Golly gee, heck fire! It's been a long time since I've blogged. I have decided to jump back on the bandwagon with a new program..."P52". I never could stick with "Project 365" so I'm attempting a picture a week thus the "P52". Wish me luck!
Here's "1":
After countless days of dry, heat...a little bit of rain fell so the mutts went out to play, but only the Pink Princess would pose for the camera.
The Mickster won his first 1st Place trophy at BMX. He was so excited that both he and his cousin won!
Summer is finally here and with it brings hot, hot, HOT weather. And hot weather will find us at the pool quite a bit. So to jumpstart the mutts summer, we started swimming lessons last week.
The Mickster did great as expected. He jumped right in and pretty much picked up where he left off last summer with this same teacher. However this year, Ms. Jennifer is teaching him more of the mechnical side to the free stroke. He's learning proper arm movements and leg kicks as well as breathing to the side. He's doing an awesome job! Of course his favorite part of the lesson is the last 5 minutes where he can have some free time...jumping off the diving board!
The Pink Princess loves the water as well, however, she's never been without her arm floaties before which also means she's never put her face in the water while holding her breath. She started off blowing bubbles and after just 2 lessons, she was putting her entire face in the water and swimming 3 to 4 feet to Ms. Jennifer. Today, she didn't want to get out of the water when the lesson was over. She cried and whimpered as she crawled out. I guess that's a good thing.
People often laugh when they hear me affectionately refer to my kids as mutts. Well...they are half-breds after all. LOL They yap nonstop. They love to eat meat off the bone. They like to sit in our laps. They love to go for walks and rides. They would rather be outside running around, chasing each other than being stuck inside. You get the idea.
Well, they added another item to the above list...marking their territories. While Round Eye was in the shower this morning, the mutts had an altercation over a wooden block. Next thing I know, the Mickster wrote the following on HIS bedroom door and the Pink Princess started to write her name on HER door. "No btey (body) in my room" and "L". While his spelling is quite impressive...and I'm sure the Pink Princess' would have been as well had I not stopped her after the first letter...I was not impressed with this marking...with a marker no less.
Hmmm...they spent some time with their noses to the wall with hands behind their backs...too bad we don't have kennels! LOL Oh my!
...and I hated to break it to the Pink Princess, but there was no little baby sister dropped off today. Oh, I so wished the stork brought one to our doorstep, but all we got when the doorbell rang was a Girl Scout darling delivering our 12 boxes of cookies. LOL
And for those of you who were wondering...nope, not, never gonna...
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A funny happened last night... It was around midnight and I was taking a hot bath when suddenly my door opened. In came the Pink Princess. She opened her eyes then closed it quicky. She walked to the toilet, used the potty, wiped, flushed all the while with her eyes closed. She walked out and said, "Have a good baf, momma."
Isn't she funny? Tell me her eyes were closed because of the bright light and because she was half asleep and not because she didn't want to see me naked??? LOL
Tonight while I was putting her to bed, she was playing with her fingers and counting them. Then she decided to name all the people in our family. Here's her recount of our family members...
"Mimi, she's my gwenma. Righ, Momma?"
"Yes, she is, Woogie."
"Daddy. His name is *****? Righ, Momma?"
"Yes, his name is *****, Woogie."
"Joe. He's my gwenpa. Righ, Momma? And Papa in Heaben too?"
"Yes, they are, Woogie."
"Bubby. He's my budder. Righ, Momma? And I haf a sisser too."
"You do, Woogie?"
"Yes, Momma. I get one sisser soon."
"When are you getting this sister?"
"Ness week, Momma. On Thursday."
Too funny! LOL
The Pink Princess had her first ballet class this morning. Lucky for us, the local school of dance comes out to the preschool to provide 45 minutes of ballet and tap instruction. The owner of the dance studio is a former parent of mine. I taught her daughter in first grade in 1997...over a decade ago. Wow! Here's the Pink Princess in her cute leotard, tights and tap shoes. Isn't she just darling? I just can't believe my little girl is taking dance class.
Cookie Bean...he's still baking in his mother's womb right now, but he's having some deceleration episodes. Please keep him in your prayers. He's only 26 weeks old today. He's the son of a dear friend who I met online at the March of Dimes ShareYourStory.org NICU community. Carissa's first son, Braden, was born at 30 weeks so, unfortunately, she knows all too well the difficulties of this rollercoaster ride. Braden "Miracle Monster" is indeed a miracle. We need another one for this family and Cookie Bean. Every day counts so please pray for more time in utero and that he continues to grow and thrive in his mother's womb... where he belongs.
I couldn't resist posting these pictures. Aren't they the cutest little mutts you've ever seen? ;)
It's been crazy the last few months. After returning from our great Midwest tour, it was time to head back to work. The Mickster was preparing for his first day of kindergarten while the Pink Princess was preparing for her first day of preschool. It was quite an emotional time for us all.
The Pink Princess went in for her second set of ear tubes as well as having her adenoids removed. She was having so much fun playing...poor thing didn't know what hit her next. You can read more about her day HERE
