Yesterday we took our daughter to Niagara Falls for the day. We had a fabulous time and I had a chance to make a few observations on life while we were there. 1) My dream job is now to work in a butterfly habitat. Oh, and Owl Butterflies are little divas…they’re arrogant, convinced of their own fabulousity, and won’t allow you to photograph them. 2) I can rock a plastic bag raincoat like nobodies business. 3) Badly behaved children aren’t just from the United States, it’s a we are the world kind of thing.
I have to tell you, I have absolutely no tolerance for kids that act like maniacs in public. Hence, the reason I’m not necessarily well-suited to working in an elementary school. Give me a snarky teenager any day of the week. I’m like the adolescent whisperer. In any case, tiny maniacs were everywhere. We were in line at one of the attractions and in front of us were two of the cutest little French speaking boys you’ll ever see…but wow, were they bad. And right behind us was a German speaking family and their kids were in some sort of demented international competition with the French boys to see you could win the medal for absurd public behavior. At one point, my daughter looked at me and said, “Why are they acting like that?” Ummm…because they’re permitted to, that’s why. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not the Grinch of childhood. I don’t live to suck all of the fun out of my child’s growing up years. But I do to expect her to act like a polite little lady in public. Just like I expected her brother to behave like a gentleman when he was little. And guess what? Because it was expected, they behave(d) accordingly. It’s not rocket science, it’s simply good manners.
I’ll be honest with you. This isn’t the outfit I wore on the trip, I’ll save that for another day. This is something I threw together a few days ago. Instead of the expected tee, I went with the peasant top under the denim overalls. I did consider heels, but I was kinda diggin’ the boho-esque vibe the embellished flat sandals gave when paired with the peasant top.
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