I'm back from my brief blogging break. I didn't finish all the things I needed to do, but I did some of them. My Favorite Boy was out of school on Tuesday, so I was able to give him my full attention without taking computer time.

I have to share this story about my Best Girl; it is so typical of her. My mischievous girl finds one mess after another. To set the stage, we were eating lunch in a friend's home after church on Sunday. The kids were playing in the backyard. I looked up to see my Best Girl heading toward the kitchen door. One half of her body from the waist down was soaked, including one dress shoe, one half of her tights, and one half of her new dress. This is what she said...

"Mom, I accidentally got wet."

Hmmmm.... I investigated and found out that she had accidentally scaled a rock wall and submerged half of her body in a little pond. We explained that climbing over a wall into a pond was not an accident. During the conversation, she kept insisting that it was an accident. I concluded that she has her own use for accidentally. I am quite certain her meaning is "I really don't want to get in trouble, but I..."

Later, she was talking to my parents on the phone. I heard her exclaim, "There was a bathtub made of rocks, and I got in, and I was soaked just like on the rapids ride (at Disney)!" I guess the experience was thrilling for her. Not so much for me. I am the one who has to fix the brown suede shoes that are no longer the same color. Perhaps I will soak the good one in the bathtub so they will be equally discolored.

Doesn't she just look like trouble?