The Life of Suso

Lazy

I admit it. I love the Lazy River. When we go to the water park, I could spend the entire time on the Lazy River. We went on Sunday for Father's Day. On the way home, Daniel said, "Mommy, do you like being lazy?"

Mirror, Mirror, on the wall

Rebecca just said, "This mirror is perfect for me because I can see how beautiful I am."

Tiger Paws

Elizabeth and Rebecca are drawing side by side, having a heated discussion about whether a tigers' paws can be striped. Rebecca colored her tiger paws striped. Elizabeth is maintaining that that isn't REAL.

Frankly, I feel like Elizabeth doesn't have much room to invoke realism as a reason; she is drawing a squirrel/scorpion crossbreed battling a tiger/dragon crossbreed. The squirrel/scorpion combo is, I've learned, a Squirpeo, and the tiger/dragon mix is a Forasaurs.

I expected more, frankly.

Rebecca was drawing with sidewalk chalk, when she announced, "Mama, I'm gonna FREAK.you.out."

And then she stood in front of the chalk, and raised her arms, as though she were going to levitate the chalk.

Alas, she only drew a butterfly for me. Which, honestly, is freaky enough.

Don Gato

The girls and I were listening to/singing along with the song "Don Gato" (lyrics here if you need them). They both had a lot of questions about it: how can Don Gato come back to life? What is a solar plexus? Why didn't he land on his feet? etc.

Finally, as the song ended, Elizabeth said, "That song sure raises a lot of questions."

True Love

Elizabeth: "I make you miserable because I love you."

He's old.

Elizabeth, in her best old man voice, describing how Zeb is: "He's old! He's like, 'Yeah? A mouse? Whatever!'"

Good Tip!

I woke up and told Cesar, "If you didn't want your kids to be grumpy, then perhaps you should not have named them Grumpy."

He, not sure what I had just said, asked me to repeat it. So I did, louder and clearer. He said, "Allll right...."

I have no recollection of this, but I maintain that it's a very prudent tip!

Was I just insulted?

Elizabeth wrote a Mother's Day essay for me. In it, she said, "You are as caring as a cat."

I'm sorry, but IS there a more apathetic creature on earth? What do I care about? Myself? Food? Because I am pretty sure that is all I have ever seen a cat care about! LOL!

Fashion Diva

Rebecca: "I can't wear socks with this! I'll look like a WEIRDO!!" (I'm going to buy her some no-show socks to solve this problem!)