Lake Life

Over huge bowls of icecream covered in Hershey's syrup, the girls had the following conversation.


Evelynn: Mom, what are we doing tomorrow?
Me: Pretty much the same thing we did this afternoon- swim, relax...
McKenna: And eat.
Evelynn: So that's it? That's all we are doing?
Caelan (condescending tone): We are at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We are SUPPOSED to swim and relax and eat all day.
Evelynn: Oh, well I guess I can't wait!


It's the good life on the lake. All four of my kids are water babies this year. I've never had any of the girls love to swim at four months, but Paxton loves the water. It's so much fun. Tomorrow, I've been instructed to make icecream, so it will be an even better day.

Story Time

We've been on the road quite a bit in the last few weeks, giving the girls lots of time to watch movies and chat. The following conversation between Evelynn and Caelan is so funny, mainly because Evelynn has nightmares about volcanoes (she was fascinated with them to the point where we studied them too much and she knows of their destruction). Evelynn: Hey, Caelan, tell me a story.
Caelan: Ok, once upon a time there was a town that had houses and lots of people living there. There was also a volcano. One day it erupted and burned up the town.
Evelynn: No! Not that kind of story!
Caelan: Ok, once upon a time there was a girl that got taken by bad people. They took her to a volcano and threw her in and she burned up.
Evelynn: No, No, No!!! Tell a different story.
Caelan: Ok, do you want a story about horses?
Evelynn: Sure, I love horses.
Caelan: Once upon a time there were some horses and they got burned up by a volcano.