calling tinkerbell...

calling Tinkerbell...

calling Tinkerbell...

do you hear me?

I needed you last Friday to come spread your pixie fairy dust

for me...

funny how life doesn't quite work that way

last Friday was quite the day

as my wallet was stolen and used

so we've been picking up a few pieces

please no need to comment on that

life could definitely be worse

and not really what I want to write about
I shed some tears that were ridiculous and moved on

my mom thought I was pregnant when I talked to her
because I was so emotional
for some reason about the events of the day

but Friday was just frankly one of those days

that I wanted some Tinkerbell pixie dust to magically start my day all over again

because it was just one thing after another
"awful kind of day"

you get my drift...

in other words

pretty much it was just...

"life"

it has pushed a few things back a bit

but not too much damage was done
thank goodness

it is the picking up the pieces

and special pictures to me that are gone

and the fact that the one plus I was looking forward to
about my wallet being stolen was
a new driver's license picture

that's so ridiculous isn't it?

didn't happen

they used the same darn one...

geez...

but talking about the pictures

all were replaceable but one...

it was a picture of Bobby on our honeymoon

at one of our dinners

and it wasn't taken by us

but by the ship

so I don't have another copy

it was just one of those pictures

that everytime I saw it

I smiled and remembered our special memories we had during our honeymoon week

our hilarious ones

our romantic ones

our relaxing ones

and the picture to me marked the official place where Bobby finally fell in love with the ocean

which is exactly why that was one of my favorite pictures of him

he wasn't all too fond of water when I first met him

but now he loves it just as much as I do

except he has no fear in the ocean as I now do....

I love it but I won't go out past my waist especially if I cannot see the ocean floor

I know a big wuss I have become...

but beside the point is how much I love photographs
I always have them all around me

from the simpliest of sitting at a dinner on our honeymoon

to pictures of our summer nights when we are eating alfresco

summer nights are beyond my favorite

watching the girls play in our backyard
and talking with Bobby as he is grilling...

this was my favorite evening
in these pictures

so...

 calling Tinkerbell...

calling Tinkerbell....

I know you are around as Madison was just talking with you...

and exactly what this little girl was doing
this summer evening...

calling you

on top of this hill

that leads to some common ground behind us

well actually to get it right...

she was calling Tinkerbell and her main squeeze
she informed us about...
{still the same one as last year}

so as she dressed herself in her flower hat
underneath her Fancy Nancy crown
holding her Fancy Nancy purse
and wearing her soccer medal

you know...
the perfect outfit for calling Tinkerbell...

this summer night
was one of my favorites

of all-time...

since fall and winter are closer than ever...

it reminded me to enjoy the last of the summer nights

until next year, that is

the sun was setting perfectly behind the hill

so it shadowed Madison and Hayley as they played until dark

they looked beautiful as we could only see their figures from where we sat

they looked like their own little fairies that night

especially Madison with her feather poofs on her crown

it was all we could see

it made us laugh and smile as we just watched them together

both of them calling Tinkerbell

and then Iridessa

and I said

"hey...what about Silvermist?"

{she's one of my fav's as she likes the color blue and water}

they said...

"you call her mama!"

yes...I'll admit...I did the fairy personality test with the girls...

"and whadya know..."

I can't make a darn decision on some of the answers

because I couldn't decide between a couple descriptions

typical me...

well I do see the sheet often enough

and why I know a little bit about the fairies

as it was requested to be laminated by the girls

so it would stay nice...

it's important reading material you know...

some must-knows for moms of girls

summer nights like these

are a special song to my heart

{thanks for staying with me on this 500 topic post}

well that's a bit of an exaggeration

but you get my drift...

xo

and that wonderful saying on the chalkboard

all the credit goes to Bobby

thoughts

it's amazing sometimes

the way words can be written

that bring back such fond memories

ones that inspire you

on a daily basis

and make you smile

every.single.time

you read them

my inspiration for the day today

happy and safe labor day weekend

looking up...

I had a few thoughts swirling around my brain

or lack thereof I feel somedays

but that's a whole other entry perhaps

but some thoughts swirling around

about what I think about when

I'm looking up at my girls

literally looking up at them...

but it's just not going to happen today

these sweet girls

are in fact pretty darn sweet

I won't lie

they are my loves

they are so much fun when we spend time together or play our special kitchen game

but don't always be fooled by those sweet smiles

these past weeks

I've been making it through

barely...

I feel like but honestly made it just fine...

all the good stuff and fun times are definitely there with them

no honest or true complaints when it comes down to it

I've been living in the moment with them more than ever

*love*

but my little one { 2 year-old} is giving me a run for my money right now

I remember when Madison went through this

non-stop 24-hour-a-day drama episodes

about

everything...

every.single.darn.thing

drop down cryouts all day long

or so it seems...

so that entry is going to have to wait a bit

because they are just segmented thoughts that need to be put together a bit better

honestly...

I couldn't wait for the first day of school

and am so thankful Bobby will be home for a few weeks

so I can run out of the house and scream if I need too...

no ~ not really...

but I am the type of mother

that just lets them cry out their tantrums and I'll talk to them when they are done

and yes I even catch myself finally raising my voice

{dare I call it a yell, right?} when enough is enough

that's not my favorite to admit...

not so much at all

but I'm not perfect

So when the tantrums come in public

I don't care how many stares I get {well sometimes I don't care}

even though I just want to ask people sometimes

"apparently you never had kids, right?"

because if you did...

you perhaps would be laughing out of memory of this with your own, right?...

not staring...

because I sometimes laugh personally...

{an understanding laugh that is...}

but anyway...

I was so excited for the first day of school

because they were thrilled and loved getting their backpacks ready

heck I loved helping them get ready

and fulfilling the requests of curled hair in the morning for both of them

 I love seeing them excited

and right now...school is a love for them

they began asking about it a couple weeks ago

I am so thankful I do work from home and spend time with the girls

but we all have to have breaks

although I do honestly follow through 95% of the time

I'll admit sometimes I'm just too tired to deal with it

{confession, right?}

but I do follow through enough for them to know

that listening to their mama is how it's just going to be

so anyway...

these cute little faces

give me a run for my money

but I wouldn't trade it for the world either

not at all

wouldn't trade their drama tantrums

for anything

we all know that

so I didn't cry the first day of school for them...

I cried the second day of school for them

time is really flying by

and I'm so happy even on the challenging days

that these little precious smiles are being silly

because the silliness makes me smile and forget

every.single.drama.incident too

{that is until it happens again, right?}

So Hayley even when you give me the fish face

when you don't want your picture taken

I still love the pictures

because it is soooo you to do that

you never do anything

until you are ready to do it

and I really do love that about you

now she was ready...

in her own timing

of course

I wouldn't trade anything to not being able to see

this little girl twirling in her dress before school

instantly put a smile on my face

So guess again Hayley is having another tantrum on the floor

right this very second

and as she just rolled over on her Princess and the Frog horn

she immediatley stopped herself from crying so she can play it

yep that's definitely her

a convenience tantrum until she discovered something better to do

so I look over at her

and she starts crying again...

because

"I looked at her"

oh boy...

going to be another long night...

but her sweet "I love you's" to me

definitely "make it better real quick"

she told Bobby and I the other day her favorite part of the day

was when she

"was listening {to us}"

I turned to her and said

"honey...you didn't do much of that at all!"

otherwise we wouldn't be scurring you to bed...

yes...this girl {on the left}

when she gets in trouble...

gives us the stare down

until you laugh at her

making what you just said to her completely pointless

and not effective what-so-ever

because without a doubt...I am the first one to laugh

and then it trickles down to everyone

and then I'm the one getting in trouble for laughing first

go figure...

so again I didn't cry the first day of their school

I rejoiced for 5 hours

but the second day as we dropped off Madison I did...

she goes an extra day than Hayley

so I had some tears about her getting older and going more days

and having a day with tantrum girl all by myself

no just kidding

I was excited about a special day with Hayley

I think she really needs it too

but Madison she's a-growing-up

and that part is getting hard

I'm proud of you my loves

both of you

your first day of school was a piece of cake...

I put together an impromtu dessert bar to celebrate their first day of school last night

I loved surprising them and they couldn't have been happier about it

a fun little celebration with sparkling berry lemonade

that always makes them smile

weekend in pictures

 "Wabash Days"

where we spent most of our Saturday afternoon

This year our town celebrated 153 years of our town's railroad heritage

from 1857 to 2010

 tons of booths

a town parade

carnival rides

games

food

drinks
a little bit of jazz music

 just plain old carnival fun in our historic downtown

the celebration is only about a mile and a half from our home

so instead of captioning all the pictures

I'll let them tell the story...

some are of downtown shoppes with vintage signs

*love*

and others have silly memories to us

like double daring Bobby to do the bottle break...

he kept eyeing the sign for the game

I said...

"just do it already..."

 

one of my favorite parts was watching the girls ride the rides together

all by themselves

and being able to watch them from a distance

with this handsome guy...

not to mention finding one of his old project hats while he was away these past weeks

with our favorite number on it

made me smile to hang it up for him

but also made me miss him more