Girls with spots

I was talking to the boy and I asked him if he had a girlfriend. It was a VERY quick and deffinite "No mom!" that I got as a reply. So then I asked him if he liked any girls. He said that he did. 2 to be exact. When he told me who they were I pointed out the he is mean to the first girl he mentioned. He said, "Oh. Maybe I don't like her then." I didn't mean to make him change his mind. Haha! And when I asked why he liked the second one he said, "Because I like girls with spots." I was confused and asked what that was. I got THE BIGGEST "duh mom!" look I have ever seen! But he explained, while wiggling his fingers in front of his face, "She has spots on her face."

I laughed. Spots indeed. But it fits. My kids are obsessed with them. Because they don't have any.
But in all reality- I am not ready for the children to start noticing. Not at all ready.

Get me out!

Sometimes the only thing that keeps you sane in a day is the thought of getting away from it all for a while.
That has been my day today.
And I will be leaving in about 40 minutes.

The MOST wonderful time of the year

I think I was born in the wrong season!
I was born in the summer.
I think I live in the wrong area!
I live in the Desert. Only 2 seasons- hot and cold.

I am an autumn girl through and through.
I don't own a Christmas Village.
I own a Fall Village.
THIS is my favorite time of year.

Halloween is over.
The weather is cooling off (oh so slightly)
I can start wearing sweaters again.
And Thanksgiving is just around the corner!

It's pure bliss!
I wish I didn't need to start thinking about Christmas already.

Building Memories.

Tonight I had the brilliant idea to look at the local listings (we don't pay for television) and see if there were any family friendly Halloween specials on.

It must have been inspired, because just the one I wanted to see was on! In a half hour! YAY! We hadn't missed it!
So I gathered my chickies and we ate dinner while watching the Wheel of Fortune (haven't seen that in years!), and finished just in time to snuggle up on the couch to watch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. I LOVE good 'ol Chuck. And, happily, so do my kids.

I think it was a worthy memory making experience, that justified letting them stay up late.
Maybe next time we make a memory the husband will be able to join us.

Visiting Teaching

My partner and I visited 3 of our 4 sisters today. Yes, it is close to the end of the month. And we will not see the 4th one until Friday morning, which is even CLOSER to the end. But we did it. And it is always a joy to visit with those ladies. They all bring a smile to my face. Two of them are older. And such pleasant people to be around. In fact, and I totally agree, when we left the 2nd one's house my partner said to me, "I just love them! I hope that when I get older I can be just as sweet as B_____ and have just as much energy as D____!"  And then we got to visit with L, who is closer to our age and just fun. And the kids love running around and playing.

It made me smile today to see those ladies. My partner included.

It's SO sweet when........

Tonight I had to go to my PS MAPP class, so I took the kids over to my friend's house. The class is 3 stinkin' hours long. She's such a great friend to watch them for me. Every week. For 10 weeks. But we are half way through!

When I got there this evening, to pick them up, I found The girl laying in the chair looking REALLY tired. And the boy zonked out in the middle of the floor.

I love it when my kids randomly fall asleep. This RARELY happens. They are too much like their mother- too afraid of missing something. I am sure that it has happened less than a dozen times BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. But for some reason it is something that just melts my heart.

I just hope he wasn't being too much of a stinker before he went out.

And on a side note: there has been a sad lack of posts on this blog. That does not mean that I have had nothing to be thankful for or happy about. I'm just lazy. I am trying to change.

It HAD to be!

I have a cousin who used to clog.

She may still. I don't know.

Before I heard her talk about it I thought clogs were just a type of shoe my sister had. And I wanted. 

I wanted everything my sister had. She had EVERYTHING. (including pink and grey striped leg warmers AND a Wilson Phillips tape) She was SO lucky!

They looked pretty similar to this:

Anyway- when I heard my cousin talk about clogging I thought how COOL it sounded.

And I wanted to do it too. BAD.

But I thought it was only something you could learn in Utah.

I had never heard of clogging where I lived, so it only made sense. (to my young brain)

I eventually got over wanting my sister's clogs.

But not my desire to learn to clog.

As luck would have it, I have a friend who, a few years ago, started teaching clogging classes through our town's rec center. (she was from Utah. And so my feelings of only learning it in Utah were confirmed)

It was children's class. I was too old. No one teaches adult clogging. Right?

I immediately enrolled the girl.

I could live out my unfulfilled dreams through my darling daughter.

Fast forward a few years to now.....

My friends opened a dance studio in my town.

And they decided to offer adult dance classes.

AND ONE OF THEM IS CLOGGING!!!!!!!!!

I went for the first time tonight.

And it IS as cool as I always thought it sounded.

It HAD to be!!!

What unfulfilled dream are you making come true?