Is all my three kids have left until "Back To School Day"!!! We 're getting down to the wire. Um, have we shopped for any school supplies? Shoes? Clothes? Backpacks? Lunch Pails? Nah. I think this is the first year we have put if off till the very end. Well, I guess the school is following in the same fashion with sending out notices to let the kids know who their teachers are going to be. My kids have been checking the mail everyday, now they're even looking for the mailman, they're getting so anxious!!!
Yesterday at our county fair Dora and Boots from "Dora the Explorer" and Diego from "Go Diego Go" were making an appearance. Well, of course once J knew about it, that was all we heard about!!
My Mom and my Sister said they would take him to see them. Turned out D and Mom Jr. wanted to go also and Jr. decided he'd stay home with Daddy. Squiggly even came along with her Mommy.
So we all got ready and made it to the fair right when it opened. We made our way over to where they were going to be and there was already a long line!! We immediately got in it, just figuring it would get even longer!! Boy, were we right, it just kept growing. We were moving slowly but steadily. Luckily we had my Sister there to be the "food" person.
Well, we made it, TWO HOURS later!!! Yes, that's right we, us MOM's, Aunt, and Grandma stood in line for 2 hours so that J and Squiggly could get a picture with their favorite "friends" as J calls them. As we got closer and J could see them he would put his hands out and say "Wait, I'm coming!!" He was so excited!! I really think if he didn't like them as much as he does he would've definitely lost it waiting so long just to see them.
As we got really close the guy up on the stage said we should have our cameras ready, and only one picture per family. Wait, what happen to the "meet and greet"? We got up there, they grabbed our strollers and pushed them to the other side. Um, yeah, my bag with my wallet was in there?!?! Immediately they start to gently push the kids between Dora and Diego. I immediately start taking pictures because they are definitely not wasting any time. Next thing I know they're scooting the kids away from Dora and Diego. Poor J wanted to give them high fives and say hello but unless he turned into Speedy Gonzalez that was obviously not going to happen.
And that's when it went downhill....J started crying, he was so upset. I don't know why they called it a "meet and greet", they should've called it a "drive by picture taking moment" "have your smile on and your finger on the button!" It was crazy..........
I immediately made my way over to the soft ice cream to get J his treat, he was fine while he ate it but once done the tears started flowing again...Hey, on the plus side, Squiggly actually stayed awake throughout it all and never got upset!!
By the time we left J finally fell asleep. I carried him out of the car and layed him down. Through the night he would cry and talk in his sleep. I guess next time I'll just take him to one of their "live" shows........
Now it's Friday, made it through the day, I even got a break when my Mom took the kids swimming. It was just me and Squiggly. It was so quiet, it's hard to even remember what it was like with just one.
Tomorrow we are heading to the fair once more just to finish up the ride tickets we got last weekend, look at the exhibits, and just enjoy our day/evening out.
The end of summer, the end of sleeping in, staying in pajamas for a while (unless your the boys who will stay in pajamas all day), staying up late, not worrying about the next day................
It goes by so fast, even when you're home, their last week.....
Let's all enjoy it,
Just a Mom feeling kinda sad that summer's ending (I know I'm a little crazy like that).......
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