Friday

La did not have school on Friday. Her pre-school went on a field trip to the Shedd Aquarium, and she would have gone along, except that she was required to have an adult with her. I couldn't take off of work, so I decided to work from home, in hopes that La would play quietly and leave me alone.

Earlier in the week, I found out that La's best friend F was in the same predicament. Except her mom works in a dental office, so there was no way she could work from home. So I offered to have F over while I worked.

Does that sound like a crazy idea?

It wasn't. They were perfect little angels. Collectively, they said maybe five words to me all day.

I got to overhear a few funny conversations that they had. La told F that she liked her sweater, and F replied, "Thanks! It's from T.J. Maxx!" And when they were eating lunch, F looked at La and emphatically stated, "This soup is so good, I can't resist it!"

Later, La started singing her favorite Taylor Swift song, Love Story. There's a line that goes, "We keep quiet, because we're dead if he knew." But La sang, "We keep quiet cuz my daddy canoes." I like that version better.

The only drawback to having two munchkins around was that every square inch of my home looked exactly like this by the time F left: