Ft. Worth It

We had a great time in Ft. Worth on Parker's special trip. I'll blog about the train trip later.

I'm not feeling too great today, and I have sooooooo much to do to prep for the fair later this week, as well as client stuff to take care of. Plus, I need to run to OKC sometime to pick up a few things. Hope I'm feeling well enough later today to get a good start on the week.

Here's a shot of Parker from yesterday morning in Ft. Worth. He had such a great time alone with Mama and Daddy for the weekend. Details soon.

Kittens

The 6 kittens are doing well and are so cute. Their eyes are open now. I think this pic is from last week.

Chicken Nugget still hangs out with her "baby daddy" all the time, so I need to get her into the vet for her surgery as soon as we get rid of the kittens.

Little Bits

I'll try to catch up a little on the blog by the end of the weekend. We'll be leaving in the morning for Parker's train trip to Texas to visit my friend, but I'll try to get in a couple short bits I want to say before then.

A quick one for now, before I forget:

Yesterday, Gigi, Natalie, Parker, and I were running errands while Miss O was at school. Parker was hungry and requested McDonalds. When we walked in, he saw the toys in the case by the door and was admiring them ("Wow!"). They were Star Wars things (ugly and useless). I said quietly to Gigi that he wouldn't even notice that he didn't get a toy if we didn't get him a Happy Meal.

On the way to the counter, Parker looked up at me with his bright, expecting eyes and said, "I want a happy toy, K, Mama? " So cute. Of course, he got a "happy toy", and he loved it because it was the space ship, which was an airplane to him.

More little bits and updates coming soon....

School Clothes

I took a quick pic before we got in the car this morning, because I thought she looked cute - especially considering how quickly we put her together, since we were running behind.

I didn't have much time at all to get her ready, and the outfit I had picked out had jeans that were too small. So, we grabbed a dress that was fast and easy to put on, and I did her hair a way I haven't done it before, with just the little bit on one side pulled back. I just didn't have time for much more, and I ended up liking her hair that way, so I'll do it on purpose again sometime.

Olivia was in a really goofy mood when she woke up - much better than being really grumpy. She was being so silly.

When we got to school, the bus kids were just getting there, so she walked back to the playground with the teacher and that group. She didn't cry as much as usual (as far as I could hear), so maybe it's getting better and the crying won't last much longer.

You can tell she was in a really, really goofy mood!

Point-and-Shoot Moment

Here are the quick shots I snapped as I ran back to the van to grab the camera for a pic of Olivia and her friends at the picnic table that day I went to pick her up and found them having their meeting (from the earlier blog).

I took these, literally, as I was pulling the camera out of the van, because I thought they would disperse quickly. Instead, they were still sitting there in deep discussion after I had walked through the school and out onto the playground. If I had known, I would have taken the camera in with me to get a good photo of them sitting there.

Obviously, my camera was still set on my settings from my last session. I just can't throw these shots out, though, because it was such a cute moment, and I want to remember it. Anyway, you get the idea of how the meeting went down.

Let Them Eat Pudding

We had chocolate pudding for dessert tonight.

Mini Update

I did an update yesterday, and I lost the whole thing I typed before I could post. It was really frustrating. So, I'll just do a different little update and talk about the other stuff I had put at another time. I don't have time for much right now.

Olivia still cries every morning when she has to go to school. I hate walking away, hearing her cry for her mama.

We had parent meeting last night at her school. She liked it that Natalie and Parker got to go to her school and play with her while we were in the meeting.

Billy wouldn't let me volunteer for President, so I didn't. He said I don't have time. (He's right, but I really wanted to have some control over decisions.)

Oh, apparently, Olivia's school is a 3-year-old program only. We didn't really find out too much about the program before she got in, because we were just happy to have a relative running a program so she could get enrolled and not be stuck on the waiting list at the other one. So, we're going to check on the Christian preschool Billy's coworker talked about, and Parker and Olivia will both go there next year, if we can get them in.

I'll try to get some pics or something more exciting posted tonight or tomorrow. This is a really busy day for me.

4'th Backtrack

Here are some pics from the 4th of July that I never got in a blog.

We got icees before we went to the park (tradition) to watch the fireworks.

Parker enjoyed the fireworks the most!

Parker caught a lightning bug in his fingers and was really excited.

Olivia promptly snatched the lightning bug from him, killing it instantly as she smashed it.

Fireworks from the park.

Part of the fireworks display that Billy did for us at home. We had two nights of fireworks at home, because we had so many.

More of Billy's.

...and more of Billy's.

...Billy's.