The next few conversations are from when Don and I took H to British Colombia to visit Dons dad in May….

While we were in British Columbia we went up Grouse Mountain to walk around and see the bears. H spotted the bear first! Having a bath!

While we were walking around I was explaining to H that the mountain was so high we were in the clouds.
H – Are we high enough to be in heaven and see Macchiato?

It was really hard telling her that we can’t visit heaven, but if she talked to Macchiato, Macchi can hear her. 

Every morning on my drive to take H to school my sister, Stephanie calls to chat with H and me. Mostly H but once she’s at school I get to chat with my sister. One morning as I was driving and Stephanie was making her way out the door to go to work –

Stephanie – Alexa turn down the music.…. ALEXA turn volume down two. ALEXA! PLEASE turn the music done.
Me – Alexa listens well.
Stephanie – Alexa turn the music down. She is not listening today.
Me – That is because she is too busy eavesdropping on your conversations.
Stephanie – Why? So she can send me stuff to buy?
Me – Yes, that is exactly why.
Stephanie – pft.
Me – Just like your smart TV watches you.
Stephanie – nervously laughs.
H – 🦗🦗🦗
Stephanie – continues to nervously laugh.
H – Wait. Do we have a smart TV at my house?
Me – Yep!
H – So it sees me?
Me – Yep!
H – ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!?!?!?!??! I GET DRESSED IN THE LIVING ROOM SO IT SEES ME NAKED!
Me – YEP!
Stephanie – bursts out laughing – THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY!
Me – I know you were. You were looking for a G rated way to say it.
Stephanie – still laughing – I WAS!

Driving home from picking H up from school.

Me – How was your day!?
H – Can I tell you something?
Me – ALWAYS!
H – There is no field trips at my school until grade three!! NONE! I need to go back to my old school. This sucks.
Me – 🤦🏻‍♀️

Another after school pick up…..

Me – So glad to see you! How was your day!?
H – Terrible.
Me – Oh tell me about it.
H – Once we are in the car.

I assume it has to do with a disagreement with a friend at recess. We get in the car.

H – Can I tell you about my terrible bad day?
Me – Yep.
H – Pasta day was today.
Me – Okay?
H – It was late so we had to go outside for recess and THEN come in to have lunch.
Me – 🤔 – Pasta being late made it a terrible bad day?
H – Yes.

Safe to say she was probably hangry and did not want to wait any longer for her pasta lunch.

H new hobby is to go out back and pick up dog poo… 🤦🏻‍♀️
Matcha (her protector) is never too far, keeping watch for coyotes…
Moo is just there to hangout and annoy H.

No clue of why I bought all the cereal. The chocolate almonds barely lasted a week…. I have ate most of them…. No shock there.

H is staying strong in her opinion.

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I slept through the night. I slept so deep I swear I could have slept through a train going through the bedroom. Then…. I had a baby and never slept again. Not unless I had ear plugs in, or medicated myself. Maybe one day I will sleep again, unaided.

Nice of Jared to confirm Dharma was not dead…..