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not me monday

a few things me and the fam DID NOT do this week...

hubs and i DID NOT go to starbucks after the high school open house to see a dune buggy {yes a dune buggy} full of post high school stoners in the parking lot. they were NOT still smoking something very funny...wacky, if you will :)...we DID NOT laugh at them and DID NOT start making up stories about where they were going next...to kroger for twinkies or pizza hut for the buffet. when they left, they DID NOT have a pillow on the back bar for a dude to sit on and we DID NOT die laughing even harder.

brooke DID NOT tell me in the car, "i am not very fond of that boy, joey, mom."one of the neighbor girls picked up head lice from school and i DID NOT itch my head for 3 solid days convinced that they jumped 2 houses over and attacked us. i DID NOT have lice dreams or wake up one night itching my scalp so much that i had broke the skin on my forehead. i am NOT freaked out by those gross and disgusting things. eeewwwwww.

paige DID NOT handle a high school girl drama situation perfectly, in my opinion...when a girl who was NOT starting up stuff with her jumped in front of her in the hall and tried to get her angry, paige DID NOT say, "i don't want to talk to you right now because i have nothing nice to say. you need to leave me alone and walk away." yep...she's good one.
jada DID NOT scream "ice cream truck" when she heard the contorted children's music full of "must buys". brooke DID NOT say to her, "jada, we don't have that kind of money. forget it. we eat popsicles here instead."

sofia DID NOT get her first steps annual eval and pass with flying colors! she DID NOT test over and above in almost every area...praise god! i DID NOT almost cry thinking i wouldn't see my friends, the therapists every week now...while still elated that sofia has progressed so well.
while watching 102 dalmations, brooke DID NOT say, "watch out, she's {cruella} gonna be a cupcake...and not a nice one either. she would not taste good. i definitely would not eat her."

paige DID NOT go her first {as a high schooler} varsity home football game on friday in the pouring rain for 4 hours. she DID NOT call half way thru and ask for a new set of clothes to be delivered {by me, of course}. she DID NOT come home drenched, freezing and coughing and say it was NOT the best time she had ever had!

there was NOT a girl at he football game who totally face planted crowd surfing when someone forgot to hold her up...the lesson, from paige..."don't surf, just stand at the end and see the action." i like the way she thinks!

brooke DID NOT ask hubs, "which tooth is the one that is lose in my mouth?"...to NOT receive the reply, "it's the one that moves around." wisdom, i tell you!

Comments

mommytoalot said…
LOl
Cool stuff..NOT happening..
He & Me + 3 said…
Sounds like little Miss Paige is one smart cookie & very mature for her age. Way to go Paige!
Yeah for Sofia too!
LWLH said…
lol...Go Paige, I'm sure she'll do well during her high school years, seems like she has a good head on her shoulders...and Brooke just cracks me up! : )
Unknown said…
Good for Paige! She's going to do so well in high school!!

Glad that kids are getting used to school being back in.
you've got the coolest girls ever. =) not that I would trade my boy for any....

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