A Giving Heart

Commander in Chief hard at work.

I suggested he work on some school.

He countered with "activities"

I have never seen him color this much before.

Every one who visits him in the room seems to get a picture.

Some even get to pick one out for themselves before hand.

I suggested he just keep coloring, instead of using his red phone to summon

the receipents when their picture was done. 

For now, he is content and busy

Much to be grateful for.

Thank you Aunt Sharon for all the colors and books.

 

 

The Perfect Gift for a Teenage Boy!

 

With the family gathering coming up fast, Aunt Sharon asked,
"What would Hockey Player like for his birthday?"

 

Not such an easy question to answer.

 

Hockey Player wants new club(s) from Golf Warehouse

 

Itunes gift cards

 

Net for practicing hockey in the driveway.
Now this can't be just any net!

This net has to be strong.

Really strong.

We have even talked about buying him steel trash cans.

This is why ~

He hit the puck so hard he put holes in his first net.

Then Daddy O recommended he hit at the trash dumpster.

Well he hit the puck so hard, he put a hole in the side of the dumpster.

AND...

the puck bounced off and went flying towards the vehicles.

Fortunately no damage to the cars.

Anyhow, a net for this kid to practice is going to pricey.

We have shopped and looked.

 

Hmmm, what else would make a good gift.

 

The kid likes food

 

food

food

food

 

The amount he can consume in one sitting is astonishing.

 

Golf time with Uncle Terry and Grandpa would be cool.

 

Aunt Sharon sighs and says good bye. 

Nothing overwhelming exciting and affordable to choose from.

The kid has expensive likes, hobbies and preferences.

 

Then the weekend came and we celebrated with the family.

 

Aunt Sharon presented him this huge box with various theatre candies

attached to the outside. 

I laughed and said there was probably a small little gift card down in the bottom.

 

Nope!!!

Instead there was food!

Can you see the smile on his face?

This smile says it all.....IT IS ALL MINE!!!!!!

ALL MINE!!!!

 

 

Oh yeah, Aunt Sharon scored.  Scored really big.

In our house that would be called a Hat Trick!

My girls amaze me !

So I was clicking around and checking out the new blogspot format and discovered I had a bunch of "drafts".  Post for whatever reason never got posted.  This one was a precious memory, that for whatever reason...a slow connection, an interruption, never was officially posted.  So 3 years later... (It was meant to post on 10/7/09) here goes.  Do you remember Aunt Sharon?

2 weeks ago or so on a Sunday, I was puttering around the house. I slowed down enough to look around my basement to discover all 5 of my children were chillin' with dad and watching football. Even the girls. Big-O-Daddy-O has tried to get me to watch football. I have consented to a willingness to sit with him if I can either take a nap or work on something like handsewing, coupons, or some other lap project. My girls boggle my mind. So when the Aunt and Uncle called to see if they could take Hockey Player and Little Princess to

I was like, okay... But, Hockey Player had other commitments so Fun Mom went instead. I was prepared for tired girls. I was prepared to hear how they got bored. Instead, 2 young ladies walked in our door and they had lots of exciting stories to tell. The stories had to wait till Sunday, as we had church the next morning and it was almost 10 when they got home. We, also, had to wait to hear from Little Princess cause this was as far as she got..

Isn't she sweet when she is asleep?
She just couldn't make it here. And she is not too little, so we left her there for the night.

The noise did not bother them. The length of the time sitting there didn't bother them. They had a blast! Who knew? At least they like to shop and read and do puzzles, otherwise I wouldn't know who their mother was!

Little Princess' birthday

So Little Princess had a birthday.  When asked what she wanted to do?

 

Just want to have fun with my family!

 

Big O Daddy O set to make sure she had a fun day hanging out with her family.

He promptly scheduled pedis for her, the sis, the local aunts, cousin Amia, and mom

To top it off I let her get a manicure too. 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Princess's

 

 

sitting so patiently deserves a bag of breakfast M-M's 

 

 

Little Princess' fingers

before getting in the pool.

 

 

Aunt Tracy's

 

 Mom's

 

 Aunt Sharon's

 

Missing pictures of Fun Girl's fingers and toes.

But they were Beautimous as well!