MC: I want to go with you and Dad and my sister. I have already spent like 100 days with those kids.
This actually melted me, that she wanted to share this experience with her sister considering, these days, they seem to have taken the art of fighting to new heights. Both of them are becoming pros at getting under each other's skin. Once the arguing starts, we send them up to their shared room to spend time together, (no computer, no TV, just old school boredom) where they can either pout for an afternoon, or decide to swallow their pride and play as "sweet sisters."
This has actually evolved into a saying at our house and is displayed in their room in French (just to keep with the Paris theme). The reasoning is that relationships take work and sounds like your relationship with your sister needs repairing, right now. Hopefully, this does not backfire where they wind up living on opposite sides of the country someday.
The Shriner's circus was really putting a damper on Jonathan's YOS (year of savings) plan with their $15 adult tickets, $10 camel rides, and $6 light-up toys. But, what kind of parents are we if we don't let our poor girls (who already have to share a room AND spend time together) enjoy the full circus experience?
The funny thing to me was how at the very beginning of the show, the littlest things seem amazing. Like the dancers who can switch outfits instantaneously. However, after about 15 minutes of amazing things (like people spinning high in the air, hanging on by nothing other than the ribbon in their teeth), it seems MC was more interested in working us for candy or swinging on the rail in front of her as we took turns asking her if she saw the dancing elephants or the flying poeple.
MC: Yes. I want to swing from the bar, do a flip, and if I fall, there is a net. I would also teach the elephants to hold their paws up.
She will certainly go far one of these days! :)
ReplyDeleteFar away from her sister, right> :-)
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