“Whoa. What are you looking at, Mommy?”

Oh, nothing, dear. Just how big that silly helmet looks on your melon. Think you have enough padding on yet?

“Yeah, you’re not nearly as funny as you think you are, Mom. Don’t worry, I’m fine over here.”

Lest you think otherwise (like they were joining the roller derby or something), the girls were suiting up for a new game of…dodgeball! We had been playing it in the street in front of our house a couple of days ago, and Maddie took a spill and scraped herself up a bit. So, we thought (I *was* joking, however) that maybe some extra padding would help. Clearly Sophie (and Maddie, too) took it seriously and dug out every safety device they could find. And Josie, well - she just tried to copy them as well as she could. She even figured out how to put on her helmet herself! And trust me - they were quite the spectacle in the front yard. Sorry I don’t have any pictures of THAT - I was too busy being “it” and pegging them with the ball! I bet you can still hear them yelping now.

“MOMMMMM!!! NO FAAAIIIRRR!!!”

Revenge really is sweet.