If you’re my Facebook friend, you probably know that I did a really big dummy thing a couple of weeks ago. I don’t recommend it.
Don’t sunscreen your kids. Well, do sunscreen them (I know. Sunscreen isn’t a verb. But I like to make stuff up that sounds good to me). But don’t sunscreen them, and then pick up your laptop. Big dummy thing to do. Without washing your greasy hands first. Or at least wiping them on your sundress, y’all.
I dropped my laptop, and it hit the kitchen table. I dropped it maybe 6 inches. Maybe. And crash went my hard drive. RIP. As in, adios hard drive. Bye-bye.
And then I went into a grieving state.
Long story long, all of my client images were backed up. But not my 2010 personal photos and videos (see above re: said grieving state). We’re still in the process of attempting recovery. Some of it is just gone. Fingers crossed that most of it is recoverable.
So, I did a little dance when I found these photos from February. It was the day of the Beaver Snack.
Bread + circle cookie cutter + cinnamon sugar + raisins + banana + peanut butter = the infamous Beaver Snack.
Mac and Lily will tell you that it’s the best snack ever.
The scoop: Grab some bread. Toast it for just a sec, and put a little butter on it.
Cut a circle out of each piece, and cut the corners off and make little triangles. Then let the kids take over.
Sprinkle them with the cinnamon sugar mixture (not the kids, the beaver faces).
He gets banana circles for the eyeballs with a raisin in the center – a beaver needs pupils, you know.
Then Mr. Beaver Man gets a dollop of peanut butter for his nose. And small pieces of banana for his teeth. And then your kids cheer because your the coolest Mom ever.
And then you whisper a prayer of thanks that they’re still little enough to think you’re the coolest Mom ever. And for their smallness and sweetness, despite the tantrums that still occur at the ages of almost 4 and 5.
And then you laugh, as your little boy makes beaver teeth at you. And your little dives right in. She has no time for beaver faces.
Happy Thursday!
xo
Christi
]. She was so patient and just plain wonderful.
