Surprising us all today on the Friday before the 3-day weekend, we were spoiled with some warm balmy temperatures. It must have been in the low 70's today. With the weather lately being only in the 40's and 50's, a mild 72 degrees was scorching. I felt like I should have worn a tee and shorts. The armadillo should have been wearing a swimsuit as who would have known that he would be playing in the fountain today.
After school we all went to lunch with the armadillo's buddies and their mommies and daddy and little brother. After a hearty lunch at our local salad bar, where the boys feasted on pickles, noodles, cantaloupe, jello, brownies and sprinkles (the kind you dust over ice cream, cupcakes, etc ...), they took a cue from the sumo baby whose shirt I had to take off due to some serious food spillage, the boys decided to remove their shirts. The three little lads went outside to frolic and cavort in the nearby fountain. I had to attend to some personal business inside while a friend of mine took the armadillo and boys outside. When I got back the armadillo had no shoes on and his pants were soaked 3 inches upward from the cuff. "He was too fast and lept into the fountain before I could stop him.", my friend explained. I told her not to worry that it was no big deal. The weather was warm and who wouldn't want to splash around in the fountain. After awhile the armadillo and his buddy were down to their diapers. The pants were soaked beyond any wringing I could muster so I was just like, "the hell with it". Let him have his fun.
I then started to think about how nice it was to not stress about such little things as the armadillo's pants getting soaked. One of my mommy friends is like that and I'm envious of her. I rarely ever see her get high-strung or upset with her son. She's always laughing with her son and she is ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS with the armadillo. He ADORES her. I need to remember that my life doesn't have to be so stressful and that it's okay if the armadillo spills juice on his pants or that he's playing in the fountain and getting saturated with water. It's just water ... it's just juice ... No biggie.
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