Lily, The Fashion Expert !

It is a good thing that I don't have a fragile ego because my daughter has an opinion on the way that I dress. Apparently Barbie and Polly Pocket are really styling but me, not so much. But I am not a fuddy duddy either. Ahhh, every cloud has a silver lining.


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A New Day

After 12 hours of sleep Lily woke up her usual happy go lucky self. She didn't stir until shortly after 7 which is amazing for her.

We had planned on a beach day today but we forgot to tell the weather man that so he ordered rain for the day instead. (so glad it is finally raining here, since last week at one point 53 out of the 67 counties in Florida were on fire). So we spent a very low key day and it was just as great as any day at the beach cos this kid of ours is an absolute riot.

Here are some photos of the weekend. I failed to mention on Saturday that we went to the Build A Bear Workshop to participate in the stuff a bear for hugs where the bears were being donated world wide to children without families including those in orphanages and foster care. When Lily made her wish she wished that her bear would go to her Mei Mei in China. (Jacob now wants to buy the identical bear and smuggle it in our case to China and pretend that it went to the baby, what a guy he is!)

Lily looks so big in this photo it is downright scary

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Giving him a bath before sending him on his way.

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Our Little Gymnast

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Getting ready to "help" blow out the candles!

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Lily's Horrid Day

Miss Lily woke up at her usual 6.10am and was very tired. I pulled her in bed with us but she didn't fall back to sleep so I knew today would be a long one. She had a birthday party this afternoon so after lunch I layed down on the bed with her to watch a movie in hopes that she would fall asleep but she didn't. She had a great time at the party. It was at a gymnastic school and they did gymnastics for over an hour. On the way home she had a massive meltdown over something trivial but knowing how tired she was I sort of let her ride it out. Once we got home she was still crying those big gasping sobs but I was able to comfort her. At this point my heart was hurting for my little whimperer who really needed nothing more than to go to sleep. I bathed her and read her a story and when it was time to go to sleep she said, mummy, can I have something of yours to remind me of you when I am sleeping. I gave her my bear, Jack. I went back 5 minutes later to check on her and she has Jack snuggled under her arm and her Bunny is tucked in right next to her.
Lily doesn't get tired and cranky very often because she goes to bed early but last night she had a family night at school that we went to so she had a late night. Add to that the fact that they have been working so hard learning songs for mummys day and daddys day plus her graduating ceremony that I think she is beat. My poor little girl was so sad it broke my heart.

I am not sure why the camera is making that funny noise and I am talking very softly so it is hard to hear me. So sweet, my little angel.



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Today was Dads day at Lily’s school and her class put on a show for the Dads and only the Dads. Lily and I had a great morning with donuts and juice, and the show was great. I was so proud of everything. She made us matching ties, she did the questions and answers, like with Mom last week and sang some beautiful songs for us Dads. The pictures will tell the whole story.

A Girl and Her Dad, It's A Beautiful Thing.

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Double Trouble

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This is Dawn: I cannot believe that the guest blogger was a man of so few words today. He came in from school all proud and gushing and then he writes 2 lines....jeesh. Lily really cracked him today with her answers to all the questions and she really made me laugh when I saw her answer to the question: My Dad likes to buy _______ and she said, computers. Hubby is basically a gadget and gizmo guy but he lurves his computers and Lily has him sussed. She also wrote that her dad is scared of roaches. She said that on my list too. The school is going to think we live in a flea pit that is crawling with roaches but we don't I swear. I would have to move, again, if I saw a roach in here it's bad enough that we get the occasional lizard.

Sleep Deprived Daddy

Jacob works until quite late at night so in the mornings I get up and get Lily ready for school. He always gets up for a good bye hug and kiss but other than that he is dormant. This morning was the same as usual and as I went upstairs to shower I said to Lily, as I always do, "no shouting, if you need me come and get me because daddy is asleep."

I had been in the shower for about 10 minutes when I heard a huge din. The next thing the bathroom door opens up followed by a bash, crash, thud sound as Lily appears with one of her little chairs (which by the way she had carried upstairs with her) a sheet of paper and a crayon. Now I am watching all of this through a steamy shower door and trying not to laugh. She announces in a very LOUD voice that she is taking a survey. I ask what it is all about and she says, food, and proceeds to yell, "who in this room loves pizza?" I told her we both did so she marks it down and the questions continue until I am out of the shower. She continues to shout and move her chair about thumping it into anything and everything. Jacob never said a word he just let her continue and I whisked her our of the room as fast as possible. She is just so cute that I can't get over her.

Last week one day I was creeping around and being nice and quiet because it was early and Jacob was still asleep when I had to go to school for a meeting so I quietly shut the door and got in my car. As I inched backwards I noticed my car was making a funny noise but I couldn't really hear it to well and thought once I got out of the driveway I would be able to pick up some speed and really hear where it was coming from. So I reversed a bit more and the noise got louder. I was a bit concerned but just wanted to add some speed to the equation so I gunned it. The loud noise got much worse and was followed by bottles rolling, cans tumbling and a few other noises that you hear when you have just run over the recycling bin!!! The front door opened and there stood Jacob with the biggest smile on his face and all he said was, "I'll get that Honey, don't worry about a thing." And then of course because we are us we just cracked up laughing. As I drove off I saw him in my rear view mirror cleaning up the neighbourhood.

Thank goodness my hubby doesn't need much sleep and always wakes up in a good mood.

A New Bunny

The mailman delivered a package this afternoon for Lily. I told her that she could open it but if the gift was wrapped in birthday paper she had to save it for her birthday. Much to her delight there was no birthday wrapping so she tore into the box. Inside was the most adorable bunny I have ever seen, and I don't say that lightly as I am not big into stuffed toys. Dannye and Ray sent her an early birthday gift. The box also contained a frog cap which she loves and an array of candies which she also loved. Dannye she has never had a pixy stix before and things they are the greatsest thing ever. You guys spoil Lily way to much. Thank you so very much I love my new Bun...oops I mean Lily loves her new Bun! Where did you find this line of toys...please spill the beans I need to know.


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And on a totally different subject: Kids really do listen to you and when you least expect it your words come back to bite you on the bum. This evening I have a migraine and as I was putting Lily to sleep she said to me, Mummy you need to sleep in my bed with me and I will take care of you. I thanked her for the offer but told her I needed to sleep in my own bed to which she replied, "No room for comments and questions here just do as I say!" I had a really hard time keeping a straight face. Yesterday she told me something else and followed it up with, that is a whole different story, don't try and get out of it by mixing the 2 things together. So becareful, very careful with what you say cos it will come back to haunt you.

The Night Light Dilemma

When it is time for Lily to go to bed our house glows throughout the neighbourhood, heck it can probably be seen from the space shuttle. When she was younger she had a nighlight. A single solitary 4 watt bulb in her room. Once we moved here she wanted the upstairs hall light left on when she went to sleep and we were fine with it since she wasn't used to sleeping upstairs. Recently I put a nightlight in her bathroom so that if she needed to go "peeps" in the night she could take herself and not wake us up.

She is about to turn five and I think it is time to lose some of the wattage. I told her tonight to pick which light she wanted and she was not happy about it at all. I ended up telling her that if she tried very hard to go to sleep with just her nightlight that I would buy her a book at her book fair tomorrow so she obliged. She wasn't upset to the point of tears cos I would have caved instantly but she was quite put out. She did it and went to sleep in a second.

For all of you parents out there, I have a question. What is the deal with nightlights and when did you start to faze them out. I am not planning on plunging her into darkness but I think she has way to many and I am trying to get her back down to one. Advice please.

This next part is just for the records since I somehow failed to mention it when it happened. The CCAA sent out its referrals for the month and I believe did 6 days. It doesn't sound like many but there were so many babies. At this point we have 94 referral days ahead of us. ( not including holidays so it could be more)

Monday Again, Already, So Soon.

We had such a lovely weekend and I just didn't want it to end. Mind you compared to last weekend anything would have proved to be an improvement!
Jacob and Lily tiptoed around yesterday morning and let me sleep late.......for you waiting mums, sleep late now cos you will not be doing it again for years! I finally dragged myself downstairs shortly after 8am which may not sound like a lie-in but it was.

Lily's best friend from school turned 5 yesterday and we were invited to their house for a family lunch. All I can say is it was fantastic. The family is from India and "M" made the most wonderful dishes for us all. All authentic Indian cuisine and it was outstanding albeit a little bit hot for our pallets. She offered during the week to make something else for Lily and I said no way. When we arrived she offered to order pizza for Lily and I once again said, No. I tried to choose Lily's food carefully and when I saw "S" tearing into something I thought it would be fine for Lily.....WRONG. It nearly blew her head off of her shoulders. She had such a startled expression on her face and it was priceless. I then tasted everything on her plate and told her what to eat and she did very well. Once the birthday/Mothers day cake arrived she was not quite as conservative and dove in head first.

The rest of the day was spent together very quietly and it was just one of those days you don't want to end. When I went up to bed last night I looked in on Lily for the last time and she looked so adorable that I picked her, her bunny and her pillow up and planted her in bed between us and laughed at the idea of it. We went to bed snuggled up with the most important part of our lives even though she was fast asleep and oblivious to it all. She was more than a little surprised when she woke up this morning and found herself in our bed. Sometimes you just gotta do what you just gotta do!

Lily and the birthday girl.

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Let Them Eat Cake

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Chocolate Ecstasy; look at that little face she is in heaven.

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Mothers Day....long

I believe there to be 3 stages of Mothers Day, at least that is how it feels to me.

Stage One.
I was a little girl with an older brother and an older sister and I watched them so closely make cards and gifts for our mother. Then I was finally able to make things myself. Things out of egg boxes and lollipop sticks, things in class that had so much glue on them they were stiff. Paper rose bouquets made out of doilies and sprayed with anything that I could find that would smell nice. Then as I was a little bit older I was able to buy things for her myself with my pocket money or money that daddy gave to me to buy something for her. Horrendous gifts such as a bright orange lipstick that I can distinctly remember giving to her and that she wore all the time even though I never realised she never wore it outside of the house. Countless boxes of chocolates that I opened and sampled, this I don't remember but she told me a few years ago. We all did it to her and we always bought her the exact same box of chocolates, After Eight mints. I only found out a few years ago that she loathed them. She used to love them but she received them from the 3 of us for each and every occasion but she always smiled and thanked us and told us she loved them. She was always so gracious about our gifts. She kept many of them and new exactly which one of us gave them to her. Of course once I was older I was able to get her things that she wanted and loved but the response was never different if it cost a million pounds or a million thoughts. She isn't here anymore and it is sad, this is our second mothers day without her but we know she is with us in spirit still laughing at some of the peculiar gifts that we gave her. I love you mummy and miss you.



Stage Two
This would be the longing stage. A stage that most of us are in now. The stage where mothers day cuts like a knife because it appears to be an unattainable goal. I hated Mothers Day during these years. It was a constant reminder of something that I longed for but just couldn't reach. I put on a brave face and held my breathe and always made it through. For years we tried to conceive only to have our hopes dashed time and time again. We bought in the big guns in hopes that they could figure it out and they did, temporarily halting my life and dashing all hope. I can now say to each and everyone of you, I hope I never get pregnant. We actually had a small scare a month ago and I was holding my breathe. I was not about to take a test because that might have told me I was, instead we chose to wait a bit longer. We both laughed at the huge change in perspective that has happened to us. The one thing that we both wanted for so long is suddenly not what we want at all. Our babies, our children, are born in China. They are not flesh of our flesh but they are ours. We share our pregnancies, albeit paper ones and we go through the process together. One look at Lilys little face made all the hurt from all the years slide gently away. I cannot say this will happen to you but I hope your pain eases. To each and everyone of you who is waiting I want to say that you are already Mothers. The day that you sealed the envelope that you sent to your agency you became a mum. You daughter is still far away but she is part of you and soon, hopefully very soon, she will be in your arms completing your world. Not to many people truly understand the pain that we go through to become parents. We receive so many comments like, next year, be patient and such, and they hurt, they hurt us so much and so deeply. These comments are not said out of malice but instead because the person just doesn't know our pain.





Stage Three
This is the, finally I am a mummy, phase. Mothers Day takes on a whole new meaning and it puts us on the flip side of stage one. My first mothers day was wonderful. I was finally acknowledged for the one thing I had wanted for so long. But in all honesty every day is like mothers day to me. I am so lucky and filled with such happiness and all because of one little girl. She makes my world complete and my heart overflow with love and joy. She brings me gifts that she has made for me almost daily. She shares her love and affection for me openly and never fails to walk past me without stopping for a hug , a kiss or an I love you mummy. My heart and soul are waiting longingly for my other daughter. She is real to me and lives deep within the recesses of my heart. I can't let her come to close to the surface because it hurts to much. To her I say, I love you, we all love you and we will wait forever to bring you home. We wish for you nightly upon every bright star.


To my darling daughter Lily, you are my world. I love you so much for so many reasons, your smile, your giggles, your beautiful face and skin, the colour and shape of your eyes, your little button nose that wrinkles like crazy when you giggle. If I tell you a silly made up story and you think it is hilarious you want me to tell it over and over again just like I did last night and watched your silly nose wrinkle up time and time again. You are so sensitive for one so young and a very caring little girl. When I hear you say Mummy something inside my heart lights up. The joy and happiness that you have bought to me (and Daddy too) leaves me breathless. Without you I would have no Mothers Day and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being you, my remarkable daughter. I love you, Schnoogy. You rock my world.

Happy Mothers Day to all of you. Whether your babies are with you or not you are still very much a Mummy.....make that Mommy!

My Heart Is Flooded

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I am walking around on a cloud. You see this morning was a Mother's Day tea at Lily's school and first they sang songs and then served us tea. The songs bought me to tears, they were so sweet. ( apparently I am known as the cryer in the group cos 2 other mums handed over their tissues before the kids got started!) After our tea and cookies we were led back to their classroom and the teacher read from a paper that they had filled in about us and we had to guess which one was ours. I knew mine immediately but the second question locked it in. The questions were all the same for all the kids but their answers were so different and really rather funny.
I love this little girl so much and it is an honour and privilege to hear her call me, Mummy.

This is Lily's paper:

Happy Mothers Day by Lily C.

My Mom likes to wear: White Shirts
My Mom's favourite restaurant is: Nunzios
She Likes to cook: Brownies with me
My Mom likes to go to: Shops
My Mom's hair is: Blonde
My Mom gets mad when: I fight with her about something
My Mom looks pretty when: She wears a dress
My Mom doesn't like: Roaches, they get her all scared.
My Mom thinks it is funny when: I jump out and surprise her
My Mom knows alot about: Girly stuff, my dad doesn't know about that
My Mom is scared of: Roaches and roller coasters
My Mom gets excited: When it is somebodies birthday
When my Mom is tired: She takes a nap
When my mom wakes up in the morning: She is all grouchy
My mom would never give away her: Socks

I am still laughing at this. The grouchy mummy in the morning is the sad truth. But as for the socks, well lets just say I am stymied. Jacob laughed at the comment about him not knowing about girly stuff.


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After the festivities it was back to business for the kids.

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HRH Princess Lily

Lily loves to dress up, she always has and I hope that she will continue to do so for a while longer. She has huge amounts of dress up clothes from bunnies to ladybugs to princess costumes. But her all time favourite is anything girly and princess. This afternoon I was sorting through some old clothes and stuff and she made a beeline for the pile and rummaged through it stopping every now and again to say, can I have this? I wouldn't even look but just said , yes you can.
When I went into the kitchen to fix dinner she stayed away for ages and finally this is what I found. Don't you just love the gloves? She looked so cute. She had even cut out a pair of earrings from a Brighton catalogue and taped them to her ears!


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2 Thumbs Up

No this is not a movie review.
Humour me here please and take a look at your hands and study your thumbs, funny things aren't they? They sort of look like big toes only more delicate.
Lily has the cutest thumbs I have ever seen (I know I am her mother and I am supposed to think that but she really does) they are bent and crooked. They don't even face the usual way that thumbs face, they are only off by a bit but they are funky. I have tried to take pictures of them tonight to share with you but they just aren't very clear and you can't really see how squiggly they are. But then I videoed them and at the end of it she bends them down and you can clearly see how cute they are.
She came home from school one day and said that the kids in school were trying to straighten them for her and they were pulling on them and another kid thought if she blew on them and then snapped her fingers they would be fine. Lily thought it was great fun as she loves the fact that her little digits are a tad whacky and she knows that I think they are wonderful.
Jacob has really weird pinkies on both hands that don't bend and I have really crooked pinkes on both hands so Lily loves the fact that she has the worlds cutest thumbs to match our family.

Yes, you are correct, I have nothing better to blog about this evening other than her thumbs!



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Oh man , I love those crooked little fatties.


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Dropping Like Flies

The members of this household are dropping like flies. Yesterday was my turn. I didn't get the bug just an enormous migraine that came out of left field just as I had started a therapy session with a client. I couldn't stop to take meds so I figured I would be OK to wait it out. That plan didn't work and by the time I got to the next client I looked at him and said, I'll see you next week! Thank heavens my people have been with me for years. (many of you have asked what I do that I only work for an hour a day. I am a licensed massage therapist that does deep tissue rehab work. Not the kind of massage that makes you feel good but the kind of therapy that makes you feel good later and keeps you moving. My clients don't say ahhhh its more like ARGHHHH.I used to work for a DR and also in the local hospital before Lily arrived but now I only take private clients. The state of Florida requires us to call them patients but I am a rebel!)

Anyhoo, before we all went down hill, cos Jakey was a tad off colour yesterday too, we had a great start to the weekend and here are the photos.

GRANDPA....I caught a fish (it looks like it's taking a nap but mummy says it's gone to sleep forever. I'm not sure what she means but it couldnt swim very well when I put it back in the ocean!!!!)

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A little lunch

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A walk in the bay

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Back on the beach

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No more pictures PUH-LEAZE (maybe I should have known when my little ham went camera shy that something was wrong!)

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This is how Schnoog spent a majority of Sunday...recuperating

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And I Had It All Planned

I was so happy on Friday to know that the weekend was here. For some reason last week was a tough one and just wouldn't end. I decided if it was a nice day on Saturday I would take Lily to the beach and we would just be lazy bums. So on Saturday morning I got up made a picnic for us and gathered all the beach stuff. We arrived nice and early and had a great time but that is where the fun ends. She nodded off in the car on the way home and I had a hard time waking her up, usually the transition from the car to the house is enough to get her moving. So I left her to come to as I cleaned all the beach toys and put everything away and then I took her upstairs for a shower. Even in there she was lethargic and laid on the bottom of the tub. Afterwards she was still pretty floppy and as I carried her downstairs I noticed that her head was hot. (Lily is peculiar when she gets a temp cos she doesn't get hot all over just bits here and there.) I took her temp and it was 101.5 , up, but no huge biggy. I decided to run to the store and get things for fevery kids. Repeat after me, BAD MOVE. We made it half a block from the house, she was chatty and fine when suddenly she threw up e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e. I pulled off the road checked she was OK and we made a u-ey and came home. The poor kid (plus my car) were drowning in the stuff. I grabbed her and put her back in the tub, started cleaning and no sooner was the end in sight I got round 2. She then started to cry, she doesn't cry, she is tough, too tough, and groan that her tummy hurt. If I tried to touch it she would yelp. I thought things through and decided that perhaps she needed to vomit again and that would help but it didn't help. After and hour and a half of hearing her moan with pain I knew I should call the DR.

Lily is a healthy girl who thank goodness seems to have built quite an immune system whilst living in China and most things don't stick to her. She was very sick when we bought her home but has been great ever since and I have never had to call the pediatrician after hours ever before. I rang and got the service. Within 20 minutes the DR was on the phone and she is a friend of mine, we went backwards and forwards a few times with symptons and such when she said, is that Lily in the background moaning? I told her it was she asked how long it had been going on for and told me to take her to the ER.. I went to put Lily in the car and realised I didn't have a car seat, the stuff was all in the washing machine. I grabbed a blanket for the backseat, buckled her in and off we went. This time we made it 2 blocks from the house and barfola again. I pulled over so the side of the road and within seconds she was all chipper again. She said her stomach still hurt but she felt good. Quandary, quandary, quandary, go home go to the ER. I decided I had better take her to the ER since "P" had told me too but after a few minutes of being their she just perked up more and more. I am not one for wasting physicians time so I went up to the desk explained the situation and we left. We were halfway home and the, mummy my tummy hurts so much, chant started again. Now I was utterly confused and didn't know what the heck to do. I took her home and laid with her on the bed until she fell asleep 3 minutes later. She was groaning in her sleep until after midnight but today she was fine and you would never have known she was so ill yesterday other than the fact that she is a little whingey and has the appetite of an ant but that is OK.

I felt so helpless watching her yesterday. My little girl is always smiling and happy and she was so sad and down trodden. To see her in pain broke my heart. I knew it was nothing "serious" but I am the mummy I am meant to make everything better and there was nothing I could do for her other than hold her hot little body. She was so pale and her eyes had huge black circles around them and she just kept saying, mummy make it stop hurting. I am strangely calm in ugly situations, I have been through some really bad ones and for whatever reason I am always the voice of reason in them. It must be the other me cos lordy knows I panic over everything else.

My car?.....its feeling much better too, it went to the car spa today to get refreshed, spruced up and massaged! It needed it.

They Are Just So Lovely

Next week is the last week of Chinese classes before summer break. I cannot believe that Lily has learnt so much and is doing so well in such a short amount of time. She really loves it now and has the time of her life. I don't even have to sit with her I can go and chin wag with the other mums but if I do that I don't learn anything.

This is one of the songs they have learnt for a Mothers Day performance they are doing next week.I think they are so lovely.


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This is how these two nutjobs said goodbye to each other today.....with Lily upside down and 6 ft in the air! Normal........not this bunch!

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Modern Art and my conscience.

Lily and I went to the park after school and we were the only ones there so she and I played on the equipment together. By now it should come as no surprise to anyone that I climb the equipment with her and slide down all the slides. After a while she went off on an adventure and started calling me to come look. For some reason I knew I needed to get the camera ready so I did. This is what I found.


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More of the statue

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This is the nuttiest statue I have ever seen especially since it was never actually very still. LOL

After we had been there for about an hour loads of other people showed up so I was no longer needed so I sat on a bench and people watched. What I saw left me horrified and I don't think I acted the way I should have. A mother with her child of about 12 showed up and the mother was making/encouraging the very overweight child to exercise. She told the girl to run and she ran for a bit then the mother told her more and chased her. The girl shouted something at the mother which I couldnt hear but I think it was rude so the mother took off her shoe and threw it very forcefully at the girls head and hit it. The kid took off running, unhurt,(physically at least) and the mother yelled for her to come back but she wouldn't. The mother tried to corral her but it was a no go. I started watching closely at this point cos I didn't like the the mothers atitude and then I very obviously whipped out my camera and video taped them. Once the mother caught up with her she slapped her around the face. I nearly threw up. I know that once she had done it she realised I was taping her cos she started making nicey nice with the child. They left shortly after and I was tempted to take down her license plate number but I didn't.I was worried that if I made a fuss the kid would get it even worse after they got home. What would you have done???

So Big

Donna at Double Happiness posted a Friday favourite foto challenge that I had to join in on. I know this isn't a photo but a photo just couldn't capture the moment quite as well. The challenge is to dress your kiddos in the clothes that they were wearing the day you met them. Now as you can see that was a challenge since it was nearly 4 years ago. I posted gotcha day photos a few months ago here so you can see the difference. (those clothes hung off of her back then, they were enormous)


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and yes, I did manage to trip myself over while I was walking backwards and I thought about redoing the video but then I thought that you expect that from me so I left it in!

Re - runs in Bloggyland

Way back in the beginning of my days in Bloggy Territory I posted a video of Lily making fun of my accent. I have been asked, countless times, to do it again. Since all we did today after school was take a trip to the toy shop so that I could get some ideas for her upcoming 5th birthday under the guise that we were buying a gift for someone else, I decided today was the day for a rerun.

I asked her to do it again. Please take notice of her jammies. My mum bought these for her when she ws 18 months old and on her first trip to the UK. They are age 18-24 months and she flat out refuses to give them up. They are her all time faves and since they don't pinch or strangle her I am more than willing to let her have them since my mum is no longer with us and they remind me of her. They make me laugh cos they are so small.




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A close up of the jimjams



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Makes Me Smile....lots

The other day Lily was playing with a balloon and trying with all her might to blow it up all be herself. I never knew something as ordinary as learning to blow up a balloon could be so much fun. Here she is giggling and giggling to her hearts content. This video just makes me smile. I love this kiddo so much, as does her dadda.


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Be Prepared......check

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We had a busy errand day today and we accomplished everything we set out to do but sadly that didn't include much room for fun. Not that we didn't have a great time just being together and nothing that we do is very serious, ever.
We are now ready for hurricane season. We are the proud owners of an enormous generator that could power half the block. But that is what the man of the house says we need. Hopefuly this will jinx everything and there will be no storms heading to Miami this year.
We also have a headboard for our bed. It has taken 12 months but we finally have one. It has been on our list of things to do but Miss Picky Knickers, that would be me, just couldnt find one that she liked.
Then it was on to Chopstick's room. We did a bit more in there since I went shopping again yesterday. I had Lily with me and she found the most gorgeous little bunny for her sister and then this morning asked if she could have it. Ummmm, NO.
I have no photos of Home Depot or any of the other places we visited ( I hear you saying thank God for that) so I will leave you with this chocolate faced little girl from the other day. I just love her tongue at the end!

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