Eldest Chicklet is home from her first semester of college!
It's nice to have her home for an extended period of time.
Also, nice...it seems her first semester was a SUCCESS!
She's still waiting on a few grades, but....
She has a very good chance of being on the Dean's List!
WOOHOO!
She's not the other two.
Britt is the oldest.
She's smart. She's loving. She's gorgeous.
Tripp is the middle.
He's an xBox addict. He's a gifted athlete. He has a tender heart.
She's my baby.
She's adorable.
She has an amazing sense of humor.
She sings "She wears short shirts; I wear t-shirts" and "God is great, beer is good and people are crazy" with all her heart.
She's Kaley.
I LOVE me some True Blood.
Especially the delightfully delicious Eric Northman!
BUT.....
I don't like the way the TV series is deviating from the Sookie Stackhouse books.
I understand that there has to be some artistic leeway and some change.
However, this season was WAY different than the third book.
Come on, people!!
Give us some YUM while still following the book!!
Last weekend Pumpkin and I went to the beach for the first time WITHOUT kids since our honeymoon.
It was DIVINE!
We went with 15 other adults.
Many laughs, gobs of great food, lots of beer, tons of beach time.
Ahhhhh....
So when can we go BACK?!?!
Congratulations, Brittney!!!Exactly what my posting has been.
I could blame it on being busy...
Eldest Chicklet starting college and Baby Chicklet starting Kindergarten, last year of middle school for the Middle Chicklet. Me doing a long term sub at a different school, and Pumpkin traveling.
Or I could just call it what it is.
Lazy.
I've got to get back to blogging.
I love it. Really and truly love it.
Almost as much as my trashy, yet wonderful, True Blood.
Almost.
There have been so many things happening in our life in the past month and NONE of it did I put on here.
Shame on me.
Time to start catching up!
Good thing, 'cause it looks like she might have been up to something!
We rode to the school where we met the principal and watched a safety video. Then we loaded back up and headed home!
SOMEONE is excited about Kindergarten!
THEN...
She adopted her baby!
She was able to decide on her birthday and name her.
So - meet our grandaughter...
Ashley Sally!
It turned out great, and most importantly, he LOVED it!
That's what I need to do.
It has been a crazy several weeks - with no posts!
We had Hell Week at school - CRCT, our annual Crawfish Boil, and changing the schedules/planning for centers for 180 kids - all of fifth grade.
Not to mention, kids and life in general!
WHEW!
Middle Chicklet is thankfully finished with track. That takes one thing off my plate.
Although he didn't place in any events, he improved his time in all his events every time he ran.
Pretty impressive!
Eldest Chicklet....
Well, we have prom this Saturday and then 4 weeks until graduation.
Her graduating really hasn't sunk in yet.
I think when it does, I may have a meltdown.
Baby Chicklet is her normal sassy self.
She's MOSTLY a good sport about having to be drug around to everyone's activities.
It's tough to be the baby. :)
She is preparing for her ballet recital that is coming up in a couple of weeks.
But she's informed me that she does not want to do any more dance.
She wants to CHEER!
(Tear, cry)
I thought I was officially finished with cheerleading!!
And Pumpkin...
He's been in Toronto, Charleston and Chicago in the last 3 weeks.
Life in the Fast Lane.
Gotta love it!
CRCT
Criterion-Referenced Competency Test
Hell Week for teachers AND students!
We preach to our kids at school to get a good night's sleep and eat a GOOD breakfast.
Last night I took Middle Chicklet to the store to get breakfast food as all we have is Pop-Tarts, Chocolate Chip Waffles, Chocolate Muffin Tops.
You get the picture.
While there, I picked up some candy for my school kids as a reward for testing.
I was reading the Nutrition Facts to see about how many pieces were in each bag so I would have enough.
I picked up a bag and said, "Nope! This only has 50 in it."
MC - "How do you know that?"
I showed him how to take the number per serving and multiply that by the number of servings.
MC - "WOW!!! Now I know how to ready my candy bags to make sure I don't get ripped off!:
MC - "THANKS, Mom! That was a valuable life lesson."
Umm.....welcome.....
Eldest Chicklet and I went shopping for her prom dress today.
Is anyone else completely bamboozled (yes, bamboozled - I like it) by the fact that she fell in love with the FIRST dress she put on?
A 17 year old girl - FIRST dress.
Not knowing my chicklet, you would THINK that was pure craziness.
Nope.
This was the SECOND time it's happened!
Last year, she picked the first dress she tried on for Homecoming Court.
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
As we left she said, "You are SO lucky you had me. Who else could find their senior prom dress on their first try?"
Yep.
I'm SO lucky I had you!
Spring Fling is RIGHT around the corner!
Tuesday, April 13!
Put it on your calendar!
NOW!
What are you waiting on?
$6,000 in giveaways in ONE day...
Need I say more?
Measuring a GENEROUS width of 7.5", height of 5.25", and depth of 3.5", it was large enough to put everything I needed it in, yet small enough to fit in a large number of even my smallest purses.
Exhibit Five:
My Droid fits PERFECTLY in one of the outside pockets!
And my keys go right in the other (forgive them for being shy...)
Exhibit Six:
Everything I need fits inside, and the divided pockets make it all easy to find!
How's THAT for organization!
I've already switched it from my purse to my laptop bag twice!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my Pouchee!
Pouchee carries a variety of products including a Jewelry Traveler, and The Daddy, a car console organizer that I've got my eye on!
Drum Roll Please............
Pouchee is giving me a Teal Cotton Pouchee for a Giveaway!!
How exciting!!
Rules:
Leave a comment for EACH entry. If you don't, it won't count. Sorry! I'm a little too ADD these days to sort through each comment to see if everything is listed.
Givewaway ends April 17, 2010 at midnight EST.
1. Go check out the Pouchee website; come back, and in your comment, tell me your favorite product.
2. Become a Google Follower.
3. Put my button on your blog.
4. Follow me on Twitter.
5. Link to this giveaway on your blog.
That's FIVE possible entries! Cool, huh!
GOOD LUCK!!!
And she LOVES it!
