One on One

Lately I have been trying to make some extra special time for Mara. It gives us a chance to talk about our life, school and most recently puberty and the birds and the bees. Oh how do I love these conversations. Is there a manual for this type of stuff?? I do the best that I can to be honest but not say too much. I mean she is only 9!! Mara loves getting a special treat and she especially loves getting me all to herself.

My hope is that if I have this type of open conversation with her now that she will always feel comfortable coming to me in good times and bad. Being a mom is the best gift that I could have ever been given. I love my girls more then anything in this world and know that this was what I was meant to do!

Coffee Date

Friday I got to have a coffee date with Renee, Melissa and Baby Drew. This little man is just a punkin and a complete spitting image of his older brother Nathan. I got big smiles and squeezes from this little guy. I love being able to take a break from my work day to spend time with some of my favorite peeps!

Wizards Camp

Mara's class got to go to the Science Center for an overnight field trip to the Harry Potter Exhibit. It was a wild wizard experience. The kids went to potions class, watched an Imax of the movie and learned anything and everything that had to do with Harry Potter.  The kids stayed up super late and got up super early. They were a tired mess on Saturday morning but you would have never known because their wizard smiles were priceless.

I love Country music

Sometimes there is a country song that comes out that I just love. This is the one right now. It explains just how I feel and why I love country music so much!

Brad Paisley - This is Country Music Lyrics

You’re not supposed to say the word “cancer” in a song.

And tellin’ folks Jesus is the answer can rub ‘em wrong.

It ain’t hip to sing about tractors, trucks, little towns, and mama, yeah that might be true.

But this is country music and we do

Well you like to drink a cold one on the weekend and get a little loud

Do you wanna say I’m sorry or I love ya but you don’t know how?

Do you wish somebody had the nerve to tell that stupid boss of yours to shove it next time he yells at you?

Well this is country music and we do

So turn it on, turn it up, and sing a long

This is real; this is your life in a song

Yeah this is country music.

Are you haunted by the echo of your mother on the phone

Cryin as she tells you that your brother is not comin home?

And if there’s anyone that still has pride and the memory of those that died defending the

old red, white, and blue,

This is country music and we do

So turn it on, turn it up, and sing a long

This is real; this is your life in a song

Just like a road that takes you home

Yeah this is right where you belong

This is country music

This is country music

You Stop Lovin Her Today

Hello Dolly

God Bless the USA

Amarillo by the Morning

Stand by your Man

Take Me Home

I Walk the Line

Country Boy Can Survive

Love this girl!

This girl has my heart. I love her smile, her little lips, her quirkiness, her skinny little legs, her little bobbed haircut, her pudding blob nose, her crazy sense of fashion, how she is a little rootie tootie, how she picks her wee wee(blankie) all night long, how she only drinks appie (apple juice), how every morning she climbs into bed with me and says good morning mamma and how out of nowhere she will tell me how much she LOVES me! I love you Gracelyn with my whole heart. You filled it more then I ever thought possible.

We Love our School!

Join us for our OPEN HOUSE tonight Thursday January 27th OR Thursday March 3rd to see what it is all about.

Mara made the cover of the Kid Directory this month with a few of her girlfriends to help advertise First Presbyterian Church School.

Kids Directory  http://www.SouthPugetKidsDirectory.com/

Mara the Bull

Yes she is a goofball or a bull??? A q-tip bull!