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Dedication

August 11, 2008

Jafta got a bag of hand-me-downs from one of his good friends, and before I got to preview it, he pulled out a Cars ski vest. He was so excited about this ski vest that he put it on, immediately. Despite the fact that we have no air conditioning, and despite the fact that it was nearly 100 degrees out, he wore it all morning, and insisted on wearing it during his nap, too. I really can’t express how hot it was in our house this day. If I had a macro lens I could show you the sweat beading on his forehead.
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We took a trip to the desert this weekend, ’cause it wasn’t hot enough at our own house. We told him we were going, and he was really excited to try out his new snorkel gear. He grabbed it from the garage, put it on himself, and wore it the entire 120-mile drive out to the resort. Again, if I had a macro lens, I could show you the saliva pooling in the bottom of the breathing gear from being in his mouth for so long.

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Comments

  1. Shaken Mama says

    August 11, 2008 at 6:38 am

    Well thank goodness there weren’t any Cars Crocs in there.. that would have been disastrous! (I too am fascinated with how ugly they are!)

  2. Lisa says

    August 11, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    Oh … My … Gosh! This is TOO funny!

    You’re child has some EXTREME dedication!
    xoxo

  3. Diane Davis says

    August 13, 2008 at 12:08 am

    i’ve looked at this post about five times. it makes me laugh everytime. it also makes me think about what great parents you are to let him be him own little person rather than power struggling over things that are not that important.

    india in her dora outfit yelling “i love you” and jafta with his mask on for hours… those are my two favorite posts. 🙂

  4. Rosie says

    August 14, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    I just LOVE Jafta

  5. Rosie says

    August 17, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    Shaken Mama, i have just looked up Cars Crocs on images THEY ARE SO UGLY!

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