{"id":5685,"date":"2010-10-20T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/2010\/10\/20\/dont-forget-to-laugh\/"},"modified":"2010-10-20T14:53:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T18:53:00","slug":"dont-forget-to-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/dont-forget-to-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"don&#8217;t forget to laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of those spur-of-the-moment, slice of life, filler posts for you.   But it reminded why I&#8217;m a mom and made me smile.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been one of those days&#8230;..just really annoying and bugging and I&#8217;ve been complaining right and left.  Everything seems longer than it needs to be and the to-do list is growing exponentially (while time is shrinking).  I won&#8217;t bore you with the real nitty gritty.  But, I&#8217;ve been grumpy and feel stressed for multiple reasons.<\/p>\n<p>After picking up Lucy from school, she asked if we could buy sunglasses at Sonic.<br \/>Huh?<br \/>Don&#8217;t you mean a corndog? (and a happy hour drink for me)<br \/>I guess her friend at school got some in the kid&#8217;s meal.   So, on a whim, we pulled in and picked out a pair for each kid.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9NxJjEqhI\/AAAAAAAAgqY\/-3X0ZTr3qJU\/s1600\/aa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9NxJjEqhI\/AAAAAAAAgqY\/-3X0ZTr3qJU\/s640\/aa.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530224374206212626\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Lucy immediately went for the cat eyes and Owen yelled &#8220;purple!&#8221; (not sure what that means for a boy&#8230;.).  But $1 a pop.  Not bad.  You don&#8217;t need to buy the whole not-so-good meal.<\/p>\n<p>They both put on their shades and as I peeked in the back seat, I just had to smile and laugh.  What funny cute kids.  What simple pleasures!  And I realized, it was the first time I&#8217;d smiled or laughed all day.  I guess that&#8217;s something we moms forget when we&#8217;re running around like crazy people.<br \/>I don&#8217;t want to be a crazy person.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9JSu-tStI\/AAAAAAAAgp4\/gGbpbMSKqSE\/s1600\/b2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9JSu-tStI\/AAAAAAAAgp4\/gGbpbMSKqSE\/s640\/b2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530219453631777490\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>And before you have a Ferris Bueller &#8220;soooo, that&#8217;s how it is in their family&#8221; moment&#8230;.I just think they wanted to see what their colored lenses looked like up-close:<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9I5x9TMpI\/AAAAAAAAgpw\/O4ah0VGsK_Y\/s1600\/b3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9I5x9TMpI\/AAAAAAAAgpw\/O4ah0VGsK_Y\/s640\/b3.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530219024934449810\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Or maybe they&#8217;re just rubbing noses.   Whatever it is, it made me laugh.  And so did the name Lucy came up with to call Owen.  Since his glasses are made of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">bones<\/span>, she loudly exclaimed a very inappropriate name for him.  &#8220;Hey Mom, he&#8217;s a ______! (insert Kirk Cameron&#8217;s friend from Growing Pains)&#8221;.    I quickly responded, &#8220;let&#8217;s just call him Mr. Bones or Skeleton&#8221;.  Kids do say the darndest things.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9I5s9q3HI\/AAAAAAAAgpo\/-VS3QtoQ2uY\/s1600\/b4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9I5s9q3HI\/AAAAAAAAgpo\/-VS3QtoQ2uY\/s640\/b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530219023593823346\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Thanks Lucy for wanting to be a cat today.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9I5UMHEZI\/AAAAAAAAgpg\/AanzspgbJpc\/s1600\/b5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9I5UMHEZI\/AAAAAAAAgpg\/AanzspgbJpc\/s640\/b5.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530219016943505810\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>You make a really cute one.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9NYopyJHI\/AAAAAAAAgqQ\/_7IE-C62Luo\/s1600\/f.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1eI7tS4s_Bg\/TL9NYopyJHI\/AAAAAAAAgqQ\/_7IE-C62Luo\/s640\/f.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530223953059128434\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of those spur-of-the-moment, slice of life, filler posts for you. 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