My life revolves around urine. There is Carter and his geyser, not to mention the fact that he wets through his diaper almost every night, Ava and her “I forgot that I am potty trained” accidents, and then Rose and her incontinence. Seems like I am relentlessly wiping up pee. The dog got the award for most creative accident yesterday, when she peed all over the power strip that has the TV, cable box, modem, phone, answering machine, and computer plugged into it. Fortunately she did not cause any major damage, to herself or the electronics. Last time she did this, we had to replace the computer power strip to the tune of about 60 dollars. Though it is VERY disconcerting to hear ZZZZZZZZZTTTT ZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTT coming from the area by the TV.
Today we went to the Winter Carnival Parade. It was Ava’s first parade, and for a small town parade it was really quite good. There is a tradition though of passing out candy to the spectators/audience (what do you call people that watch parades?) and this usually resulted in 6 pieces of candy for 15 kids. I was not prepared for this and so Ava watched all of the other kids around her score candy, and I was left bracing for the tears (this brought back traumatic memories of losing out on easter egg hunts for me), but she was a real trooper. After saying “mommy, I want some” she was satisfied that there would be more, and that the next time it came our way, I would be out there elbowing my way to a lollypop. Fortunately someone else got me one, as I had Carter on my back. Who, by the way, slept through sirens—10 feet away from his head—bagpipes, a brass band, a marching band, and a car blasting “Walk Like an Egyptian.” All in all it was really fun. I did not enjoy the hard candy being lobbed at our heads by some not so perceptive guys on floats, but we just ducked and dodged. And then we came home and Dad took Carter and Ava and I went down to the lake and played on the snow—a real treat for both of us. We sat on a log that we usually sit on when we swim and had a little chat, I taught her snow angels, and we ran and chased Rose—oh, and she ate a lot of snow. And she fell asleep this evening in about 1 minute flat.
