Reasons our children or our friends’ children have been crying this week:

  • Don’t want to change clothes
  • Not enough Popsicles 
  • No s’mores till tomorrow 
  • Waves
  • Tired
  • Mouth hurting
  • Skin hurting
  • Spirit hurting
  • Want more ice cubes
  • Want to go outside
  • Wanted to go inside a Thai restaurant to pickup carry-put but was asleep and didn’t get to
  • Not allowed to spray paint parents
  • Want to wear more sunscreen 
  • Want to sleep
  • Don’t want to sleep
  • Want to swim
  • Don’t want to swim
  • Feeling left out 
  • Feeling crowded
  • Not enough soccer
  • Too much soccer
  • Want applesauce
  • Don’t want applesauce

Life is hard.