Fall…when will you find me?

Well in Arizona it seems no matter how much Halloween candy, decor or costumes you buy or look at, it doesn’t change the weather.  The mornings are nice now, but still 100 degrees (at least) each day.  I don’t know about you, but when I think pumpkins I think cool temps!

Besides Halloween when I am yelling (or cheering) for my favorite teams (SEC of course) on Saturdays, I sort of wish I could wear a sweatshirt.  I mean there are some things that just NEED cool temps.  I am a jeans, boots and sweater-wearing kind of gal.  Waiting till November to start wearing sweaters just is not good!!!

However, since it is Fall I felt like I did need to purchase these today:

yummy. 

In other news…Dancing with the Stars.  Who is your favorite this season?  I don’t think I have one yet.  No one on there this season as HOT as Gilles. 

On the Biggest Loser tonight I wanted to reach into the tv and choke that purple team girl!  

Well I am just random today so goodnight everyone!

Monday Montage

Getting ready to watch Dancing with the Stars – she had a table set up to judge.  Then she performed!

Ready for school this morning

Yesterday all dressed up in her new fall clothes and on our way to Church

Crazy Lilly!

Have a great week everyone!

Why can’t I shop for me?

Don’t let this title fool you.  While I do go shopping for myself, it is usually for the house – so not really for me.  Somehow it seems like I spend all my money on Sofia (mainly her wardrobe).

Take today for instance, I had been good and saved my birthday money.  So we went to the mall today.  I have not been to the mall in months and months.  But it was something to do after the game this afternoon (Roll Tide Roll).  So we go to the mall and it went something like this:

• walk through Dillards – nothing
• go through the pet store, talk to Sofia about how expensive the dogs are in the pet store (after she asks me to buy her all of them), buy Lilly a treat
• go to Build-a-Bear, purchase Rainbow Wolfie (BAB # 5 million at our house) (nice job out of there for less than $40)
• go to Gap Kids, buy 3 headbands, 3 packs of sock, 1 pair of tights and one pair of pants – only $16.08 (great bargains)
• go to Wetzel Pretzels
• go to Icing, ask Sofia if she wants to get her ears pierced and she does not (kind of makes me happy) she picks out some sort of mirror thing for her purse ($8)
• go to Gymboree (I had a 20% off coupon) buy 2 pairs of clogs, 1 paid of leggings, 2 shirts and one dress (all super cute and all on sale) $80
• go to a shoe store to look for new tennis shoes for Sofia (she is now a 13.5) she picks out white Pumas with rhinestones (on sale) $44
• leave mall with Sofia stocked up and nothing for me.  Oh well it was fun and I can’t think of anyone I would rather spend my birthday money on!

I mean just look at her! How could I say no?  By the way that massive pile of clothes behind her is the “to be Ebayed” pile.

The new Bling Shoes

Rainbow Wolfie

By the way, ROLLLLLLL TIDE ROLLLLLLL!

Fall Carnival Fun

Sofia’s school carnival was tonight and we had a great time!  I met some of the parents of kids in her class and it was not eve that hot outside.  Of course she had a few meltdowns at the end of the night but overall, a great time!

 

Recent awesome Goodwill find

LOVE them MUCHO MUCHO!!!!  J.Crew (brand new) for $4.99!! While I do not see myself needing them much in AZ perhaps the right thing to do would be sell them on eBay.  But I just can’t bring myself to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a great day!

So I took the day off and it has been great!  I took Sofia to school, came home cleaned the house, got dressed, went to school to have lunch with Sofia, went to the school book fair (can we say $25 gone) and now I am at home finishing up some tasks before I go pick Sofia up.  She loves it when I can make it to parent pick-up and she doesn’t have to go to the afterschool program. The majority of the moms in my neighborhood (and at this school especially) do not work so anytime I can pick her she loves it!  I made a few observations today while at school :

• Everything at school is almost scary locked-down
• Teachers leave school at lunch and cafeteria workers watch the lunch room
• What has happened to school lunches?  Most kids bring their lunch and I can see why!  I think I feel bad for making Sofia buy lunches some days.  I noticed the kids that do buy drink like 3 milks each!   I guess they are filling up on the chocolate milk since the food was not looking so good.
• School carnival has to be in September so that it can not be associated with Halloween at all (boy when I was at Flint Elementary school our Halloween carnivals were the best)!!
• Book Fairs = mucho cash!
• Pretty sure the folks at school can sniff out us few working moms.  I am also certain I am not treated the same as those that spend every day at school (you know the non-workers).

Don’t get me wrong, I am happy with Sofia’s school and it is the best school system around, but I sort of wish were in some little small town in 1981 and no one was worried about bad stuff happening and Halloween could be celebrated followed up with a big Christmas party.  Ah, the good ole days.

Here is my little sassy gal on the way to school this morning

Friday is a PE day so tennis shoes are a must (much to my dismay)!  Her shirt says “dots are the new pink”!  We got this at that cute store called Little Miss Matched.  Headbands are also her favorite thing right now. I bought some monogrammed ones from Etsy I am waiting on. 

Have a great weekend everyone, I am going to try to get back on track with my blogging – I have been a big ole slacker!!!

Wordless Wednesday..mostly

last night – tucked snuggly into her own bed

this morning (and most mornings) – self-tucked into my bed!

I’m so behind

So sorry I have been a random blogger lately.  Trying to get things in order here!  I have to pick Sofia’s school picture.  I can’t believe how grown up she looks!  I also think this might be the only non-smocked school picture she has!!

I think I am going with #1. What do you you think?

Hope everyone has a great weekend!  Roll Tide!

Dollhouse Fun

There have been only a few toys over the last 5 years that have really seemed like money well spent.  Well I gotta say, this dollhouse was!  Sofia got it and all of the furniture and people for her 3rd birthday.  So we have had it for nearly 3 years and she still plays with it.  Sometimes as a dollhouse, sometimes as a hotel for dogs (post Hotel for Dogs the movie of course!).  This particular house was the Fisher Price Loving Family version.  It has held up really well (considering the earthquakes and things that often occur) and it is just fun to play with.  Hey, it beats playing horses every day!

     

Why yes, I do love to play dollhouse sporting my Lilly Pulitzer shift dress!

       

The last few pictures show the results of the earthquake.

American Girl on QVC

 

Run, don’t walk to QVC if you have a girl that is just getting interested in American Girl dolls.  They have several great items that are set up on the easy pay option – which means they will bill you in 2-4 payments instead of one lump sum.  Hurry on over!

Nutcracker Preview

Today was the first day of Nutcracker practice for Sofia.  She only had Angel practice today.  I also got both of her costumes.  She likes the Angel the best. 

Sofia also wanted to share some of her latest drawings

on the left is a puppy, on the right is an Alaskan Husky and a girl walking it on a leash.

Flashback Friday

October 2004, 11 months, Schnepf Farms, Queen Creek, AZ

Mega Midweek Fun at FBC

Sofia is enrolled in (and attending) Mega Midweek Fun at our church at it is just the BEST!  Each Wednesday night she is there from 6:15-8:15 and they have Missions, Music, Skills and Recreation classes. In her skills class she is making a blanket (you all know she loves her blankets).  It is one of those kind that you tie in knots all down the sides to connect 2 pieces of fabric.  Anyway she is all over that! 

But perhaps her favorite part – which makes me very happy – is the music part.  They are learning to sing Michael W. Smith’s “A New Hallelujah”  - which they will perform for both church services in a few weeks.  She sang it for me tonight in the car and she did so GREAT!!! I can not wait to see her sing at church. It is also a really great song, so here it is and enjoy!

Of course each Wednesday Sofia has Musical theatre before going to church and this week’s performance was too a song from Jungle Book.  I must say I wonder about her enthusiasm some weeks!!

Simply random

I tell you what, there is a whole lot of nothing going on around here!  Just some random stuff:

• So this past Sunday I taught my first EVER Sunday School class – I was so nervous and so happy when it turned out to be only 2 children!
• Nutcracker practice starts this weekend and yippee we get to spend way to much money on the costumes
• Sofia spent Saturday yucky sick and in bed most of the day so we did not do much this weekend at all
• I have cleaned and purged so much stuff from my house…what a feeling
• I am sad to announce that Butterscotch (the original Furreal Pony that Santa brought Sofia in 2006) was donated to the local Goodwill yesterday.  Of course that does still leave Smores (the Furreal Pony that Santa brought Sofia last year)!  Butterscotch had a broken tail, ear and someone (not naming any names – Lilly) ate his lower lip off.
• I am very happy to be starting the Alpha course at church tomorrow night
• I am in love with the show Greek. I have been catching up with seasons 1 & 2 on Hulu and am now watching the current season on tv
• I am so happy Sofia has made so many great friends at school this year.  She has already been on so many play dates that I can barely keep up
• I have been a blog slacker lately
• I might be addicted to playing solitaire on the computer
• I have not had a scorpion sighting in more than 2 weeks – I think they are planning a major attack!
• Roll Tide Roll

and that is about it!

More Music Theatre Fun