Two weekends ago we got Ben's back to school shopping taken care of. In thinking later after our shopping trip, I realized if I have to hike up and wait for the bus every day, we're going to need umbrellas the kids can handle, so I promised Ben we could go get a super cool character umbrella before school. Turns out that was the only thing the poor boy could think about so on Tuesday I relented. We made an outing of it. Ben got a Thomas the Train umbrella and Maddie got Disney Princesses.
They were elated with their purchases and it was the only thing they ever wanted to play with. All last week they played and played and played. Of course there was no rain. We had to make rain with sprinklers and by spraying the hose up in the air, but Ben would say in a terribly forelorn voice, "I wish it would just rain today." With no rain in the daily forecast, they got more and more wild until last Saturday Brian had to intervene one two many times when they accidentally whacked each other in the face or poked eyes or beat them onto the ground. He told them if they weren't careful with them they wouldn't have umbrellas when school started. I made the mean mommy declaration. "Umbrellas are for rain. It isn't raining. After lunch, we'll put the umbrellas away unless it is raining outside."
It was cute while it lasted though. Our favorite photo op was this one of Ben. Doesn't he remind you of Mary Poppins? Sunday best clothes, flip flops, helmet, bike and, of course, an umbrella.
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