Slippery Little Suckers

Hadlee and Calvin both had some cute goggles when we moved here. I thought they were going to be perfect for the beach and it seemed they felt the same way. The first couple times anyway.

The penguins are Calvin's goggles and the flower ones were Hadlee's.
After going to the beach a few times, Hadlee was playing in the water and Calvin took her goggles to her, insisting that she put them on. So she took them from him and got down in the water and just let go. She just let go. When I asked her about it, she said she didn't want to wear them. ?????? Seriously.

So I lectured her the whole way home from the beach (don't feel too badly for her, it's only a block away). I told her we had to take care of our things, they cost money, we can't just buy new things when she decides to just LET GO OF THEM IN THE OCEAN! After listening for a few minutes she said, "Mom, when I have a little girl and she lets go of her goggles in the ocean, I am not going to be mad at her. I am just going to give her a hug."

Fast-forward to yesterday.

Hadlee: Mom, I really don't think it's fair that parents just get to do whatever they want all day and kids can't.

Me: Hadlee, do you think if I could pick whatever I wanted to do all day, it would be dishes, laundry, cleaning, and cooking? Not to mention saying, 'NO CALVIN' 8 million times?

Hadlee: Yeah.

Me: Hmmm

I guess she is right, this is what I want to be doing, but sometimes I forget that and I am glad she is here to remind me. She has said many other doozies in the past little while that I want to remember, but that's all I can come up with right now. And by remember I mean share with everyone. Remember, this is in no way a journal.