hi there.
i'm sitting here wondering how your work day is so far. mine has not been so bad - i don't have very much room to complain when i get to go out in the backyard to sit by the pool with a book in hand, do i?
the toughest it gets is when the kids start bickering - and that's exactly what they did. andrew is over, too. it wasn't terrible, but today just seemed one of those moments where three is a crowd and finding a game to play in the pool together was a challenge. today.
it's really strange that choosing who gets to be a trainer vs a dolphin can become so problematic, and causing hurt feelings.
in any case, water play ended.
ev's in his room. gabby in hers. both reading. and andrew - well, he's roaming around. oh, and me - here, writing to you.
everyone's just cooling off now - literally and figuratively. ( you love those double entendres)
it was fun for a while though with all of us outside (wish you were there of course). gabby just loves jumping off the ledge and into my arms now! she loves it even more when she gets such a big splash out of it that it gets into my eyes.
what i love most about her doing this is the trust. it is incredibly fascinating and unbelievably rewarding to have a child's trust. i know she knows that i am here to make sure "nothing happens to [her]" i just love that.
(i also got the smiliest goodmorning from evan this morning - i was in the kitchen alone and he had come in and gave me the best greeting, which carried on into conversation and then to the dining room for some writing)
we had lunch outside too! turkey sandwiches, booty, grapes (though evan had a yogurt for his fruit) and juice boxes. oooooo and i made brownies, too - SPECIAL ones, where i just used pureed black beans folded into a box of brownie mix. let me tell ya, they're eatin' it up.
anyway, i can't wait to see you later. i hope at the very least, you've found something to smile about today too!
love you.
- A
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