In No Kind of Hurry

Children have no sense of hurry.  They live in the now and their time-sense is very short and specific.  No where is this more apparent than when they're eating a Popsicle.

You've seen this happen all your life.  There is a cute child holding on to an ice cream cone and there is ice cream dripping down their face, onto their shirt, on their pants and legs and getting between their toes.  But do they care? 

They are so pleased to have that ice cream they want to make it last a long time.  Is that it?  Or are they not as food-driven as we are as adults?  Or wait, are they not bothered by being messy because being clean isn't a priority?

I don't know.  But I do know it's a mess.  We gave my son and daughter a yogurt Popsicle last night after dinner.  But not inside.  No no.  We sent them out on the deck and shut the door.  Then, there was some sort of altercation and screaming ensued and they were separated to two locations outside.  Consumption went more calmly after that.

Does my son finish his before it's all over him?  Of course not.  He wasn't near the hose so he had to have certain items of clothing removed before he could come in to have a bath.  My daughter, on the other hand, fared better, but only for a specific reason: she likes to paint on the glass door and window with her yogurt Popsicle.

So there was dripping all over the deck floor and the windows were a right mess, but hey, she was where the hose was, so all was cleaned up rather quickly and she was sent off to have a de-stickifying bath with her brother.

The Big Boy Update:  Let's make a house.  We were on the porch and my son and daughter were jumping from the coffee table to the sofa.  Suddenly, my son decided the cushions needed to be rearranged to make a "house" area.  We tried for a while, but while he could sit still and enjoy the secret space, his sister just wanted to knock it down.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  Recycling babies.  She loves the two baby dolls we have handed down from our friends.  Why she decided to recycle them both in the recycle bin last night is a mystery though.

Fitness Update:  Six miles this morning.  I can't run fast in the morning.  I can run long though.  Okay, maybe I'm not trying hard enough.  I'll try again next time to get some speed on.

Someone Once Said:  Almost everything about a human creature is ridiculous, except its ability to suffer bravely and die gallantly for whatever it loves and believes in.