Friday, July 24, 2009

reason 1,457,238 that i love my mom

My mom called to chat yesterday and I mentioned that it was just going to me and the girls for dinner tonight. Well, it turned out my dad had plans and she was fending for herself, too! So would I mind if she drove over to my house in rush hour traffic and bring dinner for me and the girls? Along with a bottle of wine? And sure enough, my mom pulled into our drive right as I was herding cats getting the girls and all of our crap into the house.

She also came bearing gifts for the girls. In anticipation of our beach trip next month, she got the girls swimsuit cover-ups, flip-flops and sunglasses. From the Disney store. Now, my mom has pulled this crap on me before, so I warn you, moms of small children...don't ever -- EVER! -- let your retired parents live in close proximity to a Disney store. Or else this is what you end up with:

 

 

Luckily, the food, wine, adult conversation and help with bedtime more than made up for the fact that I will be known as "that mom" (whose kids wear character clothing) at pool this weekend.


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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

OH boy do they look cute! PopPop did mention that he thought you were trying to get away from "The Princesses" but I thought: What's the harm in little seasonal princess stuff? - beach cover, sunglasses, flip flops - oh, and a babin' suit. Well,at least they don't have a princess beach towel.
I had a great time with 3 of my favorite 5 girls. Love, Nonna

AJ's Mom said...

The princesses look so cute and so happy!

Kiki

Deep in the Heart said...

I'm with you on having grandma nearby. The kids spent the night last night so we could go out to dinner for our anniversary. The kids love it, the grandparents love it, and we LOVE it.

Anonymous said...

My In-Laws sent Mikayla a bathing suit, skirt coverup, dress cover up, sunglasses, and a dress. Plus $200.00 Disney Dollars before we went to Disney World in May. It looks like we bought the Disney Store, on top of it we have every Princess dress and shoes in the world in our house. lol