Movie day! Movie day! Movie day!!!

It's a rainy, gloomy day...around 50 degrees...buurrrrrr. So after we finish our school work I say "Hey! Let's watch a movie and drink hot chocolate today!" Yahoo!!! The girl is soooooo game! She didn't have a single clue what "hot chocolate" was, but she's no fool...she understands "chocolate". Oh we're both soooo excited as we head off to Wal-Mart to get food and dream of the afternoon to come.
This is apparently where our ideas of the afternoon part ways. *sigh*
Mom's thoughts:
We'll have a wonderful time at Wal-Mart (it does happen) and sing songs on the way home....have a little alone time while I put groceries away...lunch...and finally get the milk warming on the stove and get ready to snuggle under my very favorite down throw. ahhhhhhh. We'll giggle and laugh at the geese (Fly Away Home was our movie of choice) and have a fine time.
Sarah's thoughts:
Wal-Mart?? I have far too much energy to do the "Wal-Mart thing" today. Oh, well, if I have to sit I'm going to at least say EVERY word that comes to my mind...I mean EVERY word. And questions????? Oh yeah, I got questions!!!! My time in this buggie is limited I must talk as fast as I can. What did she say about chocolate? I'll be sure to ask about that at least every 10 feet. I wonder what wild and crazy game we are going to play while we watch the movie??? Chocolate???? Why does mommy seemed crazed? She must want me to ask more questions. *sigh*

Oh, laugh if you must. Some days we are on the same page....then there are days like today, where we aren't even at the same library! That's ok.

What's truly amazing is what happened towards the end of the movie...keep in mind that she's wearing her brand new (less than 4 hours old) comfy sweat suit. She wants to go outside and build and paint an airplane like in the movie (yippy, at least she enjoyed the geese being born and noticed the plane).
I'm type-a. I like to eat neatly, keep things in their place (usually), and paint neatly. I prefer my 4 year old do these things too. :)
It started out ok. See exhibit B.
And then she got all type-b on me. See exhibit C.
Know what??? It was kindof fun to not care that there was paint all over her clothes. I may be around to teach her order, morals, and discipline....but she teaches me to LIVE!!!

Exhibit B.










Exhibit C.

Here comes Old Man Winter!

Sometimes, in the south, "fall" isn't a season. We had a week of beautiful "fall" weather and *poof* old man winter starts to bug us.
Sometimes we experience all seasons in one day. See exhibit A.

Exhibit A.







Besides her warped fashion sense (20-something more days until Project Runway starts again!!!) and the inconveinence of sprouting up like those weird green onions in the yard AAAANNNNDDDD the fact that mommy only has about 2 days notice that there might be a chill on it's way....."exhibit A" is what we get.
Those are "spring" pants, "summer" shoes, and "late fall" jacket. Sometimes you just have to "make it work".

Here we go again!!!! Sophie update.....

Refresher: We are Dec 14th. CCAA is just starting Dec. but the big question is how much of Dec will they do????? Well, rumors are starting and I may as well take you along for the ride. I think there is very little chance that we will be in this batch...but the closer we get the more likely we are to be in the next batch.
Rumors typically start 2 weeks before referrals arrive. So sit back and enjoy the journey to Sophie!

This is the first semi-decent rumor for this next batch (due the first part of next month):

A European site says the cut off will be the 12th, possibly the 13th. There is no information about where this information comes from. They say they are “confirming this”, they aren’t treating it as a rumor but as fact.

I give it an R1 or an R2 at this point. I hope they are right, but I wouldn’t take it to the bank just yet.

A sucker born every minute...I was born in Toys R Us today...

So we don't do Halloween. But of course Sarah was invited to a
Halloween party...without so much of the Halloween...but a costume is
what all the girls are talking about. *sigh*
Sarah wants to be a princess. So I'm deciding if I want to let her go
so I figure we'll go and see what's out there and how much it costs.
I swear, when the doors to Toys R Us opened I think I heard "Sucker laughter".
The first princess dress we find isn't even one of those cheesy
ones...it's one that even I thought to myself "wow, that's nice...and
could go a long way in the dress-up box"...but Sarah's reaction was
priceless!
"OH MOMMY!!!!! IT'S BEAUUUUUUUU-TI-FUL!!!!" 2ND only to the reaction
to ice cream. :)
There it is again...."sucker laughter". Well, yeah, you know I put it
in the buggie to "think about it". Sarah is just a beaming as we
stroll through the store. She touches it like it is golden.
The thing is $30!!! I'm thinking "this is nuts". *sucker laughter*
"Ok, ok, I'll get it and see if it looks cute on." *duh laughter* I
remember the picture of her in her undies weed eating...how could she
not be cute as a princess??!!!!
So tell me when you see this picture....do you think I will keep it?
or take it back??? :)