Proud as Punch!

I had forgotten these pictures were on my camera until I just uploaded them. I had told Neeley to go and get her shoes on so that we could go to town and pick up a pizza. She is usually pretty good to go and put on a pair of Crocs - something she can put on by herself. I could not quit laughing when she walked out of her room wearing a beanie and her monkey slippers. What makes it even funnier is that it was 75 degrees outside. She was so proud of herself.
And who can forget that dirty white cat, Tootsie (named after Grandma Annie's Persian cat). "Tootsie" goes everywhere. "Tootsie" even sheds like a real cat. How life-like.
Notice how Neeley's ear is folded over. And YES, I did let her wear the dumb beanie into Little Caesars. It was either that, or listen to her scream. Hmmmm, easy decision. Parenting lesson learned: Never say, "My kid will never go out in public looking like that."

The Grass is Always Greener . . .

Take that Lawn Ranger!! Here's a picture of my new Beautiful sod. I had to take a few pics because it will probably never be this green again! We try!! Neeley's new sandbox is at the far left of the picture underneath the tree (lots of shade, what a thinker!) Brian made it out of old cross arms.

My little garden is behind the basement walk-out door. Brian even covered it with black plastic. He planted a few tomato plants, a cucumber plant, and a yellow squash.

This doesn't look like much, but it's the flower bed on the side of the driveway. By the end of June it should be filled in with great, big flowers. I plant lots of petunias because they're hard to kill. Let's just say I don't have much of a green thumb, and my little helper has already been digging the flowers out.
And this is my favorite flower bed! Recycled cross arms again thanks to my clever honey!

You Are Mulan!

Strong and spirited. You're no one's girly girl; actually you are very determined person with a strong sense of self. Never let go of that! The only thing that equals your sense of self is your family, but the traditions of society can always be bent to protect something or someone you love.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Real Piggytails! Hooray!

I was finally able to get Neeley's hair pulled up into two real piggytails, and believe me, it wasn't an easy task. She has the finest, blondest hair and it has taken forever to grow!
She didn't want to pose for a picture, so I had to settle for her taking a picture of me taking a picture of her (?).
Do you remember when you were a little girl, and your mom would put your hair in piggytails? Well, let me tell you my memories of piggytails. My mom, my wonderful, sweet mom, would part our hair down the middle as hard as she could. I think that it was so hard that the comb would scratch our heads and we would bleed . . . OK, maybe we didn't bleed, but I'm sure it left a mark. Anyway, then she would flip us with the comb if we wouldn't hold still. And the best part was when they were so tight that they pulled your eyes all the way to your ears. I'm sorry I had to share that story about piggytail torture, Mom. (he,he)

I can't believe my sweet, little baby is already big enough to have piggytails (and NO I didn't draw blood or flip her with the comb). These last couple of weeks, it seems like she has grown up so much! She jabbers non-stop and says the funniest things. She repeats everything I say (scary) and picks up on everything she hears on TV. I guess it's a good thing we watch Disney 24-7.

Neeley has been saying "shut-up" and "stupid" a lot lately. She slaps her head and says," stupid, stupid." We blamed "stupid" on Uncle Nils, but I found out the other day that she picked it up on "Meet the Robinson's". There's a part of the movie where the grown-up "Goob" slaps his head and says, "stupid, stupid, stupid." Sorry Nilsy!

And that brings up a sore subject. Nils. I'm crying just thinking about him. He left us and went to Jackson, Wyoming to work. It has been so nice to have him here these last two years. That's all I want to say about that, or else I will be crying the rest of the day.

Twilight

Here's a sneak peak of "Twilight". I cannot wait to see it! I only hope that the movie is as good as the book. I am always disappointed when they make a movie of one of my fave books.

Twilight in HD