In Summer.....

Summer 2014 has brought some big changes for our family. Last winter we joined the Albuquerque Country Club, which is located just 2 blocks away from our house. Not ones to forget where we came from, I thought it would be a hard adjustment hanging with the economically fortunate folk instead of using "don't swim in the ditch!" free passes at the community pool provided by the fire department. BOY WAS I WRONG! Apparently we are having no transition issues at all!

Since we know how important 1st impressions can be in this type of social setting, I encouraged my children to be friendly with everyone at the annual Memorial Day pool bash. It was the Mazotti Family "coming out party", our introduction into high society functions. I reminded the children that it was important to participate but not steal the show. You know...lie low, make a good impression. I guess AJ didn't get the memo, because to my dismay (take that you elitist bastards!) he won the belly flop contest. Of course I immediately encouraged him to donate the prize to charity give me the gift cards, he said "no way!" and ran off with his winnings. I am pretty sure people were checking our credentials left and right after that.

Although Cienna did not win any contests, she stayed true to her Mazotti roots by creating quite a scene in the ladies bathroom by the pool. Her front tooth had become very loose and she insisted that we yank it out. So, after tying a piece of dental floss to the tooth, she completely chickened out and ran into the bathroom scared as hell. I followed her in and started gently berating her for not just getting it over with. Finally, she relented and on the count of 2 I yanked the floss inside the crowded bathroom and watched the tooth fly across the bathroom and heard it hit the wall. She started screaming and I started scrambling to find the tooth. People looked at us like we were absolutely the craziest people ever born and walked out of the bathroom. 5 minutes later I found that bad boy and all was well with the world. Although we haven't been invited to sit with anyone at the pool lately. Oh well.