Sprung

Spring has sprung. It's so beautiful outside and allergies are attacking little noses, just as their supposed to, right? Ugh. ...already got a call into our pediatrician for allergy meds.

::go me::

That being said...

I've always wondered how random shoes end up on roads here or there. Sometimes you think it's intentional (piles of random shoes--or those hung on electrical lines, etc.). It's so odd that one would just lose a shoe, on the side of the road. I mean, how would you walk home? People don't just think "oh, hey if I lose a shoe I'll throw another pair in my back pocket". (can you imagine the pockets on those pants?). So how, why, what reasoning is there in lost shoes on the road.

...edited to add: those random thoughts all occurred prior to becoming a parent--because now, I don't have the time to think about anything beyond "stop hitting your brother" or "use your words please, mommy doesn't understand what AAAAHHHHHH means".

So, today the big discovery came. And you know it's not just that euphoric moment where it just hits me and I think "wow". Because with Joel and Kaeden--nothing is that simple. (if it was, we wouldn't have sippy cups in the garbage and empty wrappers in the sink, now would we?).

Yesterday, while driving, we opened the windows of the car. The boys LOVED it. They yelled "hi" at every inatimate object they could find. They said "Buhbye!" to all those same objects as we drove past as well. It was great. So sweet, so innocent, so loving. Today, as they woke up in destructor mode, I decided that an outing would do us all well (they're strapped down, I'm wailing to music... kind of win-win, if I may). After spending a gazillion dollars at Sam's Club, I packed the children as well as all our unbagged crap into the car and headed home--for nap time (haha, right). Seeing as how they were in need of something to calm them (and screaming from me wasn't helping) I rolled down the windows for a replay of yesterday. Driving down that quiet street I decided to check my phone for something important (though, not important enough to not pay attention to the road, in hindsight). When I looked up--I noticed two police cars. One was behind me, one was on the passenger side of me. Frightened (because I'd been doing an illegal activity), I put my phone down and concentrated on the road. I noticed Kaeden say "ut oh", and honestly didn't think anything of it... until I saw a sock flailing in the wind (only to be followed by a shoe). And the cherub-like choir of "all gone" afterwards.


So, here becomes the awakening of that forgotten pondrence about the random shoes here and there. ...it's from distracted mothers and toddlers in destruction like mode.

Duh.

And my first thought after the police left my side? ...totally blogworthy.