squeak. squeak. squeak.

"Laugh to forget, but don't forget to laugh" -Sign at the mall


Today I went to the mall with the family. While mom and the boys waited in line to build a free thing at the Lego store, I took the girls and we walked around. (us girls aren't that into Lego's, imagine that.) After spending a sufficient amount of time walking around the entire mall and browsing occasional stores, we were done. I found a nice little spot on a bench to wait for mom and the kids to come out of the store, while there was still a quite long line waiting to go in.

At the end of this line, was a family. A mom, dad, 2 girls, and 2 boys. The youngest, a boy probably around 1 or so, was running around completely enjoying himself.
It. was. adorable.

But as if his laugh and smile weren't enough, and the smile on his mom's face as she 'chased' him around wasn't enough, his shoes squeaked.

Yes, you heard that right. They squeaked. Every stumbling, running step of his little feet left a squeak.

In that moment, it was the most adorable, genuine thing. A mother running around chasing a small child so full of joy he just couldn't contain himself, who squeaked everywhere he went so you couldn't possibly lose him.

It was all I could do to not pick him up and laugh in joy with him.... but somehow I don't think that the parents would find that very amusing.

lesson learned

Just because you haven't needed sunscreen so far this summer (because you haven't really been outside much), doesn't mean that you're immune to the sun.

3 hours is a long time to sit in the sun.
especially with no sunscreen.

and the results are particularly painful.

ouch.

Creeper

I went to Famous Dave's today for the first time. It was delicious :) Besides that fact that it's ridiculously expensive, I loved it.
They had Georgia Mustard, which was of course, great.
The place had a fun atmosphere and was cute.
A the boy with the great smile was cute.
wait what?...... yeah

Unfortunately, all he did was show us to our table. I was probably a little bit too disappointed when I found out that he wasn't going to be our waiter.

So while I was enjoying my food, I spent the evening watching him walk back and forth and show people to their tables, and unsuccessfully trying to catch a glimpse of his name tag.

Yeah, I'm a bit of a creeper.



ps- His name is Leif.

A Lazy Thought

A Lazy Thought

By: Eve Merriman

There go the grown-ups

To the office,

To the store.

Subway rush,

Traffic crush,

Hurry, scurry,

Worry, flurry.

No wonder

Grown-ups

Don't grow up

Any more.

It takes a lot

Of slow

To grow.

S.M.I.L.E.

I know it's a little long, but it's worth it.
One of my number one rules, is to smile. It make you happy, it makes others happy, and it's just good all around :D