I Hired My Own Personal Shopper

Yesterday my personal shopper emailed me pics of a shirt she stumbled upon and she just knew I was going to love it. This is what she does for me every time she finds a sassy shirt or outfit and the price is within reason. I actually have two personal shoppers who keep their eye out for me. Both of these two shoppers are known as STYLE DIVAS for sure! See the pics below that feature a black shirt being modeled for me, by my very own personal shopper, so that I can see it before I receive it.

In Therapy

So, I got all excited about taking Alexis school shopping since she will be starting kindergarten this year. Needless to say, the past few weeks have been crazy busy with all of this retail therapy going on. I've really been trying to get ahead start purchasing her school supplies and not get caught up in the school rush! I've also had to plan all of our shopping adventures around Alexis' schedule! Imagine That! So, we headed to Wal-Mart today after 1st making a visit to The Children's Museum to get car seats installed correctly and grabbed a quick bite to eat at Sonic. I was amazed that we spent $70, not including a few of the items I could not locate. I feel sorry for those of you who have more than one child to equip for school this year. My mom swears, what I spent was equivalent to what they paid for school supplies when we were in school. The only difference was, she had 5 kids to buy for! After stocking up on school supplies, I took Alexis to gymnastics and then we found ourselves at the new Target which just opened down the street from our house. Yep! You got it........more Retail Therapy. Two and a half hours later we made our way back home! I'm still thinking about the rest of the shopping I still need to do before that 1st day arrives. Did I mention how much fun it is shopping for a girl! Looooove It..................

Look What I Can Do!

P-O-S-T

I asked Alexis if she would like to go (U-P), (U-P) as I spelled out the words instead of verbally saying it; so Londyn would not hear. I wanted to make sure Alexis was wanting to go upstairs to their playroom before I let Londyn in on it. If Alexis didn't want to go, I did not want Londyn to of already gotten it in her mind to start heading up the stairs as she loooooves that p-l-a-y-r-o-o-m. (U-P), (U-P) is what we say as we ascend up the stairs and (d-o-w-n), (d-o-w-n) is what we say when we descend. This is how I have taught both of my girls the meaning of the words (UP & DOWN). Alexis non·cha·lant-ly replied, "I want to go (E-Y-N-G-H)." She was honestly believing that she was spelling out what she had just said. I asked her, "What does that mean?" She said, "That means, I'm going outside!"

She Wasn't Invited

Alexis and I met up with her best friend, Emily Glosson on Saturday at the movie theater. Emily's mom and old sister Shelby were waiting for our arrival. As we approached and greeted them, I had suddenly forgot that Emily had an older sister named Shelby who is 7. Shelby was standing there just as sweet as can be. I asked, Lou Ann; their mom, if Shelby would like to go to the movies with us? This brought me back to a time in my childhood, remembering how I wish I could go somewhere my older sister was going. Thinking about ALL the fun my sister was going to have, but not me! Lou Ann said they were going to get lunch somewhere, but asked Shelby if she would like to go since Mrs. Amber was inviting her. She looked up at her mom with those precious eyes and a tilted chin and said, "Is it OK if I go to the movies with them?" As Shelby sat next to me in the theater enjoying the kids meal I treated them to, she looked up at me and said, "thanks for letting me come to." My heart just melted as my entire body filled with goose bumps........her heart was smiling and I could feel it!

**UPDATE** Boy Did This HURT!

Well, I received a really nice comment from an anonymous person wanting to know if I was a journalist. He really liked the way I captured the story below and liked my style of writing; Very Direct & To The Point. It appears that Alexis's wound is healing quite nicely. Craig kept insisting it was, as he would know from all of his years playing baseball. My sis, Harmony works for a doctor and he explained the healing process. Everything he stated was exactly what was transpiring with the healing of Alexis's wound. I didn't mean for anyone to feel sorry about what happened. We all know kids will be kids and they're always proving how resilient they really are. "I" had a hard time looking at what looked liked raw hamburger meat that was oozing and all!

Alexis was letting her cousin, little John, try out her battery operated, RED Ford Mustang. She was planning on taking a ride on the back spoiler as he took a test drive. John then put the car in motion, full blast! Alexis felt the jerk and could foresee herself headed for an impending fall. On her way down, she flipped her body over on her tummy and grabbed on tightly to the back spoiler and braced herself for the ride of her life. This is the after effects of the ride or what I call road rash! I've been doctoring it for a week and I'm not quite sure it's healing correctly. I haven't seen this type of injury for many, many years. I will keep a close eye on it and we may have to visit the doctor to make sure she doesn't have an infection that needs antibiotics or something.

I thought this was an amazing Fourth of July photograph!

The young man on the far left is Alessandro Preda;

our neighbor from our old subdivision.

He is joined by two of his fellow Pack 133 Cub Scouts.

His mom sent me this pic in an email, but

I wasn't expecting anything this spectacular!