The moment I take the lens cap off the camera, Stella starts doing this odd pose-down that involves her shrunken apple face and disco pointing fingers. This time, I begged her to just smile her normalest smile. It sorta worked.
Haircut Aversion Therapy
Subtext: You’d better get used to it Porter, your mother and sister can be ruthless.
Feliz Cumpleaños ParTEE!
And here you have it oh father-in-law of mine. My gift to you. The opportunity to SEE your precious grand-children exactly as they are, with all the screaming, crying, look-at-me-look-at-me chaos, and then getting to walk away and actually enjoy your day on your own terms.
Happy Birthday, big guy.
My new haircut: AKA Good things happen when you seek professional assistance.
140 characters in Twitter won’t even come close to summing this one up.
7:45pm: Realize Blanket has inadvertently been left in cubby at school
7:45-9:00pm: Screaming / Crying / Screaming / Crying / Collapse in complete emotional exhaustion
9:00-10:00pm: TV remote turns up missing and Doorknob Toucher spends an hour flipping the house inside out trying to locate it
12:00am: Dog initiates heated conversation with raccoons on front porch
4:45am: “Blaaaaannnnnnnket!”
7:34am: Belligerent 4-year-old allows dog to escape through garage
7:35am: 20 minutes of dog chasing through neighborhood marshland
8:00am: Long anticipated Blanket reunion
8:15am: Knock tooth on play structure and bleed all over blanket
8:17am: Blanket quarantined into plastic bag – back in cubby
8:25am: Call dentist to find out if toddler dentures will be in our future
8:30am: Afraid to leave office for fear that an anvil will fall on my head