Well since my post a few times ago about me getting my job again at my kids school, there have definitely been some major stresses with childcare, and mostly the finances to support them...well I figured today that I would try and forget (or at least delay) about them today and let the kids play for a little bit at the fabulous parks right in our neighborhood (besides our HOA charges us for them each month, might as well use them!!) and they had a blast....
Kinda dark but maybe you can see Destinee standing with another little girl....well a cutout that is, of Kalani, the 2011 American Girl of the Year...now if anyone is not acquainted with American Girl,they are a doll company that specializes in period historical and everyday girls that are supposed to look like the girls that purchase them...the part that I like about them the most is that the company (through the dolls) teach wonderful lessons to girls about being true to themselves,how to have manners,etc...Unfortunately for Destinee,who has loved them for quite some time,the dolls are $100 and for us that's pretty steep so she has two actually...from Michaels...but they look just as pretty I think and we can do more things to accessorize them at $20 a piece, instead of $100...but anyway they until a few months ago have only had A.G. stores to visit as close as NY,but recently one in the Tysons Corner,VA mall opened and so we made the trek today to just kinda "window shop" and enjoy a dealve into some Destinee time!! :)
For better (lovin what I do and lookin forward to going to work every morning) or worse (not liking it and not making enough to even cover child care)...I got my job back that I had last year at my kids school minus the boring lunch duty part...instead I'm full time as the special ed aid..I guess it's silly that I'm so excited just to be able to eat lunch with someone else now on a regular schedule...whoowhoo!! :)
Made this diaper cake for a good friend of mine...usually I'm afraid I won't do a good job of something all by myself and so I ask for help from Chris..but this time I decided to put on my "big girl pants" and try it and I love it if I do say so myself!! However it was Destinee's idea to put the flowers in the middle container that is used to anchor the diapers...mauve the creative gene is starting to develop at last in her!! :)
So we got this little ensemble yesterday at kohls for $8...
Ralph Lauren vest and Osh Kosh shorts....the second picture with him in the middle of a laugh is me telling him the Sunbeams in his primary class (he's the only little boy that comes on a regular basis) were gonna think he was so cute that they might all try to "maa" (our word for kiss) him and he thought that was funny!! ;)
I was afraid my car might spontaneously combust with a temperature reading like that!!
