Pampering

For one of Teila's Activity Days activity, they did a pamper night with mom, where us mom's got to eat a lovely spaghetti dinner made by the girls and be pampered by our daughters. After we took a quiz on how well you know your daughter, (who knew her favorite pet was a fish) Teila and I were tied for first but lost the tie breaker of a number behind the back trick. I should have known her favorite primary song was "A Happy Family" and not "I am a Child of God" how unoriginal of me to guess. Anyway, we had a good time. Teila esp. We were encouraged to have an open mind, a 'clean slate' and to have fun. Something about it being more fun for the girls or something if we had good attitudes.




Teila put my hair in a pony tail first thing. Her ideas are so radical sometimes!! Then the eye shadow as you see. We also did blush and she painted my nails. She actually did a pretty good job. All those ballet performances have paid off. You should have seen some of the other mom's!! She did try a bit of mascara and only stabbed each eye once!


The end result.


When I got home Eddie looked at me and when I made some comment about what Teila had done he said "oh that's where you were. Whew, I thought maybe you had lost your marbles." No seriously, he said that. I think Teila should be offended. But I guess at least he didn't make a rude comment to me. I think that says something about him.

High School Musical

Grandma Freestone has been wanting to take Teila to a play to be cultured or something. So she bought tickets to Thr Broadway Palm, dinner and movie theater on Higley and Brown to see High School Musical. Teila is all about music and dancing. It was late, but Teila had a GREAT time. And even though she fell asleep on Grandma's lap, she still woke up to clap at the appropriate time. It was fun and I would recommend it to others , esp. if you get good seats.
Oddly enough, Sharpay and Ryan were her favorite... hmmm....

Teila with Troy and Gabriella cut-outs. She's holding her hand. I think it's so cute. Troy didn't cooperate though.


One of the cheerleaders that came out before the show. Her name was Brooke.


My mom hates it when I take my own pictures like this, with my arm extended as far as it can go, but I've gotten a little better at it. And let's face it, if it bugs my mom it makes it more fun!

Latest and Greatest

This is my new haircut!! It's short I know, but like my sister Shyla says, you only live once! I really like it. You know it's funny, I want new haircuts but only on the condition I don't have to figure out new ways to style. Some people just don't have those skills. My rule is usually my hair can be whatever as long as I can wear it in a pony tail, but Shyla assured me I could just wear headbands when I'm exercising or whatever. I'm excited about it; it doesn't seem too difficult to do and it's similiar enough to my old style. Anyway, because Shyla whippped out this clever little poem, I'm posting... (and yes, I had Johnny take pictures and I emailed them to Shyla ok! Someone had to tell me they like it!) Thank you Beth!!

Ode to Tecia's New Haircut

There once was a girl with long hair

happy, but wanting a change.

So, full of determination and dare

she stepped right outside her range!

She put her hair in trustworthy hands

and sat back to wait for the new "do"

not caring where the scissors would land

as long as she got something new.

And wa-la! There it was

shiny and short, and in vogue

That stylish cut was the neighborhood buzz

and the girl looked hotter than hell!

Teila reading "Go, Dog. Go!"

This makes me VERY happy!

SHOPPING!

Some of you may or may not know that I enjoy shopping. Mostly when you can get really GREAT deals. So I went by the Tempe Marketplace Old Navy and they were having their 50% off all of their clearance. Of course I drive out to the O.N. on Frank Lloyd Wright because it has a better selection. And I was sure right this time. After 3 hours of shopping that felt like 1, I left with this...


7 bags! One bag is actually already gone!!! I dropped it off at my friends house on the home. Some of you may be shocked and unable to speak. But when you can get shirts for $1, and Slim jeans for Johnny for $4, you take advantage. And since I have people that I love, who like me, like great deals and need to save money, I shopped for them. The big one on the right is mine. Mostly Annie's winter clothes and baby gifts. Another one is pants for John. Then Mary had a bag, and a bag for Hannah, a bag for Steven, a bag for Tegan, and like I said I dropped off Laura's bag. Mary wanted to take a picture. This from a girl who didn't like shopping. That's right, "didn't". On the way home, she said that she understood why I liked shopping if I could find deals like that. AND I DO!! It is pretty exciting.

I had a cart and by the end of my trip little children were pointing and saying " mommy, look at all that stuff!" Really, several kids stopped and looked. The checkout lady was so nice. I had everything organized into family's so it would be easy and she rang it up and put it in all in different bags. They were really nice. I did have to tell some people behind us too that we were seriously going to be awhile.

AHHHH, that was a great shopping trip... How much did I spend? Well, after my additional 20% off for opening a card, I spent $300. But the people I bought for pay me back. So I didnt' spend that much myself. Although Annie does have like 12 long sleeved shirts. And then when I got home I was organzing trying to "regroup" as my mom says and see what else I needed to get for the school year, and I had forgotten about several other pairs of pants I had bought for John these past few months. And I kept finding more and more until I counted 16 pairs of pants for him to start the school year!! I had only bought a few on this trip, and at the prices I spent, it was hardly worth taking back. So we found new homes for them. And they are happy homes.

I know, I'm ridiculous. But I love it. And since Mary wanted to take a picture, I thought I should share. It's not as embarrassing as the graduation card for my nephew...