59/365...I heart daffodils…

I know that spring is here when TJs has daffodils for under two dollars :)

58/365...Alien invasion….

…of the kindergarten kind :) Today was open house at Tae’s school. Inspired by their lessons on the solar system, the students decorated the entire school with their alien creations…very cute.

Tae's UFO

"This is my Alien friend Roxy Foxy. She comes from Planet Momo"

57/365...she LOVED it...

56/365...day 1...

...Time to get this hormone party started!!!! I would like to apologize in advance to my friends and family for my unbalanced emotions for the next three months…LOL.

I had the “joy” of going to the dentist today. I was supposed to get a root canal, but was fortunate to walk away with a giant filling, a little filling, a fat right side of my face and no feeling for 5 hours…which is all more desirable than a root canal.

I also overheard a lady, who was apparently in the ‘pleasure’ business, talking loudly on her cell phone in T@rget this morning. It was SO bizarre... She was explaining the ways of the business to her friend??? I think she was trying to recruit her??? Gross...

Quite a day for me today.

55/365...New skills...

Tae came home from school SO excited to show me this…

She has decided that she is ready for gymnastics.

Roxy’s attempt at getting on the couch…She is tall enough to get her entire body up on the cushion yet she can’t seem to get her back legs to join her. I was laughing last night as she enjoyed the couch in this position. Funny girl!

54/365...via the roll...

I am really enjoying the 365 photo project…but on days when I have to work and I don’t have a chance to capture a picture with natural light…I feel a little stressed. I often find myself running around the house trying to think of something to take a picture of…and then I realize how great this is…it forces me to be a little creative. Pictures taken through a paper towel roll…that’s not something you think of everyday. I had fun with it…self portrait via paper towel roll!

53/365...in a jar...

…I have been saving these teas tags. Every day when I finish my tea I cut the tag off and place it in the jar. Grabbing them at random makes me smile. I really love these…

52/365...happy anniversary honey...

6 years ago today....

51/365...Date day...

We also saw ‘blind side’…LOVED it. It was nice to have a day/night with my honey.

50/365....just like me...

when I was little...

I would always play with the scraps while my dad was busy working on a project…today Tae did the same.

Thanks so much for my shelf Daddy!!!!

I just have to do the finishing touches…but isn’t it great? It is for the kitchen...and will create a craft and supply station for Miss T. I have been looking for a shelf just the right size without any luck…Daddy to the rescue!

This morning I went to the Aved@ learning school and received a 4 hour haircut and highlight. The girl did a great job…but FOUR hours is a tad long. I will probably go back because it was cheap and I like that it helps the students learn. If (and by that I mean WHEN) I go back I will have to remember to bring a book. I did feel really bad when they gave me an additional discount because I am a student and I ended up leaving a HUGE tip…sort of defeated the purpose of getting the lower price in the first place…oh well.

Today this MONSTER…

…ate one of my tennis shoes, two of Tae’s flip flops (different pairs), a bag of potato chips, the corner off my cookbook basket, and managed to get a hold of the fish food and spread it ALL over the kitchen floor! What a stinker...good thing she is so cute!

~night

49/365...Basghetti....

I love that she stills says it that way. She is still little.

randomness….

I have another cold. Seriously over this…it was 78 out today and I have a cold. Sucks…

Tomorrow my daddy is helping me with a project…I will let you know how it goes. I am excited.

Nathan had a soccer banquet tonight. I did not see him before he left (I was at work) but Tae told me that he wore his suit…his tie had flowers on it and he looked very very PRETTY. I saw him when he came home and he did look pretty.

night

48/365...making letters and spelling stuff...

47/365...new shoes...

46/365...

It has been a really long week…really long. Today was family day…a much needed family day. I am tired…very tired, very busy…and very happy. I love spending time with my family.

I found this magnet at the bookstore. I had not read this one before. I like it…when I get the chance I will put up in my kitchen…when I get a free moment. Right now the chalk board is covered with math…Tae's math...I like it…for now.

Roxy is like a rodeo clown flopping around the house, falling on the tile and knocking things off the coffee table. We are having fun with her…she is over 15 pounds now. I can hardly pick her up…Tae has reverted back to picking up Bru.

night

45/365...happy heart day...

44/365...funny

43/365...She LOVES this...

On the way home from school yesterday Tae was telling me how much she is loving school…when I asked her why she told me “it’s SO easy…I always get my math answers right and I NEVER have to redo my work!” I thought “YES!!!!” So, later we were making our cupcakes…she wanted to know why there were going to be 24. Hmmm…I mentioned that in the baking world people like to have a dozen…which is twelve…and our mix makes two dozen…so we have 24. So then she wanted me to show her how 12 makes 24. I wrote 12 + 12 on the board in the kitchen and explained how you add them together to make 24. She was SOOO excited…we have been practicing double digit addition ever since. Crazy… right???

42/365...Hat....

41/365...The box....

Tae opened an awesome V-Day package today…she was so excited about all her new baking supplies…but once she discovered she could fit in the box…she wouldn’t get out. She stayed in that box for about 3 hours. Funny how they are always fascinated with the packaging! Tomorrow we will be baking so Tae can take her goodies to school…Thanks Mama J and Papa D!!!!

On another note my phone broke last night :( I took it in today and a new one is in the mail…5-7 days. I feel so handicap without my crackb3rry…that’s a little sad. I can still answer calls but I can’t read or send text messages or open any icons at all. I can only call you if I called you in the last day or so because I can’t open my phonebook. I need to switch to my old regular phone, but I have to download all the info off my BB first…and I don’t have time to do it right now…oh well.

40/365...Thinking about it...

Yesterday, Tae wore jewel stickers on her ears…she was ecstatic that everyone at school might think she had gotten her ears pierced. She told me she thinks she might be ready for pierced ears when she turns 6…might be ready…she is still thinking about it. I like that she is not ready yet.

Just curious…what age do you think it is appropriate to pierce a child’s ears?

39/365...store bought...

She wrote her name on the back of each card…a total of 22 consecutive times...

She was over the moon about getting her store bought cards…

We made two attempts to make our own…each time she was “out” by card two…

She said she only wanted “store bought” cards…

And now she is happy.

38/365...Isn't she lovely...

Isn't she wonderful???

She may drive me a bit nutty at times…but I love her. She melts my heart. She is wonderful.

37/365...tree trimming...

People were stopping in front of our house to watch this man trim our trees…I have to say it was amazing.

36/365...Defiance….

defiance: open, bold, or hostile refusal to obey or conform.

Also known as five going on six year olds….

35/365...hands free...

Taking a picture of a shadow of your own two hands is hard to do….I had to use my chin.

34/365....kettle corn...

...and a movie...a funny movie!

33/365...The pieces…

I can feel pieces of me coming back together. I can feel parts of me healing. I can feel my smile spread across my face…spontaneously throughout the day. I have been broken and lost…I have been sad. I feel this huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders…from my heart.

I feel like choices and answers have brought the light back into my spirit.

Last month we decided on a great agency and a beautiful country for our adoption, we made changes to our adoption plan...changes that made my heart smile. I finally feel like we are making progress on our adoption. I feel like I can actually get excited about our journey…it may take us awhile to complete…but we have finally taken the next step. I rang in the New Year with a diagnosis of PCOS. This diagnosis gave me answers that I desperately needed. A new doctor was the answer to my female issues, a new doctor with a new plan. I feel like I have been given back the control I felt I had lost…the control I desperately needed. I felt so helpless with my last doctor, with her explanations of what was happening with my body. I don’t feel helpless anymore, I feel powerful. We have decided to try this new plan, to try again, something that is both scary and exciting.

Last month was full of choices and answers…full of progress.

32/365...In my (heart)...