Right now…
Ethan-7yr is reading to me for homework about a bug named Ben. He’s doing really well.

Caden-3yr is yelling because Seth-2yr keeps stepping on his face. (then Caden-3yr yells more when I tell Seth-2yr to apologize and give his brother a kiss. Seth-2yr’s nose is a little runny, and Caden-3yr wants no part of it)

Seth-2yr is running around the living room, stepping on his brother’s face, while carrying a still sealed, unpopped bag of microwave popcorn. I have no idea why he has it. He’s also ripping the wings off a plastic bug - who is not named Ben, then bringing it to me for repairs. every. few. seconds. but he says ‘thank you’ and smiles a dimply smile at me every time i hand it back. I have repaired the plastic bug not named Ben 6 times since I started writing this. This bug might disappear after Seth-2yr goes to bed tonight.

A couple of days ago I kissed a bug to death. I didn’t mean to. i REALLY didn’t mean to. I’d just come out of a fabric store, put Ethan-7yr and Seth-2yr in the car and was walking around to the driver’s side. I felt it. A small bug landed on my lower lip. And wiggled, but couldn’t get out of my lip gloss. Ick. Not wanting to accidentally eat the bug, I kept my mouth firmly closed, but because I also did not want to smoosh the bug between my lips, i stuck them out. It probably looked like a big pucker. Not that I cared. A guy coming out of the dollar store next to the fabric store did give me a second look but i was too busy to care. Have you ever tried to scream your head off while smooshing your lips into a giant pucker? That isn’t easy. It was very high pitched, but still muffled. I got into the car as quickly as I could, flipped down the mirror, and pulled the (now dead) bug off.

It was tiny, about one third the size of a ladybug. I think originally it was khaki and green, but it was also wearing a glamorous amount of my lip gloss. It sparkled peachy pink, with a decent amount of shimmer that any bug would have been proud to wear, dead or alive.

And because I know some of you will wonder, it was NARS “Orgasm,” with a little DiorKiss “Sorbet Meringue.”

What a way to go!