Turning Her Attention To Other Things
We did a lot of fun stuff today, stuff you’ll see pictures of eventually. But the BIG outing of the day was a trip down the Greenway. NikkiZ really wanted to find some frogs. I have no idea why, because we’ve never seen frogs at the Greenway before, but today she had it in her head. We were going to find frogs. And ducks. Now, the ducks would be easy because they’re all over the place, but frogs? I just kept my fingers crossed that Kermit would find us somewhere along the way.
He didn’t. Damn him. Luckily, we saw tadpoles and turtles and a few ducks so I think it worked out in the end. But how much does it suck when you can’t just FIND A DAMN FROG ALREADY. She was so excited about the prospect, and I was worried it would break her fragile little spirit to leave without seeing one.
So – I distracted her with a stop by the park. Five trips down the slide and she completely forgot about the damn frogs. (Just WAIT until you see the slide pictures. They’re AWESOME.) If only I could just as easily distract my son from wanting a better cell phone. I think he’s too old for the slide to be that powerful. Maybe the swings?
First? No way! Anyway, moving on…
My oldest is 11, going on 12 soon. I keep looking to see how you handle LilZ (shouldn’t he be NotsoLilZ now?) for advice on what I should be doing. My son just got a cell phone this fall and he’s also doing the whole “I need a better cell phone” thing. He doesn’t get much symphany from me! (although I do love my Blackberry)
Well, I like the swings and I’m 24
The swings are always a good bet.
Well… where there’s tadpoles, there are froggies. Perhaps next time! Glad you enjoyed the day though.
There is nothing fragile about that spirit! She is one powerful little thing!
‘…she had it in her head.’ Oh, that phrase sent chills down my spine. I felt it in my bones. My two are the exact same way. When they get something in their heads there is no stopping them.