After a crazy busy day of gymnastics, a playdate with Seth at Linvilla and a surprise Grammy visit, we relaxed by our chiminea on Friday night. I surprised the Salad by starting the fire on our porch, giving them marshmallows to toast and hot chocolate to sip. They must have thanked me 3 times a piece. They had the same reaction that I would have had if someone had said, "Hey, here's $2000, just 'cause I like you!"
They had that same reaction when I picked them up from school yesterday and said, "Salad, guess what we're gonna do now - vacuum out our van at the gas station!" There were whoops and cheers of joys. No lie. S did a back flip. Fine. That was a lie. But there were whoops and cheers.
As an example of my ever present fear of the future, I thought to myself "To get that same reaction from a 16 year old, you'd probably have to hand them keys and say 'Enjoy that Dodge Charger I just bought you!'"
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