Friday Funnies

One more week of school! Woo hoo!!

Here are the funny things I remembered to write down this week.

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Bailey likes to play the Wii Fit and one of her favorite games is the "Birds Eye" where she has to flap her arms up and down to simulate a flying bird.  She is great at the flapping part but she narrates it with "Crap Crap Crap."  Obviously we need to work on her "f's" and "l's".  

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I found a tank top in a bin of my old clothes and gave it to Skylar.  I said, "Here's an old shirt for you Skylar.  It used to be mine when I was your age." To which she replied, "Oh, so it's a REALLY OLD shirt!"

Stinker.  It still looks cute on her.  

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Bailey tore up a bunch of paper and left it on the floor.  Twenty minutes later she came into the room and said "OH NO! Someone make a mess! That's NOT nice!"

I said, "Bailey it was you."

Bailey: "Me? Oh, I sorry. Skylar clean it up." 

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Bailey seems to retain everything she hears.  The other night she started reciting "Eeny Meeny Miny Mo, Catch a Tiger by the Toe...If he hollars let him go.  My mom picked the very best one and it is you!" After she finished it she looked at me and said "Mommy? I the very best one?"

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And my favorite this week....

Reagan and I went to the store and there was a larger lady next to us on an aisle.  She was reaching for some donuts as we passed her and Reagan said "She does NOT need those.  She should go on Biggest Loser.  They would teach her that stuff."  

(Thank the LORD that lady did not hear us because we were out of earshot!)

Have a blessed weekend!

heart and sole

You know I'm a big fan of "I Heart Faces" and love to participate in their weekly photo challenge.  I also love when people do things that are bigger than themselves; for the greater good. 


It just so happens that this week at iheartfaces, they are teaming up with an organization with a passion for the greater good.  It's called Soles 4 Souls.  

So, this weeks theme at I Heart Faces is obviously....feet.  I instantly thought of a recent photo I took of a friend's daughter.  She was baptized at our church and my friend asked me to photograph the event for her.  I got plenty of great shots of the actual baptism, but I loved the shot I got of her feet after she got out of the water.  She was dripping wet and I just thought of the verse "How beautiful are the feet of them.." so I added it to the bottom.

And because there are no restrictions on number of photos this week, I thought I would show you a picture of her actual baptism. Such a beautiful day for a beautiful girl.

Hop on over to I Heart Faces and see a bunch of feet :D

Soles4Souls is a Nashville-based charity that collects shoes from the warehouses of footwear companies and the closets of people like you. The charity distributes these shoes free of charge to people in need, regardless of race, religion, class, or any other criteria. Since 2005, Soles4Souls has given away over 7 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes (currently donating one pair every 9 seconds.) The shoes have been distributed to people in over 125 countries, including Kenya, Thailand, Nepal and the United States. Soles4Souls has been featured in Runner's World, Ladies’ Home Journal, National Geographic’s Green Guide, and The New York Times. It has appeared on CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, BBC, CNN and thousands of regional news outlets across North America.

Nothing says lovin'....

...like snuggling with a doggie's hiney....

Lucky 7

Seven years ago today was a good day.  

I became a mom.

After a marathon labor, Reagan arrived a month early. 

She was born at 12:10 in the afternoon and was a tiny 5 pounds, 10 ounces.  

She fulfilled my lifelong dream of being a mom.  It's the only thing I ever knew I wanted to be.  

I never knew I could love anyone as much.

It was love at first breath and she has had my heart ever since.  

She made her television debut at 3 months old 

(Hurricane Isabel knocked power out at our church so her dedication was outside and the news thought it was great!)

She has always been full of joy!

And filled us with joy.

(don't you love the long jammies!?)

It's hard to believe that she's seven.  She has grown into such a beautiful young lady, inside and out.

She has such concern for others and a tender spirit.

She's a great big sister and loves to "take care" of them (whether they like it or not sometimes!).

She is my heart. I couldn't be more proud.  

Smart, kind, and beautiful.  

This is the first year she did not ask for toys for her birthday.  It's a sign she is growing up.  While I'm happy to not add more toys to our growing collection, I'm a little sad to see the little girl years behind her.  I know we're not far from the request for cell phones, ipods, computers, and gift cards.  

For now, I will cherish her snuggles.  

And be thankful for her loving heart.  

And pray.

Pray for the calling on her life and that the Lord always keeps her tender toward others. 

Happy Birthday sweet girl! I love you to the moon and back.

Friday Funnies

Is it Friday already!? Wow! What a fast week!!

I only remembered to write down two "funnies" this week but they are good ones.

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We were sitting in the family room one night and Bailey started dancing around and twirling.  She said "Mommy look! I Dancing wiffa stars!" The funnier part is that Reagan corrected her and said, "No Bailey, it's Dancing IN the stars!"

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I was chasing Skylar up the stairs and when we got to the top I pretended to trip so she could get away.  She said "Oh mommy, you're such a gooseball!"

I said, "Don't you mean a goofball, ffff,fff, like goofy?"

Skylar: "Mommy, Goofy is a dog!"

Touche'

I hope you have a blessed weekend!!

What do you do if the shoe fits??

I've been giving a lot of thought to the phrases we use lately.  I received one of those "Life in 1500's" emails that gave the explanation and origin of some familiar sayings. (i.e. It's Raining Cats and Dogs, Throwing the baby out with the bathwater, Peas porridge hot Peas porridge cold...., etc).  When I looked them up on snopes.com I found that nearly all of them (all but one) were untrue.

So while I'm still unsure of where most of our slang comes from, I have found myself questioning our language.

While driving today I saw a license plate cover that said
"If the shoe fits..."

hmmmm, ok.

If the shoe fits....what?
    
Maybe you can help me.  This is what I have come up with so far:

If the shoe fits-
      then it must be yours!

      then it's the right size.

      buy it!

      it's on the correct foot!

     

That's all I came up with.  What about you? What do YOU do when the shoe fits?? :D

I'm afraid it's contagious

Remember my disorder ICMTFL Syndrome?
Well apparently it's contagious.  Quite  a few folks have admitted that they too suffer from this disorder so I thought I should inform you that it spreads...or maybe it's genetic.  It seems to "morph" a bit though.  Instead of ICMTFL Syndrome, it's MMCMTFL aka: My Mom Could Make That For Less.  My girls have now started showing signs of the same disillusion that I live under.

I was looking through all the quilts from the Bloggers Quilt Festival hosted by Amy, and the girls were looking with me.  There are so many lovely quilts (that I could never possibly make) and the girls have decided that I can make one for them too.  Like this one.  Or this one (Take note that ONE square on this quilt is made up of 30 small squares!).  I personally love the look of this one and this one.

Of course, folks like my sweet friend Liz don't help matters much either.  She said she suffers from ICMTFL too but the only difference is that she really CAN make it for less.  Check this out.  It just so happens that my girls saw the same exact shirt in the mini Boden catalog and loved it too.

Of course I wasn't going to shell out 84 dollars for a t-shirt with a camper on the front.  But it never occurred to me that I could make it.  (Apparently Liz's disorder is far worse than mine in the best way possible).  Now my disorder has started to include appliqued clothing...who knew?? :D

Just be warned.  I believe this is an epidemic in the making.