Friday Funny

Ha ~ check this little guy out:

I can only hope that when we go to the zoo (hopfully next week)

we don't run into any of those "gentle" pumas and lions!

Have a fabulous weekend! 

Embrace the Camera

It was hot and we needed somewhere cool to go.

So we hopped in the car and hit up the aquarium.

And a few of our favorite Jelly Fish shots from the aquarium

(kind of felt like we were walking into the twilight zone):

Not the best pictures in the world, but some of the best memories!

Abandoned?

This Morning my blog was YELLING to me:

"I'M HERE!"

"HEY, OVER HERE!"

"Remember ME, your BLOG?"

"Please DON'T abandon me..........."


So here I sit ~ shopping...... I MEAN blogging (lots of back to school deals ~ Sassy she wears a woman's 9 1/2 in Puma shoes.... right?  No?  hmmmm,   AND yes, you are correct, I DO have big feet!).

I'm ready to type and tell you about all of the exciting adventures we've been on in the last few days, like.....
umm, well........

Ok, I'll tell you about the fabulous projects I've finished like:

well, my embellished..... nope, not done.

my chalkboa..... hmmm, not done either.

I know, how about the holder for......  UGH, never mind!!!

Yep, it's all sitting unfinished in my messy "scrapbook" room , which by the way hasn't been worked on either (scrap booking, that is).

Here is really what has been going on.

Smiley got sick.
Action got sick.

We had a great night out with 3 other couples and their kids on Friday night.  We went to a great restaurant that has a "back yard" with play equipment, sand pit, and horseshoes.  MEANING... the kids played, while us adults hung out.   Life was grand until Action started not feeling so hot again ~ he was having these horrible headaches....

Saturday.  Relaxing, shopping (found some ADORABLE dresses for Sassy and Smiley when it comes time to finally get some family pics taken ~ this fall... so we don't all melt when we are outside).
Church.
 A movie.  Yep, Hubby and I actually rented a movie.

Shutter Island ~ Have you seen it?  What did you think?  Talk about mind games!!!!  It wasn't quite what I expected and I'm not sure I liked it.

Sunday ~ Sassy's turn to get sick.
I went shopping with a friend.  We were on a mission.  We are leading our church Parent's group this year and we needed to purchase items for a silent auction basket for our church's upcoming festival. 
Mission accomplished:


That's it ~
We are all healthy!
Sassy starts fall fast pitch softball tonight.
It's suppose to be another hot, humid, potentially stormy day (ie, the spray paint will stay on the shelf for another day).
Spin class starts in 1hour and 15 mins ~ so I should maybe get the kids up.
Embrace the camera is tomorrow.
I'm meeting up with college roommates this weekend for a MUCH NEEDED GIRLS WEEKEND!!!!

and

Lastly, I need your help!

I am on a mission to find a coffee maker that doesn't drip or leak when you pour.

What kind of coffee maker do you have?
Do you like it?

Something to think about Sunday ~ Medals and Trophies ~ Opinions WANTED!

I don't usually ask many questions of my readers, but today I have one for you.

It seems our country has evolved into an "everyone's a winner" society. 

I'm talking mainly about kid sports. 

See, I have a friend who was a coach for a 1st and 2nd graders soccer team.  They DIDN'T win one game during the season, yet at the end she had trophies to hand out to each of her kids.

And Sassy's softball league.  Well, they decided to split the 8U division into A and B groups ~ 6 teams in A, 6 teams in B.  Why?  So there would be double the amount of Gold, Silver and Bronze medalists and of course, EVERYONE would receive a medal just for participation. 

Really?

Is this necessary. 

Do our kids REALLY NEED these medals and trophies? 

Do they need to be rewarded just for signing up?

Or, would NOT receiving them make them want it more the next year.  Perhaps a little goal setting and a little extra effort put forth (you know, maybe wanting to play catch or kick the ball with someone instead of sitting in front of the TV or some sort of video game). 

What do you think? 

Should kids always get medals and trophies regardless of the season outcome or are we just promoting a "we are all winners and there are no losers" mentality?  Is this a bad mentality?

Help me out,

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Friday Funny

Embrace the Camera

Our way to deal with 90+ degrees and 87% humidity:

We go to the beach to cool off:

and Embrace the Camera:

Then home.....

To take baths ☺

Puzzles Puzzles Everywhere.....

If you came by for a visit last week you maybe heard about the party we had at my house.

You know the one where my darling 21 month old Smiley and her 3 year old friend, K dumped out all of our puzzles and combined all of the pieces into one nice heap.

Well in some of the pictures you can see letters on the backs of the pieces.

I started labeling my puzzles when Sassy was just starting to do them.  She was only 2 or 3 and inevitably some of the pieces would get mixed up.  Instead of sorting and trying to figure out if the puzzle piece I was holding was a flower that went to the Cinderella puzzle, Snow White puzzle, Strawberry Shortcake puzzle or one of the other MANY girly puzzles we had,  I labeled it ~ after I figured it out of course!

Unfortunately once the kids hit a certain age, I no longer did this.  Unfortunately this is also the age when puzzles went from 24 to 46-48 and to 100. 

So after last weeks fun, all the puzzles were labeled.

When I label them, I  write the initials or whatever word  I give that particular puzzle on each piece and on the top and bottom of the box. 

And....

If a box has seen it's last day, I cut the picture of the puzzle from the box, put the puzzle into a plastic bag with the picture and label it.

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