Hello! Wow, so much has happened since I’ve really ‘written’ anything! There are a million times during everyday where I am laughing hysterically and thinking…”Man, I gotta blog about this crap!”…only to return home, feed the army, wipe some butts, read a few thousand books, sing 43 songs, rock a baby harder than Otis Redding, only to find that when they are finally asleep I have forgotten what I was going to blog about while I’m throwing everything that was peed on that day into the washer. (Oh, thank goodness my fav English teacher Mr Steve Campbell isn’t here to witness my horrid run on sentences. He would need an entire pen full of red ink for each post!!)
So my thought today is to start posting on some of the times over the last year that I’ve been MIA:) So please excuse the out of order posts for a bit:)
—We went to Citywalk this week at Universal Studios and while passing the indoor skydiving place Raimy begs as he always does for us to let him “fly like Superman!”. Yes I’m horrible and have kept him from this dream since he was 2. Come on you know you wouldn’t let your 2 year old in there! So I’ve done what every good mother would do in this situation…I lied! “They don’t let kids do it until they are 5”. Holy guac did 5 come around fast! “I’m 5!!!! I can go in!!!!!” *Tip 373- remember the lies you tell your children. I need to keep a file of the ages I promise they can do things and meticulously file them in an accordion folder to keep in my purse. Filed under U for Universal, C for Citywalk, S for skydiving and D for danger would be a paper saying “SKIP CITYWALK”. Man my D file would be thick….need larger purse….
So yes I caved. Auntie Ashley took him in for training and my bitty came out all suited up like the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!!!
He got a total of 4 flying minutes and of course had a crowd as his tiny body whipped around over the giant propeller. “You realize this will only make him want to do the real thing” Jonny said with a smirk.
I laughed so hard, I had tears at my big boy, holding form with all his might, with the facial expression of a hero on his way to save a runaway train. I can only imagine what his brain was thinking!!!
Raimy looks so adorable in his suit! It's such a pleasure to see that young children can be so tenacious … and it's amazing that he still has the same dream after all this time.
P.S. I think your run-on sentence was very fitting for the pace of life you were trying to convey. 😉
Haha, That would make me sick, I hate flying. I have a nephew who wants to be in the Air Force. He's already flown a plane and done the indoor skydiving. Lucky for you, children have to be 18+ to skydive. I think even the tandem skydiving is 18+, which did not make my nephew very happy.
Molly
I always look forward to your posts. It helps me to laugh and reflect on my beautiful chaotic life. Wow how time flies. What a little cutie pie, and what a brave mother you are.
oh, his dream came true! How sweet is that!
Yay! You're still kickin ! 😉
Oh, it's about stinkin time !!! 😉
I have missed ( but totally understand the ”crazy busy life” thing )
Haylie,
WELCOME BACK! I have missed you a ton… I can't even imagine how busy you are with 4 kids and Jonny! Ha!
I love this post. Love your run on sentences. You make me laugh so hard. So glad to have you back! Raimy is so very adorable. As I have been reading over time about Raimy and all your kids, I can see him doing very big things and not just one as he ages. I can see him as an Astronaut, President of the USA, Working for the CIA, FBI and so much more. Knowing about Raimy, he would probably do this all at one time. Ha Ha!
Keep posting! God's Blessings!
Mary Kay – MN
Adorable. 🙂
"rock a baby harder than Otis Redding"–I laughed so hard! I am so happy you are back to posting 🙂
Raimy looks like a daredevil! I think that D for Danger file is going to get larger and larger the older he gets!