Today was R’s company picnic, which was fun for the whole family, but we are paying for it tonight. The kids were strung out. J-man is not settling well.

We always try to leave events right when the kids are at the crest of Fun Mountain. It’s silly to leave way too soon just so they won’t melt down, but you can’t stay too long either. Quit while you’re ahead. Leave ‘em wanting more. Etc.

This is much harder with three. And one of them is still a baby!

On the upside, I won the bubble gum blowing contest, and R won the sack race. So I guess we are worthy to be crowned Mr. and Mrs. Company Picnic.

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Special Bonus Conversation
in the car yesterday evening, after I took C (and J) to the Cathedral for a festival and a bit of walking around

C: Hey M, I got to see a moon rock today.
M: Oh!*
C: They brought the rock down from the moon, then put it in a stained glass window that they put in the Cathedral.
M: Oh!
C: It was so pretty.
M: Did it have nail polish on?
[pause]
C: I talk a lot when I’m tired.

*There is no way to do this “Oh!” justice with just words. She says it in a way that suggests she’s thoroughly delighted by whatever’s been said. Her voice goes up in the middle: oOOOohhh…