This may become a new feature at Big Mama where I just randomly list whatever number of various things are currently on my mind. It will be like Thursday 13 except not. I could design a cute little graphic for it and call it Saturday 7 or Wednesday 4, except I have limited computer skills and don’t know how to create graphics. So here you go.
1. P is still sleeping in his goggles that he’s been wearing since his Lasik. They are almost as big as the glasses he wore when we started dating.
2. Caroline was wearing her new black boots with her Elmo underwear the other night and I told her they looked really good especially with the Elmo underwear and she said “Yes, especially since I just tee-teed in them.”
3. While at my meetings this week, I discovered another problem with fall fashion. I saw a woman wearing skinny black pants with flats. Is she super trendy or has she been wearing that for the last 15 years and now it’s finally back in style? By the way, I won’t be purchasing any black skinny pants. I paid $44.00 for them back in 1991 and will NOT be giving Gap any more of my money to repeat this trend just because they put Audrey Hepburn on their commercials to try to convince us it’s okay. It’s not.
4. P said that Caroline told someone “Adios” yesterday and then last night she counted to five in Spanish. She hasn’t learned that from me, so hats off to Dora the Explorer and her adventure loving cousin Diego.
5. Grey’s Anatomy (and I can’t overstate this) was the best hour of T.V. this week beyond a shadow of a doubt, although Emmitt Smith and his smooth moves on Dancing with the Stars was a close second.
6. Reason #4598 that I love my friends. After reading my post on Amy Grant, Gulley surprised me with this.
It is great. If you have ever loved Amy Grant, I highly recommend it. Thanks Gulley for many things, but this was so sweet.
7. Two weeks into Caroline’s school year, we already had homework. She came home with this in her backpack.
It came with instructions attached that explained that “together” she and I were supposed to make it look like her and to reflect her interests. Seriously. Her teachers apparently completely underestimated that she might have a mother with a little bit of OCD who may or may not start to twitch a little bit when glue gets everywhere. I made the dress, the hair and the shoes, but I did let her put the red glitter on the shoes and glue on the hair and the eyes. She also told me what she wanted her person to wear, so that’s the outfit we (I) made. Here she is.
Since it had to reflect not only her sense of style, but also her interests, notice that she is holding a bug in one hand and a piece of candy in the other. Hello, I am a mother who feeds my child a steady diet of candy while letting her play with bugs that may or may not be poisonous. Do y’all think they’re still going to let me help with the Halloween party? Debatable.