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October 7, 2002
Ashlee and I had a nice moment that started off not-so-nice last week – and it all began with a box of Little Debbie Fall Brownies I bought on Thursday.
Friday morning I made Katie and Michael’s lunch. I went to put a brownie in each of their lunchboxes, and there was only half of one left. I asked Michael and Katie when they got up if they had eaten any. Michael said when he got home from school the day before, there was only one whole one left. He ate half and put the other half back in. That meant that between 3 and 4, all but one in an entire box of brownies had disappeared. So, who was the only one on my list of suspects? Ashlee. When she got home from school, I handed her the box and asked her about it, very nicely. (Thanks goodness. You’ll see why soon…) She said she had only eaten one. Well, we sat down at the table to discuss it. She kept denying it. I told her that in one hour, that only she was home, they had disappeared. Either 1) she had eaten them all, or 2) someone had broken in our house and eaten them all. Well, she added a 3 to the list: “Did you look and see if they had fallen out in the pantry?” Hmmm. It had never happened before, but… Maybe. She got up and looked -- and guess what? They had fallen out and were hidden under the napkins. OK, here comes the nice part. Keep in mind that she was very mad at me by this time. I grabbed her and gave her a hug and said, “I’m sorry, Ashlee. I was wrong.” She didn’t know what to do. She then hugged me back and said it was OK. Major bonding moment. And, major lesson, too. I want her to be the kind of person who apologizes when she needs to. This is a learned trait, so it’s up to Richard and I to instill this in her, Michael and Katie. I want my kids to have character. I want them to treat others with respect and how they themselves would want to be treated. I want them to choose their friends, and who they spend time with, wisely. I found this quote recently and think it sums it all up:
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” – Epictetus
I want to be one of those people for my kids. Hopefully I will be. OK, enough serious stuff…
I kept Jeffrey on Thursday. We played a while, then went to Café Del Sol for lunch. He had so much fun in the sandbox. He’s a nasty little thing, though. He would eat a bite of his quesadilla, then eat a bite of sand. It didn’t even bother him. I think he liked it, actually. Gross.
Richard “worked” from home Friday. I’m so glad he doesn’t do this too often. Because, of course, we ended up at Babin’s for lunch. If he did work from home on a regular basis, we would both weigh at least 300 pounds and live in a cardboard box. And, in Richard fashion, he ate a smaller meal so he would be hungry that evening so we could go out again. :-) We took Ashlee over to Kimberly’s house early that evening for a slumber party. We visited about an hour, then went to Tay-Do for dinner. I’ve wanted to eat there for a long time. It was really good. Michael and Katie loved it. And, they had Pho, which tasted almost identical to what Chi used to make me. We then went home and watched “Panic Room.”
On Saturday, we rented a blow-up rock climber thing and let Michael invite over as many friends as he wanted. He was supposed to be taken to the Astros game for his birthday by a couple people – including myself – but he never did make it to one. So, even though it was over a month past his birthday, we had to do something. He had so much fun, and it was very relaxing for me. I did basically nothing but boil some hot dogs. When all his friends left, we went out to dinner with John and Melissa. The kids were so sweaty, so we picked Café Del Sol. They played in the sandbox while we had a few margaritas. They came back to the house for a little while, then when they left Michael, Katie and I played in the rock climber until after 10. Ashlee got home from haunting the corn maze about 10:30, and somehow four of her friends ended up coming over and playing on it until 11, when the company finally picked it up. Then they all played Twister upstairs until Fred came and picked them all up. Then, we all crashed.
We were supposed to go to fishing Sunday morning, but we were too tired. We ended up going to Cracker Barrel for a late lunch, then just hanging out at home. Donna and Randy came by later that afternoon and brought Michael a birthday present. It was a Playstation 2 game, so he was really happy about that. :-)
Until next time.
Photos:
Jeffrey playing with Katie’s dolls.
Michael about to get me with Silly String.
Katie, Shaina and Steven in the rock climber.
Richard caught in the act!
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