Me: “I’m going to go stick my head in the fountain.”
Evie, getting upset: “Nooooo!”
Me: “Why not?”
Evie: “Because that’s where your ears are!”

She does not like water in her ears! Really, she doesn’t like water anywhere near her face, but particularly the ears. So I didn’t stick my head in the fountain because she was upset, but after a while she started tugging me over towards the fountain. “Guess where I’m taking you!” she said. So I went over and put my head in the fountain (it was a really hot day). As soon as I took my head out she started sobbing.

Evie: “You need a towel! Get a towel!”
Me: “Why? It will dry, honey. I like getting my head wet.”
Evie: “No! No! You have to poke your ears!”

By this I assume she meant dry the water out of my ears (it wasn’t even in my ears!) I told you she doesn’t like water in her ears!

Sara: “Why are your breadsticks wet?”

This was in response to some of the saddest, soggiest, most unappealing breadsticks I have ever seen. The place had a “limited menu” for Sunday that was so crummy, Sara and I decided not to eat.

Me: “What was your favorite part about the water park?”
Evie: “When we went to the potty!”

It’s not like she didn’t have a good time! I don’t know why we even try to plan things. However, it should be noted that she let me dunk her head in the water (asked me to do it actually!) This has never happened before (see above for water-in-her-ears-phobia). She didn’t even rush to get out and get a towel right away (but she did a different time the same day when she accidentally tripped and her head went under for a nanosecond).

I should also mention that Sara totally flipped out of her tube and got dunked the first time she went down the big slide. Of course, this was the only time this happened and I wasn’t around. Totally missed it! 😦

As for me, I am totally lobster-ized. I slapped some sun screen on my shoulders, arms, face and neck, and even reapplied it. That is why every place other than my shoulders, arms, face and neck is bright red like I’m wearing some sort of weird red sunburn sandwich board. It’s actually kind of funny because it looks even worse compared to my un-burned arms and shoulders. And usually, whenever you have a sunburn, your shoulders are the worst part. But since my shoulders were protected, it doesn’t really hurt much to wear a shirt! I guess we know for sure that the new sunscreen we were trying works! Consider my painful middle the control group.