Day 4 - Distractions & the Puppy Dog Face

Yesterday was a whirlwind, end of the academic semester kind of day. Even if this new plan was not in place, there would have been almost no time for media. After running an errand post-work, I arrived home in time to meet my mother-in-law to attend the Winter Concert for the high school orchestra. My favorite violin player was performing, so the Womack family had to split up between an Advent event at church and a concert in the Cafetorium. (Congrats to PHHS on making a new word!)

We arrived and got settled in our seats, the lights dimmed and all of a sudden I noticed the two kids sitting in front of us. I was trying to control my laughter and take a picture, so you may not be able to

see the ear buds in the one on the left as clearly as I could. I suppose this is one way to express your displeasure for Tchaikovsky. I was mostly, though, hearing Little Miss' voice in my head, "See, Mom, other kids have it!!!" It is true that media is everywhere. There is an entirely separate rant on the limited number of restaurants that we enjoy due to the installation of televisions EVERYWHERE! In full disclosure, the kids took them off at some point during the concert, but the point was made.

The evening wrapped up with all of us arriving home around 8:15pm. Nana and I were sitting in the living room and Little Miss came bursting in the house. At some point, a mild verbal tousle began between the kids. The teen evacuated. Seeing her opportunity, Little One delivered her best puppy dog moment in a long while. You know the puppy dog, no? It's when everything is going wrong and out of nowhere someone delivers, with a sweet little smile, something like, "You're the best, Mom." It is often delivered flawlessly and always in the right moment. Usually I can see it coming. This time, it was a surprise. "You know, I think I like this no media thing. It's really working!" Ha! If our lives had speech bubbles, one would still be hanging over the last fuss. But, that puppy dog - gets me every time. Every. Single. Time.