Spring is sooo here!

This evening we took the kids to the Belmount Arts Center. It was song and story night with some folk singers. The kids and I drove downtown to meet Michael and we all rode together. I could have never in my life have planned out the next scenerio. The four of us were talking at a red light when I noticed a pair of birds kissing on a wire. Simple enough right? I pointed it out to the kids... "look, the birds are kissing!" and the kids snickered. No biggie. Then Michael squeezed my hand, so I looked up at the birds again...thinking they caught on fire or worse. They choose "worse". They daddy bird hopped on the mommy birds back and began to bounce! Right in front of us!! Then Michael and I caught a huge case of the giggles and the kids started laughing too, only Braeden is laughing at the birds "wrestling"!
But the music was good too!...lol

Wednesday....sooo busy!

Wednesday all ready! I'm putting my "super mommy hat" on and packing the kids up! We have art and tennis lessons today, so that means I get to sit for hours and read while I wait for Braeden. I love it! He has a blast and I have quiet time. I'll post some pictures this evening!

girls, girls, girls!

i'm not posting pictures...but you girls know! that's all i can say...i love you guys!

Metro Stars

When Michael told me that Red Bull had purchased the Metro Stars I was NOT jazzed about the idea of a corporate named team....but, check out the new logo! I'm pretty impressed. I've got to get one of the new t's!
http://redbull.newyork.mlsnet.com

Spring Break!

Last week was spring break for the area county schools, so we home school moms decided it was a great time to break too! As if we don't break enough for trips to Target or get enough rest teaching math in our pajamas. I seriously can't count the times we've completed vocabulary in the car or bath tub. The other moms think I've gone over to the "un-school" side because I'm not rigid and I wear pants. That's ok. They also bashed my thoughts of me being conservative. Apparently I'm not as conservative as I thought. If they only knew how very unconservative I was before they met me! Anyway, back to our raging spring break story. We started the week off with school on Monday (I had to catch some things up) and Tuesday was a trip to the Pensacola Museum of Art. Braeden and I had a "date". We left AvaGrace home with Michael, who had taken the day off, and went downtown for the afternoon. The PMA had an exhibit by William Wegman running and we loved it! He was commissioned my Polaroid to use a new camera decades ago and took pictures of his dogs in amazing scenes. Braeden was impressed.
Wednesday was a normal day with art and tennis lessons in the afternoon. Thursday we went to the Zoo! We bought a year pass and have only been twice since December, so I made myself take them. I invited my mom. That was interesting. The poor zoo hasn't recovered form the hurricanes and has many exhibits closed. Good thing they're still pretty young and have a dork for a mom who can turn anything into a blast! We laughed at monkeys throwing poop and debated why the "red tailed baboon" was named red tailed when his tail was grey and his butt was red! No one on the entire planet would care except for Braeden, who was completely unnerved by the "naming error" (his words not mine). After the zoo they spent the night with mimi, but found their ways home early Friday morning. I thought I was going to have Friday off and stayed up late Thursday night, forcing us to nap a lot on Friday. That evening we took the kids downtown to Gallery Night. They enjoyed the cookies and punch while we enjoyed the art and music. All enjoyed the trolley tour except for me who wanted to vomit! Saturday I took Braeden to chess club at UWF and Sunday Michael took him to play soccer. Are you noticing a pattern...I just drive my children to things they enjoy. You didn't see a random vacay for me in there did you? So, I guess that wraps up our spring break. Not as exciting as some I remember. No kegs, no dingy hotels in Panama City, no road trips...but I did come close to puking!

Spring is Here!

My grandmother has these baby birds in a flower pot on her porch...they're two days old in the picture!! Ava Grace thought the beaks were hats...lol!

I'm Back!!!

It's been awhile since I posted and I have loads to tell you guys. I turned the big "3-0" in January! We went to Mcguire's with a bunch of family and friends. I wore a crown with rhinestones spelling out "birthday girl", kissed the moose, the ass and had an irish wake. Michael surprised me with a cake with "thirty, flirty and fabulous" on it, like the movie 13 going on 30. It was so funny...I had been pouting the whole ride there about a cake and wondering why he didn't get me one, demanding that he stop and buy one before we arrived at the restaurant...and the joke was on me! He had paid for the cake and left it for one of his brothers to pick up. Half way through dinner (me still pouting on the inside) John brought it out and everyone sang to me! My bestfriend Kelly couldn't be there (due to poor planning on Michaels part, and living 8 hours away she says) so I brought a picture of her to leave by my drink all night. Enjoy!