D - My Condolences

Unfortunately for me, Katie LOVES imagination play. As a really boring, left-brained thinker, this is torture for me. But since she loves it, I do my best.

Her usual scenario that we repeat daily (many, many times daily), is that she is some sort of animal who suddenly appears at my house. She may be a dolphin, a horse, a puppy, a unicorn, a kitten - regardless of the animal, she is always newly orphaned and must come live with me due to the recent, untimely deaths of her parents.

Well, yesterday I was out running errands with a unicorn named Princess. She is 6 years old and the boss of her brother (named Noah) who is a mere 5 years old. When we stopped the car to get out, she tried to climb out of the van with her deedle-dee (her blanket for any of you who may not know that). I told her she had to leave it in the van, and she replied, "But my mommy always lets me bring it in."

I had to laugh out loud and give a very guilty glance around the parking lot to make sure I was not overheard when I caught myself saying out loud in a rather put-out voice, "Well, I'm SORRY that your mother is dead, but you have to leave the blanket in the car." Yikes! I was soooooo glad no one was around to here me. That might have been hard to explain.

D - It doesn't fit!

I may have blogged this before, because I KNOW I've ranted it in my head before. So forgive me if I'm being repetitious here.

BUT, explain to me, please, the multiple-sized blankets that are out there now. I'm currently making my bed with a Full/Queen blanket. Am I crazy, or does this just mean that it properly fits neither a full nor a queen sized bed????

D - In Mommy's Shoes

And I quote,

"These really do fit me, don't they? Do you want me to have them?"

M - A wish for Disney

Noah wrote me the following letter after returning from Houston and spending the night at his cousins' house in Allen, TX.

See what happens when you let your kids hang out with those high-fallutin' digital cable TV havin' folks?

Click on the image below if you can't read Noah's letter.

M - Mayor Cornett drops by

Mayor Mick Cornett dropped by Beam's Industries several weeks ago to help promote our Wellness Program. He's every bit as nice as you would expect him to be. I've heard him speak on a number of occasions and he is a fantastic communicator. He was very gracious to drop by just on our request and help us out.

Here are a few pics of his visit.

M - When kids fly...

Here are some great pics of Noah and Katie doing their best (with Dad's permission, of course) to further wear out our already old and raggedy couch!

Great job, don't you think?

You know you want to do it too, right? :-)

D - Soccer Mom

Soccer Mom. That's me. I'm not even sure how it happened, but somehow I have grown to LOVE this sport. Not so much watching it on tv when adults with lots of talent play, but I love, love, LOVE watching my kids play. I love practice; I love games. I love it when it's hot or cold. I just LOVE it!

It all started 3 years ago when Noah joined a team with the YMCA. Here he is in one of his first couple of seasons. It's always been one of my favorite pics.

He was actually pretty good! That little bit of success was all it took for me to be hooked. He's still pretty good. I won't go crazy and say he's the best on his team, but I think he's got some talent! He definitely has a competitive spirit and really loves to play. Just look at this look on his face!

This has been the first season for Miss Katie to play. She ran out and scored a goal on her very first quarter of her first game, but came off the field crying and never wanting to go on again about 3 minutes later when the other team scored. Here's a pic of that first game. So sad!

I actually had to run up and down the field with her a couple of weeks ago just to get her to play. She did really great though the next week, and we didn't even have to bribe her to play! She now thinks she knows a lot and likes to give Noah pointers. Oh my, does he love that!

I love to make her look as girly as possible for the games. Don't you just love her skirt and hat?

Doing a little coaching of her own....

The team!