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A Day In The Life Of The Alfino'sFamily TraditionsFrom MomJust For FunKnoxKyla IsabellaOur KiddiesRiya-RayThings To Ponder

But I Don't Want To

31 July 2014
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Aaaah, the great outdoors.  With the sun heating up cold bones, birds and squirrels bustling around in the trees over head, the sound of children laughing and the view of a bearded hunk of a man whittling a bunny rabbit from a log.

Sounds all kinds of perfect right?

Right.

But now let’s shift the camera slightly to the left, where you will spot a figure sitting on the concrete step, wrapped up with clothing so tight and a hood pulled over so far that you can barely see her unenthusiastic face.

Yeah, that’s me.

I don’t know what it is about the outdoors, but I don’t like it.  I don’t like the uncomfortable seating, the bugs flying in my hair, the spiderwebs I walk into by accident, the cold wind in my face or well, any of it actually.  I can’t even indulge in the sun because Roaccutane.

Anyway.  On Sunday Seth insisted on spending the afternoon outside.  I know right, how dare he?!

The kids LOVED IT and unable to control my FOMO of missing out on an afternoon with them, I found myself flitting outside far too much for my liking.  It was worth it though.  As is doing most things that make you slightly uncomfortable.

I hate having nothing to do, especially when I’m outside.  I need a reason to be there.  Just “enjoying it” is not a good enough reason and so I whipped out my trusty camera.  Man I miss just capturing these random moments.  Definitely more days like this in our future.

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Liz 31 July 2014 at 7:16 AM

Learn to crochet.. It’s what I do when the kids play outside….

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Jodie 31 July 2014 at 7:19 AM

Oh wow – how precious is the picture of your baby boy helping dad to chop the wood??!!!

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Gina 31 July 2014 at 8:56 AM

I love the ‘idea’ of being out in nature. Really really really hate it when I am outside though. I hate sitting on the grass and eating off my lap and the bugs and the sand and the wind. Maybe if I had a little cafe style table and chair to relax in???

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Zayaan 31 July 2014 at 9:15 AM

Love, love, LOVE Knox’s face when he’s holding that axe. So damn cute! The girls are so beautiful too!

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Heather 2 August 2014 at 9:55 AM

I try and get Nicky outside as much as possible in the day. He already likes playing on the IPad so much and there’s enough TV on in the evening I just want him to exercise lots so that he will sleep well! Love the pic of dad helping with the ax.

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No Profound Thoughts Here | 3 Kids, 2 Dogs, 1 Old House 16 September 2014 at 7:16 AM

[…] or something.  I don’t liss.  Should I talk about how I hate going outside. No – did that, still hate it.  Should I turn it into an “8 reasons why we love the park” post? […]

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