Teriffic T
abridged
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010This afternoon we did Tabitha’s bridging ceremony to signify her going from Juniors into Cadettes. She planned the whole thing herself and included all of us wearing silly hats, trumpet blowing and confetti pelting provided by Daisy, and a speech by Tabitha. It was short but sweet and thoroughly her. I also presented her with […]
like a missing limb
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010We sent Tabitha off to camp yesterday.
I’m practically hyperventilating just typing that sentence! I actually was fine saying good-bye and didn’t cry or embarass her, but as we were driving away I just felt so weird. I thought I’d be fine because she goes on outings and sleepovers without me but I guess since I […]
progress report
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010I was asked about Tabitha’s current grade level by no less than 3 people last week. This leads me to believe others might have the same question so I thought I’d kind of spell it out for anyone wondering.
She turned 11 this past January, so if she were in a brick and mortar school […]
finis!
Sunday, June 13th, 2010Is it pink?
Is it blue?
You decide!
American Girl Place
Monday, April 5th, 2010I forgot about our trip to Ameircan Girl Place for the girls’ birthdays. I just finished those pictures and they are up on their own page.
American Girl Place
Now, onto party pictures (after I take care of children’s lunch needs).
case of the mondays
Monday, March 29th, 2010You know I had such a fabulous weekend and today was the complete opposite. It’s a busy week of fun things but I also have several not so fun but absolutely must-do things and I cannot fit them all in. I was majorly stressing today; enough so that I gave up on the raw foods […]
Month 3 (12 Project)
Saturday, March 20th, 2010March 2010 will forever be known as Cookie Madness. We did nothing but eat, sleep, and breathe cookies. Tabitha and I had a total of 9 booth sales, 7 of which were in March. All family activities were put on hold. In the end, Tabitha sold an amazing 755 cookies.
New this month: Tabitha has […]
heartbreak
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Tabitha went to her callback this evening with an updated list of her conflicts. Turns out the Club 500 Girl Scout event that Tabitha worked her bootie off to be able to attend is on the same day as one of the performances. That’s non-negotiable for the theater. The woman there at least told Tabitha […]
Cookie Madness 2010
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010It’s over! We had our last booth sale tonight and completely sold out. And that’s without having a single Thin Mint due to a shortage. The troop did so well and collectively sold over 2600 cookies! Our council’s goal was 1400 per troop so we are ecstatic about our sales. Tabitha did get her goal […]
5 minutes = over an hour
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010My quick project was anything but- good thing I didn’t wait until any later. I got the one peplos done and now I can learn from my mistakes It is easy and the future ones should be much faster but I was having machine issues that lead to frustration which never helps.
I did […]
waiting for Tuesday
Sunday, February 7th, 2010At this point I’m actually looking forward to when Lost is on so I can get Daisy’s pictures up.
Today marked the 5th, and final, day of celebrating Daisy’s birthday. We ended with a trip to the American Girl Place. It was a girls’ day being that it was myself, Daisy, Tabitha, and my MIL. […]
birthday pics
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010I put up Tabitha’s birthday pictures for those that are interested.
She had a really nice birthday last Saturday. We got up very early due to Disneyland opening at 8am and Tabitha insisted on opening her gifts before we went. She was thrilled to receive her new American Girl doll. She immediately proclaimed that both dolls […]
chaos
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Tabitha’s party was today.
The theme was madness crafting so Oriental Trading Company came to the rescue.
Chris and I are utterly exhausted as there was zero down time this whole weekend.
Bedtime hasn’t come soon enough.
G’Night
hectic
Friday, January 29th, 2010Today was insane with here/there/everywhere antics. I’m home now but still have to decorate, wrap and take care of some GS cookie business.
My BIL babysat tonight so Chris and I could head out to The Grove to hit up the American Girl shop. We bought Tabitha a new doll named Lanie who is this […]
I wish it only rained at night
Monday, January 18th, 2010Because then Tabitha wouldn’t be able to A) talk non-stop about the rain B) constantly run back and forth from the dining room to the living room to see which window had the better view of the rain and C) stare aimlessly at the rain instead of doing lessons.
Don’t get me wrong, I love […]
poppin’ in
Saturday, October 10th, 2009Just quickly popping in to say hi. We’ve been enjoying the cooler weather with pants and short sleeves though the mornings look so gloomy it’s hard to believe it will warm up. But if you start the day in long sleeves, you’ll be sweating by noon. It feels like fall around here which means holidays […]
Fair Square
Sunday, October 4th, 2009Thursday was a jam-packed day starting with the fair! We look forward to this time every year. I’ve been going since I was a kid since my day really enjoys fairs of all kinds. The fair bug kind of stuck with me when I grew up. Tabitha has been entering competitions in the fair since […]
Whoops!
Friday, August 21st, 2009Ack! I don’t even know the last time I posted! What the heck? Um, we’re good here, does that suffice? If so, move along, nothing to see here.
If you actually stay and want more then thank you, I guess It all seems too mundane and I’ve got nothing in the way of interesting. […]
I got nothing
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Sometimes when I’m not blogging it’s because we’ve got so much going on that I don’t have time. Not this week. We’ve been enjoying a whole lot of nothing. We’ve managed a couple things here and there. We took Daisy to a play area at the mall and then stopped in the bookstore. I bought […]
I don’t think they want the heathens anyway
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009Tabitha is supposed to be attending a theater camp this week and next. It came with the high price of a super long day from 9-5, but we thought the program would be worth it as it was Shakespeare. Except it wasn’t- apparently the theme changes every year and while it was Shakespeare last year […]
Not a milestone I was looking forward to
Saturday, August 1st, 2009So Tabitha lost another tooth this afternoon. I had her put it under her pillow right then so she wouldn’t forget. Fast forward to this evening and she’s in bed. Maybe 10 minutes later, she comes out and tells us that she doesn’t believe in the tooth fairy and knows it’s us and then got […]
Sunshine
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Recital Day!
Saturday, June 27th, 2009I’m exhausted as I spent 3 hours in a room with approx. 35 girls age 3-6. Chris actually went to the store to buy me Calgon, lol. Anyway, here are my beautiful girls after the recital. I think Chris got better pics than I, but I’m too tired to go through them right now. The […]
Well, good morning!
Saturday, June 13th, 2009Major coughing fit woke me a few minutes before 6, so here I am! It kind of works out though. I’ve been going without an alarm all week to get the most amount of sleep which means Daisy has been waking me up. Well, she then wants to immediately sit on my lap and have […]
A poem from T
Monday, June 8th, 2009For whatever reason I woke up feeling very poorly. Not sure if I’ll get to the pictures today. In the meantime, this is a poem Tabitha wrote last week. The style was supposed to be simply two words per line. She chose to write about a propeller hat from Disneyland that she has begged me […]
Got a lot of computer time today
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009The girls went off into their room at approx. 9:30 this morning and save for lunch did not come out until roughly 3:30 in the afternoon. It wasn’t some Draconian punishment on my part, they were making a movie together. First they had to figure out their plot line, then they did the “sets” (and […]
What to say?
Thursday, April 30th, 2009I don’t want to stop blogging, but the reality is when things aren’t going very well, I tend to retreat. I don’t exactly pretend that my life is a constant stream of fluffly kitties hacking up sunshine and rainbows, but I also don’t blog details of down times. Plus life keeps throwing curveballs at me […]
Woo-Hoo!
Friday, April 10th, 2009Tabitha passed testing into intermediate 2! There was another coach working with the class and helped her with her bridge kickover (we used to call them a back walkover if that means anything to you) and she finally got it. I saw her do it 3 times in a row and that’s the only skill […]
We All Have Riches
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Today sucked. There is not enough sugar in the world to coat it so there you have it. My one bright spot was the following poem that Tabitha wrote because the inspiration struck her.
We all have riches,
though it can be hard to tell.
If you pay attention
they will do you well!
We all have golden slumbers,
and tortoise’s […]
Shipyard
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008For Ancient History yesterday, Tabitha built a simple model of a Minoan ship. The only problem I have with these projects is what to do with them after the fact. We take pictures because we assume “someday” I’ll put them into a scrapbook, so I really shouldn’t feel too bad when I quietly throw them […]
