Random Post #224

So there's been not a whole lot going on (still waiting for baby) and a lot going on, all at the same time. Here's some of what's been going down:

Weather has finally broken, which means every day is a park day.

I've become Mae's official storyteller.

Mae went to the doctor for a checkup.

We visited our neighborhood landscaping company to snag some vegetables to plant and they have a chicken (or I guess I hen) there named Buttercup (and another one but I can't remember her name). And not only did they give us a fresh egg that we could take home (and by fresh I mean Buttercup laid it and less than ten seconds later it was in my hand) but you're also allowed to hold and pet Buttercup.

Little did they know, until they obviously knew, I'm a professional chicken/hen holder. And by professional, I mean you can probably find me on CraigsList or something like that.

Nail Salon

So Aunt Erica is in town and she decided, after we had our bath one night, that she wanted to visit our nail salon, which is appropriately called Finbel's (notice my half of the name is first because I'm in charge of the nail salon's finances).

She already had her nails painted so I had to get a good clean going on to remove the existing polish and then we got to work.

Now, hopefully you can tell which one hand I painted and which one Mae painted (hint: the index finger is a dead giveaway... I think Mae started out thinking it was "paint the whole hand" day)? If you can't, please do not ever visit the nail salon as you will not be welcome.

Birthday Candle Catastrophe

We all have our moments, right? And I'm a pretty self-deprecating little gal so I figured after all the posts you've seen of me showing off my best, I'd give you a little look into one of my worst moments.

I was at Sophie and Hannah's (my cousins) birthday party last night. Mom and Dad stayed home to be close to the hospital because Mom is getting very close to having this baby.

Well, here is the text that Uncle Kenny sent to my dad:

I'll keep this short. It was hysterical. All the little ones asked if they could eat the frosting off Sophie's candles. I said sure you can. Five seconds later Fin taps me on the shoulder and mumbles, "Uncle Kenny, this doesn't taste very good."

Yep, I started licking that frosting and as I did that green candle started looking like it might taste just as good as the frosting... 

So there you have it, not one of my best moments but certainly one of my funnier ones.

U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A!

So I don't know if I told you but I'm training for the 2028 Olympics. I heard they are being held in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and I feel like that would be great because all my friends and family could just jump in the car and drive down to see me.

So I'm getting up at 4:15am every morning and heading over to the local gym where I'm working hard on my training.

Don't mind the boys in the background. They are the hired help, brought in just to set up the mats and take them down. They're like a bunch of zoo animals.

Do the Duet

Ladies and Gentlemen, performing together for the first time in Grammy Award Night history, playing Mary Had a Little Lamb... Mr. Billy (Patrick) Joel and Ms. Elton (Finley) John.

Earth Day Project, 2013

So I had my first school project and it was for an Earth Day contest that I wanted to enter. After dad mumbled something about "I've done enough school projects in my life" Mom saved the day with her school spirit (and nerdy love for school projects).

So I started with a clean green slate and began going to work on making some butterflies and bees and bugs out of toilet paper rolls and construction paper.

Then I took the paper and began drawing some stuff and making a title for my project. The title was the only thing Mom helped me with, the rest was straight from my noggin.

Decided I needed a caterpillar to finish it off.

And... VOILA!

So that was that, I'll find out next week if I won or not.

And then Mae's competitive juices started flowing and she was all "I'm going to enter the contest" and I was all "but you can't you're not even in school yet" and she was all "Yuh-huh. I'm in the 6th grade, fool" and I was all "let's go, right now, fisticuffs." That last part didn't really happen, but Mae did really make her own project (I told her it was really good but it was nowhere near as good as mine).

The Waiting Game

Not much going on lately as we're in waiting-for-baby mode but there are a few things to report.

Mae got herself to the dentist and hopefully got all the mango out of her teeth (man that kid loves mango).

She also went to her first swimming lesson with our friend, Ana. Here's the catch: this is the happiest Mae looked all morning. Soon after this photo she began crying about not wanting to go into the pool and it went on for nearly an hour... good times.

Me? I've been just kicking it old school...

And I went with mom about a week ago and we got our nails done.

Other than that, we've got our bag packed and we're on standby til this little bird decides it's go time and wants to meet the world.