Mother's Day Spoof

You have to look at this. It is hilarious.
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Blonde Girl is 10

This butterfly cake didn't take the best picture. It turned out soooo cute. The polka-dots are

purple. Blonde Girl covered it with sprinkles and we made the antenna out of red vines and gum drops. I cut the cake lengthwise and made it into a layer cake.

Happy Mother's Day

Teacher Appreciation

It is Teacher Appreciation week at the girl's school and maybe everywhere, although some schools pick their own time. We give the teacher's gifts at Christmas, Birthdays, End of the Year

and Teacher Appreciation. That is what is done here. Normally, we give them tea roses for Teacher Appreciation. I bought 7 this year. The girls enjoy bringing the roses to all of their teachers.

Miss Brunette went on the tour yesterday of MS Junior High. When Blonde Girl was young

and we would drive by MSJH, she would say "Mom, when I go to High Junior . . . . " or "Well

things are going to be a little different around here when I go to High Junior." It always made

me laugh.

Now, Miss Brunette is going to be going to High Junior in the fall. She is so excited and is going to take a Volley Ball clinic in June in hopes of making the team! She will also be in Show Choir, which she had to have a recommendation from one of the music teachers (there are three) at LOM.

Last night we went to an Evening of the Arts at their school. We watched Miss Brunette and

the 5th/6th grade band perform. They were great! We are lucky that the girls have art, band

and chorus when so many schools don't have them anyway. That is sad to me. I would have had

a horrible time in school without band and chorus.

Love Man is here and was so happy to be able to go.

Yesterday

It was Water Day at our school. The children arrived in swim suits, beach towels and water bottles for squirting. It was wild. First, we washed things from our room and even our chairs.

Then, we had a snack on our towels in our room.

After they jumped in the sprinklers and played in the paddling pools, we headed inside for a popcicle. Then, getting it all back in their cubbies was a nightmare. Imagine "John and Kate Plus Eight", except with us it was plus 19. I don't know how the Duggers do it.

I was exhausted when I got home. I had to lie on the bed and moan for about twenty minutes.

Then, I went to bunco. I brought the girls as it was at a good friend's house. Blonde Girl and Molly have been friends forever. We got home at 9:30, which is late for the girls.

Gardenia

I was surprised to see how many blooms were on the gardenia. I can't decide if I LOVE

the smell. I have them floating in a big bowl in my room. They are so fragrant and pretty.

Love Man puts Ironite on them to encourage their growth. This is an old bush that we

had a terrible time getting it to grow and be healthy.

Remember?

Remember this tree last year? I was showing you my free benches. This is the one I got for 25% off after the chicken attack. It has grown a lot.

Guess what? I am now over run with flies. We don't have them much here. Too hot.

But, the weather has been mild and I am swatting a lot a day. One night I killed 12.

Sick, I know. Then, I went on the hunt for them and pulled up all my blinds and found them

on my window sills trying to get out, I guess. Or, they heard I was coming to get them.

The girls are under strict instructions to notify me if they see a fly in the house. I am on a mission.

When the pest guy came for his yearly termite inspection, I asked him if there had been a lot of

complaints about the flies. He told me, "I'll have someone call and give you an estimate

on their removal." I told him "I am from the Midwest, I removed them by fly swatter." What

people will pay for is amusing.

You do have to buy fly swatters in season or else you are out of luck. Once the temperatures goes up, no more flies.

Abby

Isn't she sweet. I also saved a post WWGD and it appears in the April archives. So, go read that.