The "Um Face"
Cameron came up to me today and said that she was ready to go ride her bike. I said that I would love to see her ride her bike, but we had a big problem. She instantly recognized that she didn't have on her pants. I was glad she realized that was indeed a problem. We haven't always seen eye-to-eye on that point. I then told her there was another big problem. I wanted her to open the front door and tell me what the other “big” problem was. I though she would figure it out right away. I mean, it was totally pouring outside, and it was getting pretty dark. She had two big problems to choose from. Instead, she came back with her “um face” on (see the picture), and says, “Um, the leaves have fallen off the trees?” I laughed and asked her to go look again. Either she really couldn't figure it out OR she was trying to pull a fast one on me. To be honest, I really don't think she got it. I mentioned the fact that...hello...it is RAINING outside! She didn't see this as a problem. She told me, “I have my jacket on.” I thought to myself, “We have lived here too long! It is time to leave!” What do I expect though really? In order to live here, you have to learn to do things in the rain. The other day at one of Ky's soccer games there were a bunch of little kids running around on the playground in the pouring rain. None of them had hoods on, and each of them were totally soaked. At the school, they tell us that the kids will play outside unless it is totally pouring so we should make sure our kids are dressed appropriately. :)
One more funny thing about the kids and our weather is that every year during the rainy season, our children freak out if the sun ever happens to come out. "Look! Mom! The sun!" They seriously act as if it is some sort of spectacular event. How sad is that? Like I said, we need to move!
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