My Mom

Thanks to all of you who were concerned about my mother. She was in the hospital for a few days and is out now. We are still not sure what the exact issue was with her. She had been having episodes of collapsing and actually lost consciousness a few times. The neurologist told us that it appears she may have had a TIA but the real issue may be with her heart and not getting enough oxygen to her brain. She will be wearing a heart monitor for a few weeks to be safe. It may have been as simple as a reaction to a recent change in blood pressure medication.
Thanks for your prayers.

Today was the last Soccer game of the year for Sean's team the "Cougers".
He was so excited to get his trophy. He kept saying he was so glad to finally have
a trophy like daddy. When we got home he made a bee line for the living room and set it right beside Buddy's Hall of Fame trophy from Lee that he got a few months ago. He called us in to show us what he did and it was so sweet. I took a picture of the two of them holding their trophys. I will post it another time when I get a chance. I just thought it was so sweet the way he wanted to be just like his daddy:)

A Perfect Evening

We needed to regroup after our crazy week so we decided to get out and do something fun. We thought about taking Lily to ASF to see "Coppellia" since her teacher would be dancing. I was a little nervous about taking her to the ballet since it was at ASF. It just seemed a little more formal being there and I did not want her to be disruptive. Sean has been to several plays and always behaves himself if he is with us alone. I also remembered Lily getting really restless during Nutcracker. Nevertheless, we decided to go. We got a great deal on the tickets with Lily being a student at Montgomery Ballet.

We thought it would be fun if Heather (my sister) and her daughter Sophie Grace came along. Sophie Grace loves ballet and has been taking lessons for about 3 years now.

We went to Olive Garden for dinner, a "fancy restaurant" as Lily calls it. During dinner she announced that this was the best night of her life. We had not even gone to the ballet yet. She is such an optimist:)

Coppellia was very good and the girls were on the edge of their seats for the first two acts. Sean on the other hand fell asleep on daddy's lap halfway through the first act. Lily fell asleep during the third and final act but Sophie was wide eyed the entire night. She sat on my lap and giggled in glee as the dancers leaped and danced across the stage in the finale.

A perfect ending to a not so perfect week:)

Lily gets ready to see the ballet & her teacher

soooooo, how has your day been?

I've had bad days before, but I call stepping on my husbands new notebook computer and cracking the screen my worst in a loooooooong time. He is being very, VERY nice to me considering the circumstances. I just want to shoot myself.
We just wasted a bunch of time on HP support not being able to understand accents of people from we don't know where. The options are: pay $698.00 to get the screen fixed or over $1000 for a brand new one. UUUGGGG!
So now, I hate myself and have body image issues. I hate my big clumsy feet among other things. :(

Have a good night friends...

Smores Too!

Click here to see "Smores Too" by Frogbelliesandblossoms. And my little angel modeling it of course. This is listed on ebay and offers free shipping.

Montessori Fall Festival

What do you think I was saying?????

What do you think she was saying?????

Sean and his good friend Parker

The kids had a great time Friday at the Montessori Fall Festival. They played games, rode ponies, ate pizza, had their faces painted and much more. The highlight of Sean's night was winning the very last cake in the cake walk. It was a cranberry orange poppyseed loaf and I was really afraid he would be disappointed. It was so good though and he really loved it.

The kids don't go to Montessori anymore but they still had a great time with all their old freinds and teachers.



Now we have the St. James festival to look forward to next week. My luck was not good in any of the raffles or door prizes Friday! So, I am hoping for better luck at St. James. There is a $1000.00 tuition grant up for grabs. There is also a uniform gift certificate which would be great too.



I love October! Festivals, Pumpkin Patch, State Fair.... So much fun!

Sean wins the last cake

Pict-ure battles

Lily & I had a little battle today over getting her pictures done for the birthday invitation. She did well for Julia's newest creation but was totally burnt out by the time we finished.

After a few shots in her birthday dress she got more cooperative and I was able to get a few good shots. I thought I would just do her birthday pictures myself this year instead of taking her somewhere. The sky was cloudy a good bit of the day which was perfect.

Sneak Peek

Julia of frogbelliesandblossoms will be listing this soon so stay tuned. Here is a sneak peak of Lily in her newest creation....

I've Been Tagged.

Nancy tagged me to write 7 random or weird things about myself. I am never good at stuff like this but here goes anyway....

1. I have a crazy little nervous habit of rubbing my index finger over my lip. I do it obsessively if I am really stressed about something.

2. When I am holding my sleeping kids, I look in the mirror at myself holding them. I think actually seeing the image of myself holding them makes me feel like I will always remember what it was like holding them when they were very small. I have been doing this since they were newborn.

3. I can't stand to have a drawer or closet cracked or open. Even if my house is a mess, I can overlook it all and go close the one drawer that is not closed all the way with a piece of a sock or something hanging out.

4. I wear flip flops almost every day. I have all styles and colors and I love them. They are so easy and I have never liked having shoes on anyway even as a child.

5. I wear socks at home because I can't stand anything (dust or crumbs on the floor) touching my bare feet. It drives me crazy to have to dust off my feet.

6. I sing things to my kids instead of talking sometimes. My husband does this too. We pretend everything is a musical or a play. Sometimes this makes the kids really mad at us if they are grouchy.

7. I don't always manage my time very well and spend way too much time on the computer.

I am tagging the following people: Candy , Leigh , Amy , Nisha , Mary Lew ,

Wednesday Rant......

I am totally admitting that I buy my kids pop tarts which has to be the most unhealthy breakfast on the planet.

That said, why do they advertise the poptarts on the Indiana Jones brown sugar and cinnamon box as having a nice little picture of Indiana with his rope and not have a single pop tart in the box with that picture. In fact, every single pop tart had some words or a little animal or something. I had a very unhappy little boy and I know I should not have given in, but, I frantically opened every single package in about two minutes and that is all we got. Dumb words and little animal or compass pictures. No ropes, no Indie, no nothing.......

You know, come to think of it the same thing was up with the Barbie ones we got last week. We did not open all of them at once though. Lily could care less. What a little sweetheart she is. Never complains.

Right now I have 12 poptarts in ziplocks that he refuses to eat because they don't have Indie on them. I guess we won't be buying any more of those!

Veggie Tales Live

We had so much fun at the Veggie Tales live Show as you can see in the pics. Poor Lily fell asleep but the rest of them were full of energy the entire show. My sister Heather and neice Sophie Grace, My friend Tiffany and her daughter Jessie and Sean's good buddy Will and his mom Cheri all came with us. It was a sold out show. I had forgotten how much I liked Veggie Tales. It was so much fun. I acted like a kid, singing all the songs and dancing with the kids.

Quote of the Day

"I learned about fire safety today. You have to STOP, DROP & ROLL! And then call: nine woneee wonee nine one".
- Lily Murphy -

Boy behaving badly?

The following story goes under the category of "most embarrassing moments".

First let me say that today what not a very good day for me. The phrase "when it rains it pours" comes to mind.
I guess it all started last night when I realized our dishwasher was broken. Well, maybe it started a few weeks ago when I noticed my "check engine" light coming on in my car. I was thinking it may end up costing some $$$ dollars but I was not sure if it was just a small glitch with the gas cover not being on tightly enough or what.

So anyway, I took the car to Mcconell Honda first thing this morning and got a shuttle ride to work. The morning went well enough, Buddy picked me up and we had lunch at Eastside. (best part of the day)
I went to pick the car up late this afternoon and took Sean in with me to do the business of paying and such. I was already upset because of the money we were having to pay (it was not just a small glitch) and remembering that we were also going to have to buy a new dishwasher (agghhhhh) when it finally happened. One of those things I only ever heard about from other mommys. A most embarrassing moment finally happened to me.

I have a sweet kid but he must be going through a speak his mind and be brutally honest phase.

One of the ladies working behind the desk came out and lets just say she was not a small lady. She was a rather large lady and I don't mean tall or big boned. As she walked in our direction to wherever she was going, Sean walked over into her path forcing her to stop and said the following and I quote his exact words: "OH my gosh, this is something you don't see everyday! You sure are a fat lady"!
Are you laughing, or thinking that I have a rude little brat???? I shoot him a mean look and the lady walks away without a single word. Tears a welling up in my eyes but for some reason a laugh comes out and the checkout lady just looks at me. Then I turn around where all the other ladies are just red faced chuckling under their breath. Sean kept saying over and over, what mommy, I just said she was fat. She is fat she is.... I grabbed his arm and ran out. I went over to Buddy's truck and tried to tell him what happened but a lady came out with my car and my keys.
This is when my bad day gets worse. Sean and I get in my car and leave. As I am explaining to him about teasing (even though I don't think he meant any harm) and about bodys, feelings, being rude and all that good stuff I start to hear a steady knocking sound and feel an awkwardness about the car. I immediately call Buddy's cell and head back to Mcconell. I pulled the car back under the garage and explain the situation.

Long story short, #1 there was a bolt or rather large screw of some sort in my tire, #2. I picked it up somewhere else (yeah right) and #3. we are going to have to pay for the repair. This is where poor Buddy's pent up stress came out and he let them have it. By this I mean he voiced his disapproval and then told them they just lost a customer and then drove off very abruptly.
Wait, did I tell you that he got in my car and drove off with my purse and cell and I had a sleeping half dressed Lily and Sean and needed to stop by the grocery store.
I took his truck home and Buddy took the car somewhere else to get the tire repaired. By the time he got home it was a little late to go to the store. I washed a sink full of dishes and still have the ones in the dishwasher to go. But, it is late and I am physically and emotionally exhausted. I am going to bed and will dream of a better day tomorrow.

You need a what??????

I think this may be the most shocking thing Lily has said yet! I was tucking her in bed and she very sweetly looked up at me and said, "mommy, I need a diary." Can you buy me one?"

So I am thinking either she is watching way to much t.v. or learning way to much on the playground at school!

Oh wait..... did I mention she is only 3 years old?

Making New Friends

Click here to see a very sweet post from a new blogging buddy of mine about our luncheon yesterday.

Blog Par-tay!

Thanks to Kristi, a great new blogger pal, I went to my very first blog event today. Some of us local bloggers got together and met for lunch at Eastside Grille. She arranged this event along with another blogger (I think) and I am so glad I went.

Actually, Leigh is the reason I went but Kristi was the one who came up with the great idea of meeting. I had pretty much decided not to go. (anxiety) I was only going to know one other person there and was feeling a little insecure. Soooooo, I did not even get ready to go. In fact, I had just gotten back from Sean's soccer game and about 5 minutes till time to be there I thought I may actually regret not going. (I really just did not want Leigh to be mad at me) :)

I met some cool new friends and can't wait to get together again. My only regret was not bringing Lily to play with those sweet little girls. She would have had a blast.

Click the link below to see some pictures and more details. I forgot to bring my camera.

http://mrsaudvm.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-par-tay.html

I love the Fair again!

We took the kids to the fair today. It was quite nice actually. The weather could not have been better and crowd was very tolerable. Jennifer, my co-worker and bestest friend:) met us with her family and we all had alot of fun. The kids rode an elephant which was cool. Sean rode all the "scary" rides and has recruited Lily into the scary riders club. She surprised us with how confidently she was getting on everything. There were some tears though because she is still to tiny for many things and she really wanted to do it all....

Click here to see the new presidential nominee

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Ifjej1Fxfmm&altl=Nvsqiz

It's a Girl.......

I have a brand new neice and I just loooooove her little feet.........

Little Miss Bossy

I always loved the Little Miss and Mr. books when I was a kid. I love attaching the appropriate books titles to the kids. Lately Lily has been Little Miss Chatterbox. Today she suddenly became Little Miss Bossy! This was a conversation I overheard the kids having in the kitchen this morning.

Lily: "Hey! You almost tripped my toe, SAY OOPS!!!!!!"

Sean: "oops."

Lily: "You should be more careful", "SAY OK!!!!!"

Sean: (sheepishly) "ok."

Julia's new Christmas launch now on ebay

Julia has done two fabulous new sets for Christmas. We had so much fun modeling and photographing them for her. Of course little Miss got frustrated you know. So many things for a three year old to do! People to call, friends to see, Barbie dolls to play with, cartoons to watch. Oh... my busy little bug!

Seriously though, please check these sets out:)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=180293483500

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=180293464954

I got the kids each one of those ring pop like suckers except these had teeth on the top instead of a ring. Lily was so sleepy last night but really wanted her sucker. I told her we could save it for later but she was determined to finish it. She kept dozing off as she was sucking on it and when I looked over at her a few minutes later she was fast asleep with it in her mouth sucking it like a pacifier.

Sean showing off his Spiderman moves

Soccer Days

Sean is much better at soccer this year then he was last year. I think he understands the game much better now. He is more aggressive in going after the ball and has even kicked a goal. Even though it was in the other team's net, we are still proud of him. :)

After a 9:00 soccer game this morning, Lily and I went to Olive Garden for a Baby Shower Luncheon. My brother's wife is having their second baby (another girl) this Thursday. We had fun and were a very loud bunch for those poor people I am sure. Anytime you get my mom and her two sisters and me and my sister together you are in for some interesting moments.

A post about Sean coming soon

To be fair, I feel I need to do a post about Sean. We had a really funny episode last night about hiding m&ms from daddy! I can't post it tonight. I had a really long day at work and am just too tired. Stay tuned.....

I also have some pictures of his first soccer game and some funny spiderman shots that he wanted to do for his "best friend" Ian.

Poor baby is not feeling well right now. He is so sweet but even sweeter when he is sick. He seems to have picked up whatever Lily had and it seems to be really lingering.

Ponytails

I love Lily's ponytails. I think they are perfect for her personality. Anyway, we have been in a ponytail phase lately and I kept remembering the cutest picture I took of her the first time I ever fixed her ponytails. She was so little. I finally found it. I had actually done a post on it back in 2005 "Lily's first ponytails".

I always wanted a little girl so I could do ponytails. Maybe because my mom always put them in my hair. :)

THEN

NOW

She's Frusrated.....

Lately I have had a hard time getting Lily to cooperate with me taking her picture so I was not sure what to expect from her today when I prepared to photograph her in two new sets for Julia's Christmas launch. I talked her through it as I dressed her and prepped her as I usually do.
She was acting silly so I had to give her this sob story about a little girl wanting the outfits but she needed to know what they looked like before her mommy bought them. She reluctantly agreed but was very cooperative when we eventually got outside.
I was finishing up the first outfit when she told me she did not want to model. I sat down with her on the ground (she was very serious) and asked her why. She said in her most sincere, sweet little voice "because I just get so frustrated". I could not hep but laugh. I mean really laugh. Deep, belly laughter. Literally rolling on the ground outside laughing. I was wondering if our neighbor, (a family court Judge) or Buddy heard me. Lily just sat there beside me looking at me and asking me why was I laughing.

We came in and changed into the second set. She was still pretty cooperative for that one, even pointing me to where to take her picture. She pointed to the mail box and instructed me to take her picture there, and the camera battery suddenly went dead. I can tell this broke her heart because she looked at me with glee and screamed "oh yes, the battery is dead", and ran inside the house.

The outfits are gorgeous and I can't wait to share the pics. I will wait for Julia to get them listed first though. Keep looking.

My NEW favorite picture of Lily.......

Lily's Bug

Lily and I have felt a little blah today. She woke up Saturday with a tummy bug and was still not over it as of this morning. I had been on another round of antibiotics and steroids from last week for a small lung infection so we both stayed home today. We took Sean to school and came home and napped most of the morning.

I promised a while back to start doing "Lilyisms". Every time she says something funny we are in the car and by the time we get home I forget it. Anyway, this morning she said something so out of the blue that I immediately called my friend to tell her so I would be sure not to forget. She reminded me that I needed to do the "Lilyism" so here goes.....

"Mommy, will you please get me some juggling balls so I can practice my juggling"

We then pulled up under the carport and she asked me why we were coming in for a landing right there. I told her we were home and that we were not landing, we were parking.

I don't know where she comes up with these things.......But I love them!

Sophie, Sean & Lily

Sophie came over after school today with her library book. Sean had just gotten his library book that day too so we had fun reading. Also, Lily was super excited that Pinkalicious and Purplicious came from the big brown truck man (Sean & Lily's favorite person) and a scholastic book order had come in at school that day so we read all those too. Well, most of them.

You can never have too many laptops....

Sean is holding my computer playing Purble Place, Buddy had Sean's doing and update (I think) and I am on Buddy's tablet checking my email. I looked up and thought "this is crazy"!

Spencer was here so he took the picture - not Lily :)

This I am actually a little embarased about. We gave the old Dell laptop to Sean. At least we won't be fighting over mine anymore. He does not nor has ever had any kind of video gaming system (nintendo, x-box, wii) so it makes me feel a little bit better about giving a perfectly good laptop to a five year old. The kid is good on the thing too. He has actually helped me. He can get on and off websites by himself (we restrict to only Noggin, PBS, Disney) and he has some installed software that he uses. Gotta love these 21st century kids.

This week is promising to be a better one already!

A nice change

Today was a much better day and not just because it was Friday.

One nice surprise was that I finally got a new computer. Buddy ordered me a new Dell notebook in my favorite hot pink :) (Lily was pleased). Sean got my old one. We were sitting today, the three of us, with our laptops. I told Buddy that it would be a blogging moment. I will have to post a picture of the scene. Of course, I am not sure who will take the picture. Lily?

Another nice surprise came in the way of a telephone call late this afternoon. It was a lady from "that interview" I went to yesterday telling me that the CFO loved the way the interview went and wanted to make me an offer. We talked and I let her know I would take the weekend to think, talk to Buddy and pray about it. It feels good to be impressive to someone though.

The day went smoothly, we saw relatives we had been missing and nothing went really wrong today at all. It was just a good day.

About 8 tonight Lily spiked a high fever. She is sleeping well now after Tylenol. Probably has the same fever virus Sean had earlier this week.

Lily is sooo having a Pinkalicious Birthday Party!

Well it would not be a proper birthday party in the Murphy house if I did not start planning like 10 weeks in advance right?

I started asking Lily what she wanted to do about her party about 2 weeks ago. She wanted Kim Possible and I wanted to do an official tea at Gracie's English Tea Room. I was thinking what in the world I could do for a K.P. party. She met her at Disney world a few months ago and fell in love. I looked up some stuff online and got a few ideas but was thinking the party would be best for someone aged 6 or 7 and not 3.

I was driving home today and viola, I had the brilliant idea that we could do a Pinkalicious party. If you are not familiar and have a little girl, I highly recomend getting this book. They also have the Musical, probably in New York (I don't know) which is out of the question for us.

Anyway, Lily loves this book and was thrilled when I told her about the party idea. I gave her the K.P. choice again just to see what she would say. She looked at me like I was crazy and said "no way, I want Pinkalicious of course".

I checked out some sites for ideas, even though I had already jotted down a few I thought of, and got some really good ideas.

1. Girls must wear all pink, will give pink boas as they walk in

2. We will serve all pink food (but will have 1 table with "green" food)

3. We will decorate pink cupcakes in our pink aprons (will try to have monogrammed)

4. Will definitely read the book to the girls

5. Pink peonies (sp?) on all the tables

...... still looking and thinking.

I found the cutest blog though featuring an interview with the authors. (precious)

http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2006/11/our-pinkalicious-cupcake-interview.html

My twirly girly has hit big business... :)

Julia's newest set is featured on two more websites..... Lily, or course, is her model so I had to let you know to check it out.
http://designerroundup.blogspot.com/ and

http://www.kiddlins.com/
on Kiddlins, scroll down to about the 3rd pic and you will see her. The set is called "feelin twirly". I am not sure about the designer roundup yet since I have not yet checked that one out....

I told Buddy last night that since our girl was in the modeling business now, maybe I need to put her a portfolio together. Ha ha! Seriously though, I am always glad to help Julia out. And it also gives me more practice with one of my newest hobbies, photography.

Julia's new creation (Lily inspired)

This one was actually created just for my girl and it came out sooooooo cute. Check it out on ebay here :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=180287897374

Lily loves to twirl as most of you know. She always tells me that she has to do her "twirly twirls". She wants to wear something that "twirls" every single night to bed. I just had to have some major twirl get-up for the girl. I called Julia and told her what we wanted. She used her ultimated creativity and came up with the cutest little set. I am so excited that she had enough stuff to make another and list it. I hope everyone will go check it out.

Mama said there'd be days like this........

Yesterday was a stressful and very busy day. It was one of those days when nothing seems to go right. At one point I actually sat in my car, put my head in my hands and cried. It was just that kind of day. I was down. I pulled myself together though cause I really wanted everything to go smoothly and for me to be mentally prepared for the first night of stepping up. The kids were also starting the new fall series with Children's Worship Arts so we all needed to be on time. Well, I did not manage my time just right because we needed to all be there at 6:00 and at 5:00 I was just getting home from a very busy afternoon with the kids and a car full of groceries. We all needed to be fed and changed (slightly cleaned up) and out the door in an hour. Usually that can be done. But, by the time I unloaded the groceries and put them all away, started dinner, ate, changed the kids and loaded up I realized it was 2 minutes until 6:00. I made it to church in exactly 8 minutes and ran the kids to the appropriate classes (one upstairs in one section of the church, and one downstairs in another section) whew! I was now over 20 minutes late for my Bible study which was upstairs on the other end of the church. By the way, Frazer is huge!!!! Look it up (Frazer UMC) Needless to say, the study was great. I love Beth Moore. I got in the door just as they were finishing up introducing themselves around the room. I got to take my turn and then we started so I did not miss anything. The first session was amazing and I am so glad I decided to do it. She actually talked about having "down" days and just crying for no reason at all. I totally related to everything she said. I had experienced it all that very day.

Her encouraging words and the scripture had me on a high most of today. That is until I spilled my Mac & cheese all over myself. If I were not a work I would have cried again.
I knew today would be busy. I had to work my regular hours then go to an interview for a possible job and come back and work till close. Then I was doing an in service which would last until 8pm. So, I brought some of my favorite stouffers mac & cheese and came dressed for the interview. By mid morning I had a stain on my dress and by lunch one of the kids spilled pineapple juice all over my skirt. I was cleaning the juice up when all of the mac & cheese got dumped on me, my shoes and all over the floor. (this is where I want to start sobbing) The interview went well (more later) The in service went a little late and I ended up getting home at 9pm. I had left the house at 7am and hated being away from my kids that long.
To top it all off, I had a pretty intense headache.

Oh well, there will be good days and bad days right?

I am still here....

I have had several fellow bloggers and a few friends express concern over my lack of posting over the last few weeks. So, I guess I better get back on here and let ya'll know what is going on with the Muphys!

Busy, Busy, Busy! I had no idea how busy I would be working and having the kids so involved with sports (ballet, soccer) and in school. School has been a job in itself for me. Each day I have to go through backpacks and do "homework" with the kids (mostly Sean). It is unbelievable that a kindergardner would have so much work. He has vocabulary words to learn, words like mellow, and new words to read. I am excited about how much he is learning though even if it is extra work for me. We are required to read each night to him and record on provided sheet how much time we spent. All of this plus all the other normal mommy duties is keeping me busy.

And, I am doing two new Bible studies this fall. I am excited about finally doing Beth Moore's study called Stepping Up.

I really have been meaning to post. I get sidetracked everytime I sit down though.

I went to Nashville a few weeks ago with a very dear friend. We went to see Pricilla Shirer at a "Going Beyond" conference and had a great time. Vicky Yoho, a favorite singer of mine, was there and led the praise and worship. She was amazing and as usual.

We got lost, toured Nashville, did some shopping, saw some crazy people, ate at Hard Rock Cafe (yum), hugged Elvis, but most of all met with God in a very powerful way.

My very dear, long time, and very sweet friend Candace has been here visiting before she and her husband leave for Europe. They will be there for three years and I am sad. We have been able to spend some time with her and the boys though and hopefully will see them when we go to Europe next year for vacation (yay).

I will try to catch up more soon. Sean has been sick today and had to miss school.

I will post some pictures of Lily in her awsome new Lily inspired "twirl set" from Julia.

Just look at how cute my boy is even when he is sick. Poor fella has had fever of over 102 all day.

He prayed for himself at the dinner table tonight. Such faith.

She just keeps getting better!

Julia never ceases to amaze me with her creativity and skill in coordinating fabrics and creating custom made, top quality, boutique style clothing. I love this set and want to bid on it for Lily in fact. She has listed it on ebay. You absolutely must check it out. There are more pics.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=180279648754

Lily's first pedicure

Have I mentioned enough on this blog how much fun having a daughter is?

Today we had our first official girls day out together. First stop, pedicures. We sat side by side in the chairs and she kept looking over at me with a huge grin on her face as the dangled her feet in the "blue water". I snapped a few pictures of her even though I was a little embarrassed to do it. Lily picked out her own color and chose to get flower on her first toe. The lady even did a little leg and foot massage on her. She found this pretty funny. I decided to have my eyebrows waxed and the poor thing looked a little worried that it might happen to her next.

Buddy took some pics of our feet together. I know you really don't want to see my feet but they are in the pics.

While we did our thing Buddy took Sean to a sporting goods store and then they went to Starbucks. The kids have had a theme lately about Sean being "another daddy" and Lily being "another mommy" so I think they really enjoyed having special time with us.