Since baths were needed, I decided (after yet another morning of screaming bed-head taming) since the temperature has hit the 90s, that it was time for the summer buzz cuts. Nate’s been through it several years in a row and loves it but it was Zeke’s first dance with the clippers.
Zeke took a LOT more coaxing…Dora on the TV; popsicle in hand AND a promised lollipop when it was all done. Hey, I’m not ashamed. I would have let him drink wine and smoke cigarettes if it would have made him sit still.
Then Mark woke up and it was Mother’s Day.
The best part of the entire day was a call from the Larkins:
“Noah’s counts are still good. How’s your end?”
“No one in our house is sick…not even a sniffle!”
“The planets are aligned.”
“We’ll be right over.”
Nate & Noah played Star Wars; Zeke & Landin played like they were twins; Mark & Dennis played with computers while Amber & I sat outside and drank a glass of Mother’s Day wine.
We listened to our children play & laugh and for a precious few hours, pretended it was 8 months ago.