6 year old lady

at 5
1. What is your favorite color? pink and purple
2. What is your favorite toy? Mommy's computer
3. What is your favorite fruit? strawberries
4. What is your favorite tv show? PowerPuff Girls
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?peanut butter & jelly
6. What is your favorite outfit? dresses
7. What is your favorite game? CandyLand
8. What is your favorite snack? cheese crackers
9. What is your favorite animal?  giraffe
10. What is your favorite song? Glee
11. What is your favorite book? Olivia
12. Who is your best friend? Caroline
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cocoa Puffs
 14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Swim
15. What is your favorite drink? Lemonade
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christimas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night?  Taggie
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? donuts
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? chicken and bones (chicken wings)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?a princess

at 6
1. What is your favorite color? pink and purple

2. What is your favorite toy? Barbie

3. What is your favorite fruit? watermelon
4. What is your favorite tv show?The Fresh Beat Band
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? peanut butter sandwiches

6. What is your favorite outfit? dresses
7. What is your favorite game? Wii

8. What is your favorite snack? chocolate fish crackers

9. What is your favorite animal?  elephants

10. What is your favorite song? Glee

11. What is your favorite book?Junie B. Jones
12. Who is your best friend?Caroline
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cocoa Puffs

 14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? draw with chalk
15. What is your favorite drink? Fuze
16. What is your favorite holiday?Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Taggie  
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?chocolate cheerios
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? chicken and bones

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Cowgirl

I love it when...

As my oldest child turns 6, I reflect my life since she's entered it.  She's about to start first grade, and she's had so many milestones.  Just this past year, she learned to read, she lost 2 teeth, she learned to tie her shoes (and her friend's shoes), she can swim to the bottom of the pool, she can swim the length of my parent's pool without taking a breath.  These may seem trivial to you, but to a kid her age...it's a big deal.

As I lay in bed last night, I thought of all the things I absolutely love about this kid. So, I thought I'd call this post, I love it when..
-I wake her up, and she says, "Mommy, can you wait just a minute and cuddle with me."
-she begs to stay up late so I can read her Junie B. Jones.
-she is so excited her blue eyes sparkle.
-she wakes me up because she's had a bad dream and I have to cuddle with her in her tiny twin bed (I just know this won't last forever.)
-she smiles at me, and she says, "Mommy, I love you."
-she kisses me goodbye every day at school, and right now, she doesn't care who sees her.
-she helps me in the kitchen.
-she asks if she can clean.
-she laughs so hard she snorts.
-she wants to be a girly girl.
-she has great manners.
-she smiles at me.
-she winks at me.
-she's sick and wants me to cuddle with her and take care of her. (I don't like her being sick, but I like her needing me.)
-she reads me a book.
-she makes me art.
-writes me a note.
-I love her zest for life.



I love everything about her. I feel like having her in my life makes me a better person.

New Outlook

So, it's been almost a year since my last post.  A lot has happened in the last year, but I never had the "blog bug."  I never felt anything was really noteworthy, and I never really had the time.

I've created new goals for myself: Goal #1-Make "me" time. This would be creating time to: blog, read, scrapbook, craft, and workout.  Yes, I said workout. 

For those that know me, I'm kind of allergic to exercise.  I almost break out in a sweat just thinking of exercising.  I have friends that religiously workout- bootcamp, running, etc.  So, after taking a good look at myself in the mirror sans clothing, I decided it was time for the inevitable.  I decided to start the C25K program and Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 days video.  I'm not gonna lie.  It hasn't been easy.  After 2 weeks, I noticed a definite change.  I have more energy.  I'm eating healthier.  I journal what I eat.  A lot of times just looking at MyFitnessPal to see how many calories something is deters me from eating it. I am pretty sure I've lost inches (but I promised myself I wouldn't re-measure until after 4 weeks--still 2 to go.) I still cheat though.  I'm not giving up hamburgers, guacamole, queso and chips, etc.

So, I guess you could say that I'm just a normal girl trying to improve my life.  I want to be a better mom, wife, colleague, friend, and me.

OH, I decided to rename the blog. I'm still working on the design.  It's a work in progress...so you'll see it change over time.