We took the kids out to Jersey Junction tonight for ice cream. Had visions of playing with them at the park by Reed's Lake and having a pleasant family evening reminiscing about East Grand Rapids and how we used to go there all the time. Now that Nana and Papa moved to South Carolina, we don't get to go very much anymore. Tonight we didn't really make it past the ice cream place... for obvious reasons.Nora is going through a fiercely independent phase. She was SO offended that I had taken the spoon from her (in order to scoop up some more ice cream for her to eat... my almost-not-20-something-anymore-hands being slightly more coordinated than her 16-month-old ones)- that she instantly burst into tears. I'm surprised the people around us didn't call CPS because the way she was crying you'd think we were torturing her!! And then of course to top it all, we TOOK A PICTURE. Because really, it was sort of funny. How'd we get such INTENSE kids? [Mom, you don't have to answer...]
Nora wasn't the only one with (multiple) meltdowns tonight... a little peace and quiet on the way home was a welcome end to Family Meltdown Night. Next time we'll go somewhere closer to home when the naps have been lacking during the day! :)
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