This morning Lucy's school had their Homecoming parade. She was very excited to watch the parade with her class and wear her special SPIRIT SHIRT- which is basically a fancy name for the shirt they make you buy at the beginning of the year to wear on field trips. She's four so the extent of her involvement in the parade was sitting on the curb with her classmates trying to catch candy, while also trying to get the attention of all the high schoolers she knows who were actually in the parade. She came home with a football shaped cookie and several pieces of candy. In her book, this was a successful morning.
After the parade we went to Target to get my nephew a birthday present. We picked out his gift and then decided to peruse the Halloween costumes....I think it's important for you to know that since June, Lucy has wanted to be Belle, Rapunzel, and Wilma Flinstone. But today everything changed when she saw a Jessi costume...you know, from Toy Story. Or is it Toy Story 2 or 3? Or is it 2 AND 3? I don't even know. Lucy has seen the Toy Story movies and liked them, but they are not what I would consider family favorites around here. I'm here to tell you, though, that when Lucy makes up her mind about something it's hard to change it. I must have asked her 20 times if she was sure and told her that if I bought this costume this was IT. She was going to be Jessi, END OF STORY. And then she proceeded to tell me that she was "100 and 25% off sure" that she wanted to be Jessi. Well, I guess that settled it. We are now the proud owners of a Jessi costume.
Tonight we'll go to the Homecoming game and Lucy will stay up WAY past her bedtime....Tomorrow afternoon is my nephew's third birthday party. And then- tomorrow night- FLORIDA VS. ALABAMA. In.the.swamp! I'm so excited, and I think it's going to be a much better game than Alabama fans are predicting. And kudos to my sister AND the Gator football scheduler people for planning their respective events at different times. I love Tivo, but Florida-Alabama is not a game I want to watch on a delay. On Sunday we'll go to church and then the Jags game....and a win would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath!
Have a great weekend!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
And now, for the fourth time, I'm really committed to blogging and sticking to it....
I am not a good blogger. I have tried in the past- several times- and just don't seem to be able to stick to it. But the fact of the matter is, I probably post way more "guess what cute thing my kid did today" statuses on my facebook page than people really care about. So my goal here is not only to keep the three of you who actually do care about every adorable thing my kids do informed, but also to start saving them somewhere so that I will be able to remember them myself. I'm sure that along the way I will post things that are totally uninteresting to everyone and I will probably once again slack off in the blogging department at some point....but my intentions are good! So here we go.....
I'll start with a little background info on me and my family, just in case anyone out there doesn't know us. I know the chances are slim to none that anyone outside my circle of friends will ever read this, but you never know. I could be the next Big Mama, who by the way, is the author my favorite blog ever- www.thebigmamablog.com.
I am a stay at home mom of two beautiful girls, ages four and a half and 18 months, and a wife to a man who works super hard to take care of our family. He has a very demanding full-time job and also works part-time as the children's pastor at our church. Sometimes I give him a hard time about not helping around the house more, but the reality is if I were him I would probably want to come home and go to sleep as soon as I walked in the door. And the reality is that if he were me, he would probably want to do the same. Fortunately for me and the girls, he does not go to sleep as soon as he walks in the door. He is greeted at the door by two giddy girls every night, and he is the official bath giver and bed time Bible story reader. I am so very blessed!
Our oldest daughter (L) just started pre-K last month and is doing great. She is attending a Christian school and we are amazed by what she has already learned in such a short time. We've always known she was smart, of course, because we're not biased at all. At four years old, she is currently working on memorizing the 23rd Psalm. She is in her second year of tap and ballet, and she loves to perform for us at home. She has quite a personality and you never know what she's going to say....she definitely keeps us on our toes.
Our youngest daughter (A) is 18 months old and she also keeps us on our toes, but in a totally different way. She is into everything! She has the sweetest little personality, but also quite a temper....and did I mention she's into everything? I probably say, "Put that down", "Get down", and/or "Sit down" 30 times a day. And most of the time, she laughs at me. Fortunately (for her), she has these enormous brown eyes along with a unique ability to make YOU feel bad for HER after she's just blatantly ignored you.
My life pretty much consists of taking care of the kids, making sure our house doesn't look like a tornado hit it (and I'm not always successful), and trying to be a good wife...most importantly, I'm trying to live my life the way God has called me to- and unfortunately, I'm not always successful at that, either. We are very active in our church....my husband is the children's pastor so of course I help him with that. I also sing on the praise team and am involved in our women's ministry and church council.
I really do plan to blog often.....but only time will tell!
I'll start with a little background info on me and my family, just in case anyone out there doesn't know us. I know the chances are slim to none that anyone outside my circle of friends will ever read this, but you never know. I could be the next Big Mama, who by the way, is the author my favorite blog ever- www.thebigmamablog.com.
I am a stay at home mom of two beautiful girls, ages four and a half and 18 months, and a wife to a man who works super hard to take care of our family. He has a very demanding full-time job and also works part-time as the children's pastor at our church. Sometimes I give him a hard time about not helping around the house more, but the reality is if I were him I would probably want to come home and go to sleep as soon as I walked in the door. And the reality is that if he were me, he would probably want to do the same. Fortunately for me and the girls, he does not go to sleep as soon as he walks in the door. He is greeted at the door by two giddy girls every night, and he is the official bath giver and bed time Bible story reader. I am so very blessed!
Our oldest daughter (L) just started pre-K last month and is doing great. She is attending a Christian school and we are amazed by what she has already learned in such a short time. We've always known she was smart, of course, because we're not biased at all. At four years old, she is currently working on memorizing the 23rd Psalm. She is in her second year of tap and ballet, and she loves to perform for us at home. She has quite a personality and you never know what she's going to say....she definitely keeps us on our toes.
Our youngest daughter (A) is 18 months old and she also keeps us on our toes, but in a totally different way. She is into everything! She has the sweetest little personality, but also quite a temper....and did I mention she's into everything? I probably say, "Put that down", "Get down", and/or "Sit down" 30 times a day. And most of the time, she laughs at me. Fortunately (for her), she has these enormous brown eyes along with a unique ability to make YOU feel bad for HER after she's just blatantly ignored you.
My life pretty much consists of taking care of the kids, making sure our house doesn't look like a tornado hit it (and I'm not always successful), and trying to be a good wife...most importantly, I'm trying to live my life the way God has called me to- and unfortunately, I'm not always successful at that, either. We are very active in our church....my husband is the children's pastor so of course I help him with that. I also sing on the praise team and am involved in our women's ministry and church council.
I really do plan to blog often.....but only time will tell!
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