A Purple Haze

The girls were off of school for three days and then went into school two hours late today. Goodness this snow can really cause a mess around here. So, the other day we did a little shopping on one of our snow days. They each picked out a purple ensemble at Justice. They wore their new outfits to school today and I snapped a photo of them while they were dancing this morning. Love them both so much!!!

 

 

09.04.07

Another first day of school around here. This time for Shelly. She was so excited to get going and walked into the class with only a slight bit of apprehension. Once inside the room, she saw several other children who were sad and ranged from mopey to all out pitching a fit. I think this threw her off her game and she also got sad and began crying. I finally was able to let her go and the teacher took her into the room. I stayed in the hall for a few minutes and the other moms assured me that she was fine.

So, off I went to run my errands. I completed the following and felt good about it: (and people ask what I do during my BIG 8 hours a week that I am alone!!! LOL)

• Bank
• Notary
• Dry cleaners
• McDonald's for the $1 Large unsweetened iced tea with lemon (a savings of 37 cents from last year's Chik-Fil-A tea)
• Pier 1 Kids going out of business sale
• Barnes and Noble to use a gift card on a sewing book and this magazine
• Michael's to buy crows for Fall decor (this amused my mother)
• Target to check out this organizational system for the girls' toys
• Quizno's for a little lunch (where they specially made my double cheese melt...no longer on the menu)
• Dollar General for paper towels and plastic wrap
• Kohl's (where I saw the new Vera Wang line...cute...although this piece was reminiscent of Maria in Sound of Music)...wow, apparently this new line is really under wraps and you have to go to the store to check it out...sorry no images of the designs on the web.

So a good day overall. When I picked up Shelly all had gone well and she was very enthusiastic about her day...her teachers, her friends, the playground. All good. And she took a little snooze once she got home.

09.02.07

Good Sunday Morning to all!!! We slept in until about 8 a.m. and got up to make a buffet of breakfast items...mini cinnamon buns, eggs, french toast sticks, waffles, coffee, milk, and chocolate chai tea. Then finished up some laundry, straightened up the house a bit, cleaned up the kitchen, and wandered through a blog or two. All this time (post breakfast) John has been working on a Soduko puzzle...for like an hour and a half!!! He's sharpening those mental skills...good for him.

So, now for a recent Target purchase update. I bought Lily the cutest pair of simple black flats at KMart a while back and have been trying to find a pair for me that I liked and fit me well. Finally, Target came through with the perfect pair and I also found some in leopard print on sale, so had to have those as well. And I'm thinking this pair would be a cute addition to my winter wardrobe (LOL...not quite sure what my winter wardrobe consists of at this point).

We are looking forward to a little cookout this afternoon at our friend's home. Made some of the Italian appetizer bites and Ghiradelli brownies for the event. Taking it easy on Labor Day. Cheers to all.

08.20.07

Lily had her 7 year-old checkup today and did very well. She has been blessed with John's perfect eyesight and scored 20/20 on her eye test! Other the other hand, she luckily has her mother's hearing...perfect!!! The visit ended with two new vaccinations. She handled them well. We celebrated the doctor's visit with a trip to Krispy Kreme and then headed to Costco where my bill totalled a mere $22.00!!!

I'm attemping to embed another video. This may be a repeat for some of my frequent visitors. So, here I go: