Hi handsome,

There were two different “Isaiah” things that happened today. The first one was done by Elijah.

We went down to the sandbox park with Grandpop and Abuela. It was only thirty-one degrees when we went, so everyone needed to bundle up. Everyone was finally ready and we drove to the park. As we are getting out of the car, Elijah says, “oh no, I don’t have shoes”. That’s right, he didn’t wear shoes and didn’t even notice until we got there. You can relate to that considering you did the exact thing in Hawaii like two times. However, you al least noticed during the drive to our destination and not as you were getting out of the car.

I ran back home to get Elijah’s crocs and all was well. After swinging for a little, the boys wanted to go over and play in the sandbox. I thought it was too cold for your brothers to take their crocs off, but they didn’t seem to care. We were probably in the sandbox for about fifteen minutes and then Lucas came over and whispered to me. He had been upset, but I thought it was because I made him share the big shovel with Elijah. Alas, that was not the case. Lucas whispered, “can I tell you something, but I think you’ll be mad at me”.

Lucas proceeded to tell me that he lost one of Elijah’s crocs. He was digging a hole and wanted to find “buried treasure”. He decided to use the croc as the treasure. He dug the hole, put the croc in, filled in the hole, and then flattened it out. I guess after doing that he stopped paying attention for a minute? He had no idea where the croc was buried and waited to tell me once we were about to leave.

I spent about twenty minutes digging in the sandbox with a child’s shovel. I thought to myself, “surely if I know the general area then I should be able to find it quickly”. Yeah, I was completely wrong. I couldn’t find the croc. The best part is that all the rest of the shoes are still in our household goods that are currently in Baltimore.

I didn’t make a big deal about it, I didn’t get upset. I just told him he made a mistake and now he will learn from it. I also told him that next time something happens, don’t wait to tell me. Waiting won’t change what’s going on, but if he would have told me right away I would have at least known the vicinity of where it could be.

Ellie was giving him a hard time and Elijah was obnoxiously crying that his croc was gone. I had to get on my little soapbox because I will not be passing on my issues. I told Ellie that’s there’s no reason to yell at him because it was a mistake. He didn’t do it on purpose, he didn’t hurt anyone, and yelling it isn’t going to magically make the croc appear.

We then had a conversation on how we already lost something that truly mattered and nothing would be worse than losing you. We aren’t going to stress over such little things.

You would have had a good laugh if you were watching us. I love you more than anything, baby. Goodnight and sweet dreams.