Shopping, Shopping, Shopping: It's A Girl's Life!

Wow! The last couple of days have been a whirlwind of activity! Mostly with my darling girls! The Cub Scout weekend camp that is coming up this weekend is having a medieval theme, so Josh has decided to dress up as a king, since he is Camp Director, and therefore, in charge of the camp. (So, he is kinda king, if you think about it.) And, of course, as always, his girls are his princesses! And they are! I mean really, they don't need to dress the part. They KNOW they are!!!! That's one of many things I love about my man! But...he wants everyone else to know it, too. So we went shopping the last couple of days. For dresses and tiara's...and we just had to slip in a few other fun things :)

Yesterday, I got busy with some stuff I do for a little extra cash, online, so it was late in the evening before I was ready to shop. We went to the Dollar Tree first, to look for tiara's. They had really cheapy cardboard ones, which we didn't want, but I needed some other things like notebook paper and journals. Things like that, so we did buy a few things. We also bought some cheap, but very colorful and sparkly make-up for the girls for the weekend. They're so excited about getting to wear make-up that they've been playing around with it all day! We also got some pretty nail polish, which they also couldn't wait to experiment with! Girls! You gotta love 'em!

We then went to Claire's at the mall, because I knew they would have some fantastic tiara's. After all that I've been through, and even though I know I've got a long ways to go from here (who doesn't, really, if you think about it?) I thought it was only appropriate that I get one for myself, too. Angela and I got actual metal ones. I don't know if they're real silver or not, but who cares! They had what looked like probably cubic zirconia that sparkle! Wow! Do I ever love me some bling! Even if it is fake! (No excuses, Josh! I still prefer the real thing :)) Chloe got a plastic one with a pink poofy thing at the bottom. (Hey, did I ever claim to be sophisticated and know what these things are called? No judging!:)) She also insisted on a wand to go with. Okay, she didn't actually insist. I never would have put up with that, but she sure wanted one, and I was having so much fun, I wasn't about to argue! So we bought the wand as well! So much fun! I asked Angela if she thought it was bad that my tiara was more expensive and had more on it than there's. She said, no way! Mine should be bigger and fancier! After all, I'm mom, and therefore the queen, even though I'm God's princess, just like them! She said it shows my "authority" (such a big word for a little girl), so I went with it! Afterwards we went to the new frozen yogurt place, "Jamms," that just recently opened up in town. Angela and I've been dying to go. As soon as the sign went up indicating what they were building there, we were excited. Not as excited as we were when we were told, originally, that IHOP was looking to build there, but excited, none the less! It was delicious, and Chloe particularly like the spinning stools at the bar! (It's not a real bar. They don't sell alcohol there.) They were pretty cool! They had the little step thing like a hair stylist's chair and adjusted heights kind of like them, as well. So cool! Yes, we're easily amused. It was self-serve and you pay by the ounce, so that was fun! They had all sorts of toppings, candy ones, and fruit! Delicious!!!! Love it! Definitely going again sometime!

So, then, today we needed to get Angela a proper princess dress. Chloe already had one, but Angela needed one, so we took off again to shop this morning! First we went to our favorite thrift store, The Hope Center, and looked around just in case. No princess dresses, but we did find Angela a "new" bike, which we've been looking for forever! We also got the girls some barbies and we got some laundry baskets for their rooms! I also bought Chloe a pair of adorable shoes, she just had to have (you know how these things work, right?:)) and we found a small and very simple sewing machine for small projects! So, of course, we had to have that, too!!!! So, then, it was off to the mall again. This time, to Ross, where we found a very frilly, white dress for Angela. It was darling! We tried on the size 12, but it didn't seem like it was quite as long as it should be, so I found one in a size 14. It fit!!! (gasp) She's growing up so fast, I can hardly stand it!

Of course, after that, we had to have a "dining" experience to go with our shopping, so we did our traditional Orange Julius run. I didn't do it the day before, because I wanted to try the new fro-yo place instead! Of course, it was great, as usual! Then, we wandered up and down the mall, sipping our Orange Julius's. So much fun! (How many times have I said that now!?!) Then, we came home.

I do have to admit, Jeremiah seems to be a bit jealous, especially last night, when he discovered me and the girls spread out over my bed in our pj's settling in to sleep. He snagged my iPhone and said rather bitterly, I think is what I heard in his tone, "Since you guys are having yourselves a little party it seems, I think I should get this." I was fine with it, and I'd actually promised him earlier when he complained about the frozen yogurts (he complained about the Orange Julius's today, too) that he and I would have a mother-son date, just the two of us, soon. He was excited about that! How blessed am I, to have an almost 13-year-old son, who's excited about the possibility of some time alone with his mama?!! Now, I just have to figure out how I'm gonna make that happen, and what we're gonna do. I mean, after all, I'm obviously not going to buy him a tiara and a princess dress :)!!!!!! I'm thinking it will mostly have to be food, considering what he was most jealous of :) I was going to take him to Bumpers (the local arcade, if you can call it that) and spend some time in the batting cages, but we discovered today that they've gone out of business!!!!! So, unfair!!!! I was even going to attempt to hit a few balls myself, and let him laugh at me!!!! I'm sure he would have loved that! Now, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. And, of course, unlike him, the girls can't stay home by themselves, so what am I gonna do with them while I hang with Jeremiah. After all, recruiting season is about to begin for Josh after school starts back up again, so I won't hardly see him at all for a few months! Trust me, this is how this works! There are certain times of the year, where it just is sun-up to sun-down with his job, and fall is one of those times!!!!

Last Pic of Easter and My New Book

Oh, so prim and proper! Notice the hands in the lamp. She is soooo grown up (she wishes!) They are pretty fantastic, these girls and their brother! So fantastic! They gave me more flowers for Mother's Day than I had vases to put them in! Not too mention the fake one's that they made at church, and the cards....oh, and the chocolate bar my daughter got me. Also, a wonderful mexican dinner! The Vandal Nachos at San Miguel's are sooooo good! Mmmmmmmmm! My love for mexican food grows every day (along with my wasteline, but let's not talk about that)!!!

What have I been up to these days? Well, I'm so glad you asked! I'm writing another book! I know, I know. I haven't even finished the first one, but this one's been a long time coming! This is the one I'd been planning to write at some point since I was in high school! I just really didn't have any hope to offer to go along with it back then! It really came back to me that I should with my new Christian perspective several years ago when I started my recovery through CR. It was brought back to my attention recently that I really should write a book about my life, really more of a compilation of many fun and some not so fun stories from my life. Growing up and raising kids, so that I am doing. I've only made it to kindergarten so far and it's already three pages! And that's with very narrow margins!!! Maybe I'll do a copy-paste thing of a few sections on here of that sometime like I did with the original draft of my first book. Anyway, that and being sick, and being pampered for Mother's Day and having kids on a four day weekend that I had to drag around to keep entertained, has been my life recently!

Matching Dresses

Yes, as someone already observed, the girls allowed me to buy matching dresses for them at least one more year! Shall we go for yet another year? What are the chances of Angela being happy to wear the same dress as her little sister when she's 11 years old and in 5th grade? Anyone want to weigh in on the possibilities. I do like that Angela is at least trying to look happy in these pictures. They're not the best, but even with a not so good camera, used by a not so good photographer (yours truly), I am always struck again, by how beautiful these girls are!!! They think that Josh cleans his guns every year to prepare for deer hunting, but little do they know he's practicing for when the boys come knocking on the door to see his daughters :) Even though she's only sort of smiling, I actually think she looks really cute with this expression on her face, and dangerously beautiful, as I mentioned before!

I do have to say that Angela did refuse any possibility of cute little white flats with bows, like the one's I bought Chloe! Oh, no! They had to be black heels, little diva that she is!

Angela In Her Easter Dress

As you can see from these pictures, Angela was just thrilled (sarcasm) to have to sit down and have her picture taken! Moody little thing that she is these days. Hormones, you gotta love 'em...not!!!!

Chloe And The iPad

She insisted that I take this picture. This is what she was doing that she really would have preferred over having her picture taken! Nope, not some fun, Eastery activity! She was playing a dress-up game on the iPad! It's official, my girls are divas that are addicted to technology!! It was really important to her that her virtual doll have the perfect outfit for Easter! Oh, boy! What am I going to do with this child?!?! On a more personal note, I'm still having problems with my sinuses. At this point I have no idea if it is from the cold that I had, or allergies or both. What I do know is that I am feeling sad and lonely, which is very dangerous for me. I need to be able to keep my chin up and believe that God has big plans for me and keep remembering whose child I am!

Chloe's dress

Well, here's one picture of her in her dress! She was very excited and it was making it very difficult to get good pictures of her. Sorry, I've been away for a while! I got a really awful cold this week, and even had to cancel my counseling appointment! My sinuses are still driving me nuts!

Chloe With Clover Again!

Okay, so she really likes the horse and the elephant! We get it right! Doesn't she know it's ALLLLLL about the dress!!! Don't worry. You'll see the dress soon! I just like to torture you:)

Chloe And Her Elephant!

Here Chloe is again, with her elephant!

Chloe In An Easter Dress!

Okay, I promised (sort of) pictures of pretty girls in Easter dresses! This is one girl in an Easter dress, anyway! With her favorite stuffed animals! (Current count: I believe she has 75 now, after our post Easter shopping! I'm cheap, what can I say:)) Anyway, the horse is Clover, and the other one is an elephant that her dad won for her at the arcade on Friday! Aaaaah, isn't he such a superhero!!!! I can't remember what she named him. Today, I bought her the annual stuffed bunny (normally she gets one in her Easter basket, but it just didn't happen this year!) I also am a sucker and bought her another stuffed elephant at the Hope Center today! I think she suddenly fell in love with elephants when I read to her about "How The Elephant Got It's Trunk" a couple of weeks ago. Hmmm, who knows. You know, I think there's a story in that same book about a dolphin? Maybe I should read that and see if we end up buying a lot of dolphins :)