I try to be the fun one. I can't really compete with He Who Can Make Disney Movies Magically Appear, but still, I try. So, on the way to dance class when I realized we had an extra 20 minutes or so, I offered Alexis a little treat. A walk! In the woods! By a lake!
Alexis was very excited at the prospect. Really. She practically bounced out of the car as I pulled into a parking spot and then went bounding down the path. With her little sundress swishing in the breeze and her flip-flops making little click-click noises as she walked, she looked for adventure amongst all of the nature.
And then a little nature found its way into her shoe.
She was not pleased.
I helped her clear the tiny bit of mulch out of her shoe and then we continued some more. Just as Alexis regained the spring in her step, she spotted a bug. She shrieked, much as you would expect of a ridiculously girlie girl who has spent time around people at daycare who freak out about anything with more than four legs. It took a few moments to calm her back down, but then we continued along the path.
Until more mulch attacked her foot.
Again and again, over and over, every time so much as a speck of mulch wound up touching her flip-flop wearing foot, Alexis HAD to stop and get rid of it. Finally, she sat on a big bench and sighed loudly. "Momma," she said, "I'm just not good at this forest thing."
She speaks the truth. Guess I'll have to knock "Walks in the forest" off the list if I want to try to find my way to The Fun Parent status.
