Not Everyone's Mama

I am actually writing this on Friday night so I don’t forget because Alyce just cracks me up.  I shouldn’t laugh at her when she’s upset, but she is the biggest drama princess I have.  Seriously.  She can tear those tears on like a faucet.

Example.

In the car, on the way home from dropping Jordan off at his dad’s.  Alyce was talking about how she loves me, and she loves daddy, and she loves sissy, and she loves Jordan, and she loves Nano. Then she burst into tears.  She loves Raven too.  But she didn’t know Raven’s name until the last time we went to the park (last Friday).  I’m talking tears streaming down her face because she now knows Raven’s name.  (Even though that was the first and only time she has met Raven, who actually is in Katiana’s class.)

Alyce, why are you crying?

I’m crying, sniff sniff,  because I didn’t know Raven’s name.  But now I know Raven’s name.  Mom, can you see my tears?  Yes honey, I can even see them from the rearview mirror.  But, really, you don’t need to cry because you know Raven’s name.  But mom.  Big sob She’s my best friend.  At this point, Katiana, who has no patience for drama, unless it’s her own drama, gets her little head going in the cabbage patch and tells Alyce, Alyce she’s NOT your best friend.  You only met her once.  Which sets Alyce off any more.  But she’s my beeeeessssst friiieeeeeeennnnd.

Ok.  Whatever you say honey.

Now tonight.  Alyce was sitting in my clothes basket.  Nano pushed it over.  Alyce started crying.  I gave her a hug.  Asked her if she thought she would make it.  Sniff sniff.  Noooooooo. 

But Nano, I forgive you.  Sobbbb

And mommy, I forgive you.  And I forgive daddy.  And I forgive sissy.  And I forgive Jordan.

Hey now.  What did I do?  I didn’t push the basket over. 

I know mommy. insert more crococile tears  Nano pushed me over.  I forgive him.  And I still forgive you too.

Nano, I forgive you for pushing me over.

Nano – uh uh (that would be his way of saying no)

Alyce – I do Nano.  I do forgive you.

Nano – uh uh

Alyce – sobbing hysterically, mommy!  Nano said I don’t forgive him.

Alyce, Nano doesn’t know what forgiveness is yet.

Ok mommy.  Nano, I still forgive you.

And now they are happily playing. 

Now it’s Saturday morning and I can get those pictures posted.  First, one more Alyce thing.  After I typed that up last night, I called Pato to tell him all of it.  We were sitting outside on the porch and Alyce said she wanted to talk to daddy.  She’s half sobbing again as she tells him all that I told you above and then perks right back up, “but now daddy, my tears are gone.  I see the moon and I’m not crying anymore.  The moon makes my eyes happy.”

Oh y’all.  Living with my daughter is just too much fun!  I tell you, you never know what will come out of that little mouth.

On to pictures.

Like I said, last night we drove Jordan out to his dad’s.  He wasn’t going to be able to pick Jordan up next weekend and we’re going out of town on Sunday, so if Jordan wanted to see his dad, he needed to go last night.  Problem is, Jordan’s dad hates to drive in rush hour traffic.  I offered to take Jordan out just to stop the madness that is Jordan and Katiana fighting over every little thing the other one says.

Dropped him off.  Came home.  Decided we’d take a walk around the pond here at the apartments and then go to the park.

Before we left we watched Mama robin who built her nest in the corner of our porch.  Actually, I don’t know if it’s the same robin.  There is always a nest in the corner of my porch.  They just remodel year to year.

Can you see that?  That’s a baby robin.  I think there are 2 siblings off to the side.  I had to stand on my wicker couch on my porch, put my hands all the way over my head, and zoom in to get this shot, hoping I’d at least get one of the babies.  I didn’t want to make mama mad.  Maybe as they get bigger and stick their head out more I can get a better shot of them.

I don’t mind mama robin.  I love that she builds her nest there.  You guys know I love birds.  And if you don’t –

I love birds.  (Poor Lucky was molting in that picture.  He looked like a street bird.)

I even love barn swallows.  They eat lots of insects.  I hate when they build their nest on my porch.  I can handle it though when they build their nest in my rafters even though they poop all over EVERYTHING.  Mama robin is all polite.  When her nest is emptied, her birds have flown off, there is just a pile o’ poop under where the nest was.  I make sure the kids don’t put their toys there.  It’s all good.  The barn swallows don’t care where they poop.

Do you know where the barn swallows are building their nest this year?  On the ledge over my sliding glass door.  3 inches above it.  I’m all, no no no no no.  You’ll poop on our heads when we go out the door.  My kids are constantly out that door to play outside.  You cannot build there.  When I noticed them doing it, I scraped it down (it was only like an inch big).  I thought they’d get the hint.  They started to build it in the rafters RIGHT OVER MY SLIDING GLASS DOOR where they will poop all over our heads.  Scraped the bit down that was up.  Asked them to please build it in the corner across from the robin.  They don’t listen.  It’s been me against the barn swallows.  They keep trying to build it on my sliding glass door.  I’m going to have Pato hang up aluminum foil there today and see if that deters them.  I don’t care if you are on my porch, just not over my door, man.  They sit on the air conditioner giving me the evil eye when I am out there.  I don’t know what to do.  For the record, I only scrape it down when it’s about an inch thick.  I would never knock down a nest that was mostly built or one that had eggs in it.  

Back to the walk.

So I can’t ever get all 3 to look at the camera at the same time.

Another mama and her babies.  We got almost all the way around the pond when I saw that.  I said, oh no.  Turn around.  We are going the other way.  I had a goose try to attack me once.  I was walking through a parking lot near a fountain when she came running after me flapping her wings.  I picked up Jordan (he was 3) and took off running.  She chased me until I was far enough away from her babies to make her happy.  Pato’s never laughed so hard.  Wasn’t even going to try to pass this one with my 3 little ones.  I only have so many arms and geese are ferocious. 

OT – Isn’t down products made from goose feathers? They just pick up the feathers the birds lose right? They don’t take live birds and take their feathers? I can’t use down mattresses without allergy mattress covers anyway.  Yes, I have birds and am allergic to down. 

So we took the long way to the park.

Cheesy smile for grandma

We stopped and gazed longingly at the pool which doesn’t open until Monday.

Another cheesy smile for grandma – for those who are new, this is what Christiano does when he sees a camera.

Christiano thinks they need to repaint our toys at the park or we’ll start going to a different park.

Katiana can FINALLY cross the monkey bars.  She’s been practicing forever.

Alyce – possibly dancing.  If you look closely, you can see she got into my eye shadow.  Did it all by herself.  I forgot about it until we got to the park.  Lovely.

So, there you have it.  Our Friday.

Pato’s off today and we’re heading out to get window shades for the car.  Christiano now is sitting in the third row with Alyce because he wouldn’t get out one day when he climbed in.  The sun hits him back there and makes slightly mad.  I need 3 more water bottles for the parakeets because they only drink out of the one tube, ignoring the dishes of water. I’m worried they will run out of water when we leave on Sunday (I’m just going to be gone during the day).  I fill their water bottle up, usually 3 times a day.  They use the other containers for baths. 

Tonight I’m going to go see Sex and The City 2 with my mom and sister.  Woohoo!  Time away!

That being said, depending on how early we leave tomorrow, I may or may not be blogging.  Who knows.  Maybe I’ll blog from the road.

Have a great day!

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