Two Hilarious Videos

My neighbor, Karen, introduced these two videos to me and I have not been able to stop laughing every time I think of them.

 

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Princess Parties and New Church Visiting

Yesterday was quite the eventful Saturday.  I woke up this morning and went downstairs to eat breakfast before 11am rolled around.  At 11am Gracie and I went next door to Gracie’s friend, Tessa’s house.

You see, yesterday was Tessa’s third birthday party – and it was a dress-up party … and boy was it amazing.  The shelves in the playroom were filled with tiara’s and matching earrings, shoes, fur boas, purses and jewelry.  A clothing rack held princess, ballerina and fairy tale dresses.  We played with princess stickers on pieces of paper, made bracelets out of colored beads and letter beads (Grace’s is spelled Grazce because she just had to have that “z”).   There was heart shaped sandwiches and star shaped sandwiches, strawberries and princess pink milk.

Today I braved the Atlanta roadways and made my way to The Bridge Atlanta on my auntie’s recommendation.  After an hour of driving in circles (South Berkeley Lake Road does not turn into North Berkeley Lake Road, people.) I made it to the service about 20 minutes late.  It was pretty incredible and high tech.  I’d never dreamed about a church existing that was so well put together.  I felt welcome there and plan on going back – and the message was pretty good too!

It’s pretty difficult to catch all the fun and cute stuff that happens every day – but I’ll try to document it as much as I can.  I am happy – still a little nervous and jittery and trying to find my place, but I am very happy where I am at.

Now the true test will be seeing if I can make it to the kids school without getting lost!

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Friday Frivolities (Already?)

Wow, has it really been a whole week since the last day of work? I am just as tired and exhausted – but in totally different ways.

Here is a few ways my week has differed from last week:

 

 

• Today I put on a tea party lunch for my niece, Grace (2). We had pb&j sandwiches cut to look like princess crowns, tea (h2o) in plastic tea cups, green beans and applesauce. It was such a hit she ate two whole sandwiches!
• Cole (4) and I made handmade flash cards today for the letters A – F. My drawing of an ear looks something like this:

 

• It is hot, hot, hot in Atlanta. I’ve been trying to do some sweeping, laundry, and general tidying up – but find I have to do it little bits at a time or I melt into a puddle of sweat.

• Sergei has been introduced to Guinness, my brother-in-law’s Boxer. Guinness has been a total sweetheart during the whole introduction period – Sergei has immediately asserted himself as being the dominant one. Last night when they were introduced Sergei ended up chasing Guinness around the room. Today Guinness just whines when she sees Sergei and he can do as he likes in the house. He is jumpy, though. Grace came around the corner of the living room too quickly and Sergei jumped a whole four feet off the ground as a result.

• Auntie Lydia is too hard for Gracie to say (or remember) well. I have been dubbed “Auntie Lettuce”.

• Cole assures me, even when I ask him to do something he doesn’t want, that he “still likes me”.

• I took a big whack on the nose this morning from Cole’s head. He’s fine, but I think I’m gonna have a bit of bruising about the eyes. Call it initiation.

• The trip down from Illinois to Georgia was a good one. I enjoyed spending time with Dad (and was randomly plagued with guilt because I forgot to fix computers before I left — sorry Auntie and Alec!!!!). I hooked my ipod up with an FM transmitter and Dad and I listened to a variety of music from Jimmy Rushing, Jr. and Billie Holiday to Christina Aguilera and Mika .. with a little Saint-Saens and Orff thrown in just to mix it up.

• I can’t use my cell phone. My Samsung Stripe is without power and I can’t find where my charger was put – and my RAZR charger is here on my desk but my pink RAZR phone is no where to be found. Figures.

That’s just about it for now I think. I will enjoy it down here – it’s just strange for now while I try to find my niche. The kids are everything and more what I had hoped they’d be. We took to each other right off the bat and I am loving every minute spent with them.

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