It works every time.

Our girl's get away to TN if fast approaching (except for Mason - he is also included) and Kaylea really needed some new swim suites. I thought it would be fun to do some mother/daughter shopping. She is 11 and really not that into shopping YET. I know the day will come when I wish we could go back to these days.

As usual, she just wasn't feeling it and was in a bad mood. UNTIL - she started trying on the clothes. She turned into a completely different person. All smiles and giggles!! She even said "I look great in this"

She walked away with 3 new swim suites, 3 pair of earrings and 2 pair of sunglasses.

ME? I got a $11.99 cover-up.

Never underestimate the power of shopping to turn a bad day into a good day. I went to the store and brought home the happiest girl ever.

No Fair!

I am going to stick to my guns this summer and have the kiddos earn all the fun little adventures they are wanting to do by helping more around the house. This is win, win. They can do fun stuff and I won't be tied down to housework.

I asked Kaylea to delete a bunch of stuff off Quickbooks in exchange for me paying her $10.00. I thought this would definitely be worth it since I estimated it would take an hour and I had been putting it off for over a year.

That clever little girl found an easier way to do it and was finished in 15 minutes.

It's is scary to see your kids passing you up in the intelligence department.

The Beginning and the End!!

This week was Kaylea's last week as an elementary school student. It feels like it was literally yesterday that I was a sobbing mess driving her to school for her first day of kindergarten. It felt much the same today except that I couldn't really relish in my many memories because my tween couldn't stop talking long enough for me to actually have a thought of my own. I say this with much love. I really do enjoy all those silly little stories that I hear play by play.

What a young lady she has become. I can't wait to experience the next 3 years of Middle School. I have already started praying!!

Over IT!!

Kaylea wore a previously worn uniform (in other words straight from the dirty basket) to school this morning. I think this is the first time in her entire K-5 school career that this has happened.

Why??

Because I am soooo over the school thing. I need the official start of summer vacation to begin NOW - not next Wednesday - but RIGHT NOW!! Unfortunately, I do have to wait until the 24th.

The good news is: We have a full 2 months off instead of our usual 2 weeks. Our school won't be a year around school next year.

When I opened my eyes....

When I opened my eyes this morning I knew that I was in for a long day.

Every muscle in my body is sore!!

How do those people on the Biggest Loser do it?? Do they give them a few days in between workouts to recover? Seriously, I want to know.

Don't know if I will make it to the Thursday session of fitness class. I'll see how I feel when the time comes.

Worked up to Work out

The title of this post pretty much says it all.

I'm trying to get myself WORKED UP to WORK OUT this morning....

My church offers free fitness class taught by a personal trainer from Peak Fitness. The word FREE (especially after dropping some major $$$ on a trainer 2 years ago) really caught my attention.

We'll see how it goes!!!

House Flies

What is up with these flies??

There has been a fly in my house for 2 weeks. Not the same fly - this I am sure - because we send one to fly heaven daily.

One just buzzed by my head as I sit and type.

What to do? What to do?