line situation at small area airport on the first day of spring break no problem, snack availability mixed
Oh no, I’m so sorry 😢
Not actually the first time in this multi-year road project that they’ve eliminated an exit from a coffee place
Hmm
Nasty weasel, my in-laws had a pit bull that went up against one and lost!
No notes tbh
Makes me want to put up a trail cam!
Operating theory is that a raccoon went on top of my car to get away from a fisher cat (the prints in the first photo were on BOTH the driver’s and passenger’s door - reach, reach!)
Wife: look at this classic little kid lunch!
Little kid: ooh I LOVE ketchup!!!
Her pump-up song on the ride to school? Justin Bieber’s Baby, which her music teacher used as an example of the 2010s in “music decades March Madness”
3rd-grader has state standardized testing for the first time today. The stages:
😨 dread because the older kids said it sucks
😐 grudging acceptance
😱 found out she can’t talk for 3 hours and gets a zero for cheating if she does
😊 teacher said everyone gets 2 pieces of gum to keep their mouths shut
Oh I like that one!
Yessss congrats
Moon dust??
Exsqueeze me?
This afternoon we handed the 4yo off to a babysitter, sent the 9yo off to ride her bike to a friend’s house, and:
-prepped Easter baskets
-went out for pastries (pain suisse with mango vanilla filling 🤩) and coffee
-ran a couple of quick errands
-went for a walk in the arboretum
Okay, that was cool (9yo still not completely convinced it wasn’t a prank)
I’m sorry, you are so great and job hunting blows so much
Went with cereal box, backpack, deodorant, and lunchbox for now; many (biodegradable) peanuts remain.
She also enjoyed a fake letter that they're adding school on Saturdays to make up for snow days, and then I told her about the moon mission launch and she was CONVINCED I was making that up.
