date night with daddy

the night before we left for maui, the hub and the princess attended her school's annual father/daughter dance. talk about timing. during the day it was utter chaos around here. all of us worked together to check off items on our to-do list. alas, it was time to get the duo ready.

the hub had major reservations about the attire since it was "hoedown" themed. he chose items from his closet that he felt comfortable in and as he claimed, "this could be country western" i couldn't help myself to some eye rolling. nothing this man owns could be categorized as "country western".

the princess is a whole different story. thanks to a friend, i was referred to a local boot store that had the most adorable cowgirl boots. granted, she probably won't wear them again, but i couldn't help my self.

see what i mean. i also couldn't help my self to the matching button down shirt. when i brought the items home the hub gave me a helping of the eye rolling.

they came home very excited. they had a great time. can't wait for next year. though, secretly, i am hoping it goes back to being a little more formal. it is so much easier to get the hub into that kind of stuff.

i can't believe she did it

when the princess was just a little bitty baby princess the hub and i decided that we would not pierce her ears. we wanted her to make that decision for herself when she got older.

well, by older we thought the teenage years. nope, all on her own she came to me and stated she wanted her ears pierced. this had happened a few times before so i kind of blew her off. all night she insisted that she wanted her ears pierced now!!! i told her that if she still felt this way in the morning we can indeed take her to get them done.

morning came and sure enough she still wanted the bling in the ears. i couldn't believe it. is this really happening? is she really old enough to start making decisions on her own? can i please have little bitty baby princess back?

much to the hub's dismay we all piled in the car to go get the job done. when we arrived i noticed that the princess was very quiet. i asked her if she was ok and she shook her head yes. barely. i put on a brave face for her as she picked out her earrings.

finally a decision was made and she hopped up onto the chair. we could not read her emotions. she did not say a word. no expression came from her face. right before the markings were made, i asked her again if she was ready for this. she gingerly told me yes. i will let the next couple of pics tell you how the rest of it played out.

as the earrings went in the girl didn't even flinch!!! what?!?!? my brave princess. there wasn't even a hint of a smile until she was in the hub's arms.

i have so many things to say, but just as i thought, i have been bombarded with reality since we got home from maui 5 days ago. sports have started for the kiddos. the semester has also started for me(so much required reading it's not even funny). i have so many wonderful stories and pics from maui, but i haven't even uploaded them yet. shame on me!!! i will get to it. i will damnit.

just one of those days

i am having one of those days where i lack complete motivation. i cannot seem to get my ass in gear. i have 45,875,543,654 things to do and i can't get any of them done. the kiddos are off track so we are taking it easy. apparently too easy. here is my list to do.....

• take the kiddos to get their valentine pics done
• register for school
• finish the itinerary for sorority meeting on thursday
• double check all documents for tax appointment tomorrow
• start packing for maui
• start packing the kiddos things for grandma's
• finalize vow renewal ceremony
• type medical release papers for the kiddos
• get hair done
• get nails done
• get pedicure
• get eyebrows done
• take the princess to her dr. appt on wednesday
• make appt with lexus to get the bluetooth fixed

see what i mean. i guess i better get crackin'.