I am so proud of my baby girl She has amazing confidence and never has a problem getting up in front of people. And she's dressed cute!!
A big shout out the best teacher for making sure we were there and a part of all the excitement!
I am so proud of my baby girl She has amazing confidence and never has a problem getting up in front of people. And she's dressed cute!!
A big shout out the best teacher for making sure we were there and a part of all the excitement!
Life can be quite simple for me and I can accomplish full enjoyment.
Take for instance, the other night. The program I volunteer with on Thursday mornings did a Girls' Night Out. Chaps (which is what the Lt. Commander...aka the Chaplain is called by most) really went all out and planned a great time. She talked the owner of a salon/spa into opening after hours to give us the special treatment of one on one consulting.
It was great. We were treated like royalty. I took Paige along to enjoy the moment. I try to do one on one stuff with each of my kids because they need to feel special and important..because they are. Wednesday night was Paige's night with Mama. She even got in the chair and was shown how to use concealer to her advantage.
There were ten of us that went. Some of these girls had never stepped foot in a bona fide salon that serves wine with your service and some of us were in heaven looking at hair products (where I broke down and made a purchase because I am a sucker for good product) and talking with the stylist about what is best. I am glad to say that even though I tell my child over and over that she is damaging her hair straightening it every day and she ignores me.....the stylist telling her NOT to do it worked and she's backing off from the flat iron now made it worthwhile for me.
We all piled into a Mexican restaurant to enjoy laughing and picture taking. It was an amazing time and I'm glad I quit being wishy washy about it and decided to go.
Best part of the whole night? We had to take the government mini van on this excursion. I never ride the bus on field trips, but the cost of gas convinced me to break this personal rule. There were six of us piled up in there coming back home. Our driver was a uniformed gal who is a nut. Chaps put me in charge of getting us home as she stayed behind to head home.
That might've been the wrong thing to do.
Because I had no problem with us stopping at a popular coffee place.
Which is kind of breaking the rules when it comes to government vehicles. So is eating or drinking in said vehicle.
Uh.....I plead ignorance? (Fred, you are not allowed to mention how we discussed this same thing a week or so ago and how it's not supposed to happen...I got caught up in the moment)
As we were riding, I received a pic message from the back row. Coty (lovemarraigecarriage to the right) and Paige sent me a dark picture of fun times.
There was a moment of screaming laughter when Coty pulled out her key ring that had a blue light on it. She and Paige were swirling it around and the car in front of us slowed down to 35 in a 45 on base. I'm sure the poor guy was wondering when did security start driving mini vans. At least our driver was an M.A. (Master at Arms/military police). We finally passed him and got to our destination.
Good times.
I know you probably can't really make this out...but I warned them I would put this on my blog when they sent it. Sometimes ya gotta back your talk up.*Spell check is working again! It's gonna be a good day!
Not a bad deal, huh?
I find myself looking at these more and more. I love the simplicity of the arrangement. There's no "frou-frou" stuff tucked in here and there. Yeah, that's my style.
We are enjoying the start of our three day weekend. I think Paige has more work to do than any of us to be honest. She's got to clean out the van (it's part of her chores every so often to earn her cell phone services) and she's keeping company with a handsome little man named Noah while his Mommy takes some much needed girl time to prepare for Daddy to get home. (That would be Emily and we are LOVING her being home with us)
I'm going to see if I can add another link to my list over to the right. My GREAT friend Chelle has started this blogging thing and I'm so glad. Now I can keep up with her and my babies better. She's like a sister to me and I'm missing so much of their lives being so far away. I'm also adding my friend Vanessa. She's a Navy wife and mom of a teen doing the best she can. She just has the best sense of humor doing it. I so want to have coffee with her one day. So, go visit Tiddly Winks and Inside My Head and welcome them aboard!
Have a good Saturday everyone!
p.s. Uh...I'm not a professional on types of flowers and such, so someone help a sister out and tell me what those purple blooms are?
I can hear a collective "AMEN" from my choir of friends out there who are reading this right now. I love The Boy with all my heart. I truly do. But, that boy wears me out. I firmly believe that there is no other parent out there who loves bedtime more than we do. I had him pose for me in the van before heading to school the other morning.
What kind of face is this, I ask you? All I asked was that he be still for ONE SECOND. You would have thought I asked for the moon.
Another thing I want to share. We went to the Mardi Gras parade in town last weekend. As it was the first festival of the Festival Season here, vendors were out galore, along with fun costly things. There was this inflatable slide that claimed to be the BIGGEST inflatable slide in the world. I can believe it. That sucker looked to be 3-4 stories tall. Nothing doing but Makenna and Vitt wanted to do that thing. I'm thinking they were on the insane side. Never in a gazillion years would this Mama do it. Having a fear of heights kind of seals that deal for me. One foot off the ground and I get vertigo. Fred is game for all that looks dangerous and life-threatening. What a fun Dad he is! He went along to participate and I awaited them at the bottom with phone camera in hand.
Makenna went first. No fear. Laughing all the way. Just ran and jumped.
This is The Boy. The Man is at the top to the right watching him. He had no fear. Whatsoever. I think I need nerve pills. He was ready to slide again once his feet hit the pavement.
We are heading to Edge I today. My mother needs to see her babies and I need to see my Grandma who is in the hospital. We got a full weekend planned and I expect us to be happy to get back Sunday evening so we can rest. I already miss my bed. But I am looking forward to some cool weather!
Have a good weekend, Internets!
ACK. Spell check isn't working today. So all spelling errors are my fault and maybe I'll come back and fix them later!
Just wanted to note that these pictures are courtesy of Dulcie, who accompanied Miss Erinlee. She's so cool to pass on these lovely snapshots for my viewing pleasure!
This is The Man who took The Boy on the field trip. He ended up saving the day because he was the only Daddy there and he was knowledgeable on how to drive the golf cart to give extra rides while others were busy with ponies. I could eat him up when he wear a baseball cap.
We are now discussing sports. Fred went to sign Vitt up for T-ball. You have to be 4 by April 1. Vitt will be 4 on April 2. Sucks. Georgia law won't let them bend the rules. So now we're checking out soccer. I have agreed to sports...as long as I don't have to do anything freaky like be a coach mom. I will promise to provide snacks and cheer them on to victory with pure happiness.
We also found out Mak is eligible to take golf lessons on Saturday mornings. We asked her if she wanted to play soccer or golf. Fred said....there's a lot of running with soccer. She immediately said she'd like to give golf a try. We'll see if our long legged gal has a tiger-ish knack for the game.
I informed Fred that should she develope that crazy love for the game? She would not be making his 4th on Golf Fridays and I better not find her kicked back beside him in the golf cart smoking a cigar.