My dad was quite shocked when he opened his grill! A big mama squirrel jumped out leaving behind the cutest bunch of liitle baby squirrels in a nest made out of a charcoal bag!
Decision number three
Decision number two
The Seven Decisions
Over the past year, I had the great fortune to read Andy Andrews‘ book, The Traveler’s Gift. Andy began his early adult life homeless and hopeless, until he discovered biographies at the local library. He began consuming them, reading two to three hundred biographies during the first couple of years. He has since read many more and interviewed many accomplished people from all over the world, including four presidents, as well as reading hundreds of letters. He became a student of the accomplished and found seven common principles that were embodied by each person. In his fictional book, The Traveler’s Gift, Andy introduces seven real, historical characters. Each character exudes one of these principles that Andy calls, The Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success. I have decided over the next seven days to post each decision. I have a cd that I listen to each day of Andy reading the seven decisions. We are so bombarded with negativity each day. I believe we need to choose to fill ourselves with optimism and wisdom. I also highly recommend his dvd, The Seven Decisions. The butterfly effect will blow you away! I give you decision number one:
party like it’s 1773
We had soooooooo much fun attending a local tax day, tea party! This grass roots gathering of 5,000 peaceful, polite and patriotic citizens was hosted by a local radio station. We were surrounded by average citizens, children playing with their flags and veterans proudly holding signs. Last night, a show on MSNBC, filled with perverted sexual inuendo, mocked these citizens. I was shocked! The culture war going on in this country is very disturbing.
number 11
number 10, duct tape and converse
Jessica had braces put on her teeth two days before her birthday
Jessica is now a double digit kid after turning 10 this weekend! It’s Tuesday and I am beginning to feel back to normal after her slumber party, birthday bash Friday night! Jessica had six girlfriends over for her sleepover. Ten kids made the night a busy blast! The girls settled down and seemed to be falling asleep at 4 am only to be up and going strong at 8! I know they would’ve stayed up all night if I had let them. I wanted their moms (my friends) to still like me the next day!
kindergarten shots
Anjelia can finally look forward to starting the kindergarten process! She’s been cringing at the thought of kindergarten because of the dreaded kindergarten shots! She faced her fears today (she really wasn’t given a choice as I literally dragged her out of the van as she clung to the seat belt crying) and got FOUR shots. Poor baby. We are BOTH very relieved. I was dreading the shots myself because I knew how scared she was. Her friends Jaden and Evely went with her and they all three were given coupons for free sundaes at McDonald’s!
All of my children have handled the shots differently. Lydia literally sat there stone faced and didn’t even flinch. No big deal. Jessica was scared but handled it well until the needles came out. Elaina was so excited she bounced up and down while waiting for the nurse. Anjelia, well we’ve been over that. It reminds me to be careful about judging behavior. A lot of it has to do with individual personality.
(Evely is in pajamas because she just left her Mother’s Day Out slumber party!)
Now we can go to kindergarten enrollment next week and Anjelia won’t have dread in her gut. She is soooooo excited about kindergarten now. She’ll be going to pre-kindergarten summer school this June. All of the girls loved it.
Anjelia keeps showing off her band aids and everyone comments on how brave she was. She emphatically says, “No, I wasn’t brave.”
snow cone
�We’ve temporarily changed Snowball’s name to Snow Cone! Our white piggy has pretty pink, purple and blue highlights! Jessica and I�got a wild hair and decided to give Snowball a little spring do. We took a small amount of pet conditioner and added a packet of grape Kool-aid mix. We put it on her fur and gave her a big pile of her favorite treat, parsley! She happily nibbled away and when she was done pigging out (hehe!) we gave her a bath with her critter shampoo and . . . Voila,�a purplish, pinkish, blueish�piggy! An experiment seemed fitting, she is a guinea pig!
It would have been a bit more�bold had Jessica not run out of patience before Snowball, er, I mean Snow Cone.
