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Showing posts with label Labor Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Labor Day. Show all posts

Not the best weekend

Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Just popping in for a few minutes today.  I hope everyone had a lovely Labor Day weekend.  We did not.  I had a sinus headache that rendered me useless and in pain for most of the weekend.  FINALLY, Mucinex max cold and sinus (one dose) and 3 times a day sinus washes cleared me up.  That might be too much information but I tried everything (the netti pot, chiropractor, massage/reflexology, afrin, tylenol sinus, ibuprofen, vick's vapor rub) and nothing worked so I kinda want to share if anyone else is experiencing bad sinuses.  The netti pot is not good for me but this sinus wash bottle ROCKS!  I even got Dave to use one and it got rid of his cold/allergies too.  It is miraculous.

Then this morning, Kate woke up feeling shaky and weak.  I made her eat and drink and then she puked which in turn made me puke.  I have this thing, if anyone pukes, I puke. I am a sympathetic puker. It is awful.  But it is true.  She feels fine now but she blew her perfect attendance streak (2 years of perfect attendance in a row:(  Me, I am not so fine.  Cleaning up puke is one of my worst nightmares y'all.  I gag and puke more as I clean.  It is not pretty.  Kate loved it though.  She thought we were twins.  "Mama, we're both throwing up!" she said as though it were charming. UGH!  Now I will feel queasy all day and she is loving life watching Disney Jr and eating crackers.

It is so funny to read blogs/see instagrams about the end of summer and beginning of Fall.  I saw people actually decorating for Fall and Halloween in other parts of the country. It seems so weird to me. It is so not the end of summer in Houston, Texas.  I mean yes, kids are back in school (if they're not pukey) and the pools have more restricted hours but it will feel like summer here for at least a few more months.  There are not pumpkins in our stores yet.  They would rot in this heat.  I simply cannot imagine it being fall like yet anywhere.  Is it fall-ish where you live?

Will went to a "bows and bow ties party" Friday night. I think it was a super cute idea.  Two girls were having a big joint birthday party and they sent Lilly Pulitzer invitations out asking all the teens to dress in bow ties or "Lilly chic."  Will and his friends go to a prep school so they dress nicely everyday as part of the dress code. They wear long pants (even in this heat) and collared shirts everyday and ties and jackets on Mass days so they did not mind this too much.  In fact, they had a blast at the party.  I wish I could post a shot of Will and his friends all together but he'd probably kill me.

I think Will looked adorable in his bow tie.  He is so grown up now.  It is a real bow tie too (not a clip).   And he tied it himself. Youtube can teach you to do anything these days!!

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Just ignore that dirty towel on the rocking chair.  I did.

Okay, the school nurse called and now Harry is home sick.  Pukey too.  And my dryer is broken. 
 I will tell you what it NOT a good combination.  
Two pukey kids, one sympathetic puking Mom and a broken dryer.
Not good at all.  And the dryer repair people cannot come for a few days.
I am in a grumpy mood.  I need to go count my blessings.

Relaxing Labor Day

Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Such a lame blog post title but it is true.  We escaped just out of town for a great weekend with some friends.  We met Hoot's Mom and family for a few days relaxing at a little resort.  It was so much fun. I have a lot of photos (what else is new right?)  The funny thing is...I did not really think I took many photos.  And I did not use my good camera or lenses but somehow I have a lot of photos that I want to keep.  We made some good memories.  Shirley  Shelly got some great pictures that are totally different so go see hers too.

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We had some fun playing around with Hoot's mask....

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The girls (Libbie and Kate) waited in line (half the time with the Dads and half the time with the Moms) for 2 hours to get their faces painted.  Ironically, the face painting clown was the same lady who was the Ice Princess at the Teddy Bear tea:)  She was extra sweet to our girls:)

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Libbie got a little scared when it was finally her turn but Muffie (the clown) was great with her and she ended looking like the cutest little kitty cat.

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Sadly, the girls spent more time waiting in line than actually wearing their face paint.
But they had a great time hanging out on the lounge chairs making goofy faces and hanging out.

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Everyone played so well together....

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Miss Libbie is quite fond of Mr. Dave.  She also adores Will:)

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Roasting sm'ores was definitely one of the highlights of the weekend...

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I got to hand feed lil Miss Libbie 2 sm'ores!!!

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We had so much fun and look forward to spending lots more special time with Hoot and family.