I love that my daughter Kristen is kind, caring, artistic, creative and a supporter of any and everything her kids are involved with.....even when it is hard to believe she can take one more thing on! Home mom in both classrooms, working girl, both boys in soccer, running from field to field, team mom, etc., etc. She even volunteered to do the team banner for Brody's team (Dylan's team and most others just order team banners at Kinko's).....when she picked up Brody last week the coach told her they chose the name 'Surfing Leopards'....he said half the kids wanted surfers, the other half wanted leopards so he thought this was a compromise....really? What do you do with Surfing Leopards? No Google Search on that one! Anyway, she came over with some felt (team color is purple) and some vague ideas....when this happens I just stand ready at the sewing machine to bring to life whatever creation she comes up with.....I really could not conceive how this theme would come together..... She cut the letters out of leopard print and backed them on purple felt....ok....breathing started being a little faster, however I can do this!
Then she took some blue batik print material and cut out waves (this is where I really got lost - I am matchy matchy and for someone to put leopard and blue batik on purple was more than my Type A OCD Symmetry brain could take)...a twitch may or may have not started at this point....
Then we cut surfboards out of leopard print....I was sweating and feeling dizzy at the placement of each and every board.....
Then she added geometric designs made into soccer balls....I was breathing in a paper bag during this stage.....
Then she wanted them 'Poofy'......I visualized myself in a happy safe place.....
This is how it looked when she left my house.....probably because she saw the look of a major panic attack coming on to her mommy.....
She added names on each of the surfboards....
And I am so happy that it turned out the way it did.....I would say that even if I was not taking some of Steve's heavy pain meds :)
I made a stop at the dollar store on my way to pick up Kelly's Hero's (I mean Brody) from school.....I could not resist this helmet....
....these binoculars....
....and this noise activated grenade (I may have bought an extra one - GiGi's should never ever be unarmed!)....
He is my camouflage loving, army men playing, hero emerging, brown sugar tanned little guy.....
It has been too long but I did go Thrifting this week....it was so fun to browse and treasure hunt. I got this really cute pink chiffon like summer dress...*I never buy clothes, but this called to me*....an On The Go Fisher Price Christmas play set to add to my collection, some giant Mega Blocks, some wooden blocks all for just under $11.00!
But the BEST thing that happened this week was The Addie came in for a few days....I always feel so much better about everything in life with all my family is together....he and dad spent many hours doing their mock Fantasy Football Draft and then had the real draft....they really enjoy this time of year.....me, not so much....I am looking for a Pilates class for Monday nights....
The Addie is my personal Help Desk.....and as luck would have it my printer died when he was here and he hooked me up.....we lingered at Bagels and Starbucks....I made some of his favorite dinners....we had loads of family time and just soaked him in....only down side was Shannie Girl was working in Phx and could not come....we miss her.
Adam and I had a horrible experience on our way home from Staples! He got a picture of it and we almost called 911.....we HATE clowns and they give us the creeps....this pulled along side us and we locked the doors and made no eye contact....beware of this coming to your city...be warned!
I am trying hard to force fall, or at least cooler weather.....I brought out some fall silks....
And put up a small fall table scape......if I decorate it, it will come?
My earth loving, science minded, serious and saucy Dylan has his second Chrysalis of the summer....he thinks this is cool....I can't hardly look at it....he thinks it has to be right in front of my face so I can look at it really up close.....eeeeeewwwwwwwwww
He always goes to the garden and picks his crops.....he has a green thumb too....
When I look at this picture all I see are his sweet little hands holding his little bounty.....
They slept over Saturday instead of Friday and after a full day of Soccer and a 1K Fun Run, 3 hours of playing in our canyon and caked with dirt we finally got them in and scrubbed down.....they ate and then we watched a movie.....I had to scrub the bathtub twice to get the dirt out! Boys!
Steve and I are festival people and lucky for us San Diego has a festival every weekend....we roam the county walking the streets and hanging out listening to music and people watching.....this weeks was in Pacific Beach.....home of the San Diego Steeler Nation....nothing like watching a game with Steeler Fans.....we left before they lost to the Titans....nothing like watching Steeler Nation Fans cry in their beers.....
This was the Brazil Festival.....ok, why not, we have done Greek, Italian, French, Lemon, Art, Chili, Old Time Cars and every burb in SD County.....say what you want about us, but we are equal opportunity festival goers.....
PB is where my favorite cottages are on Crystal Pier.....someday we will just go and stay in one even tho it is minutes from our house....
View from the porch.....
View from the Pier.....
View from the shops on Ocean Blvd.....love this area....makes me happy to see pretty things....
I got a kick out of getting out of the house! Takes so little to please me......and before we left we put a leopard surfboard on the float....just because now it looks wrong to me to see Soccer Balls without leopard material!
I have evolved!
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