Oh Boy!

Project 365 - Day 164

O is the letter of the day, and oh and it happens to be orange too! Will blog all about our weekend tomorrow, as for now, I'm zonked! The house is a mess, I have company this week , another wedding to prep flower girl Ariel for and the coffee party summer send off on top of the regular life stuff. Its all good though, nothing beats a week of fun!

Oh, and I seem to have gotten a tan this weekend, crazy!

N is for Non Stop Party

Project 365 - Day 163

I tried to post this but with all the festivities it didn't get posted. So here it is finally. 'N' in all its glory!

M is for Marvelous

Project 365 - Day 162

We are having a marvelous time so far here in Victoria! The weather is fantastic and its great to see everyone! Ariel did well at the rehersal tonight for flowergirl duty, wish us luck tomorrow! My bed is calling me, good night!

L is for leaving!

Project 365 - Day 161

We are getting ready to escape! Packing and preparing has been a day long ordeal. This is my first time packing for four, eep! What is more scary is the fact this is a short trip, and to think of how much we need to bring this summer for our long trip is crazy! Gack! Can't wait for Kyle and Lindsay's wedding, will be thinking of Nana, how excited she was about it, thinking about how Ken and I will be celebrating 9 years ourselves in 2 weeks time... my brain is full. Ariel is excited about the ferry ride, Xander is oblivious to the whole thing and I am trying not to forget anything important... which reminds me, bathroom stuff... gotta go!

K

Project 365 - Day 160

Here is K, a tad tricky to find one but we did it.

So today was to be Ariel's big beach adventure with her class, sadly we woke up to rain. Wah! By the time we got to school it had stopped, but it was still really cold and windy. Thankfully, Ariel's awesome teacher was on top of it and had transformed the classroom into their own private beach, complete with salt water in bins to walk in, large piles of sand to dig in and various other activities. The kids loved it and it was nice not to see my girl disappointed.


In the hallway, several of us moms talked and it looks like 2 other of Ariel's classmates will be coming over to the same preschool with us! YAY! I am still giddy, about our open house experience. Just so excited, thankful and relaxed. I slept so well last night. Ahhhh.

Today we got 2 big surprises from my online friends on the Gymboree board, first, a screen grab of Ariel from her commercial...


...and second, a cel phone recording of the commercial!

I am now waiting with the tv recording as my friend on the east coast emailed to say she saw the ad on Canadian tv tonight, so we are hoping we see the same ads!!! Eek! The family is pretty excited, Grammy was giddy when we called saying we finally got a clip of it. Ariel LOVES watching it, so its pretty darn exciting in our home today to have finally seen it. If we get a clearer version I will get it up.

-EDIT-

We got it! Yay! Here is the clear version, also slightly longer ad. Ariel was thrilled to say the least.




Not much else exciting to report today, did the kids laundry in preparing for packing. Looking forward to Kyle and Lindsay's wedding, and seeing our little flowergirl in action! I did pick up Ken's new glasses today, looking good sweetie!


Speaking of Ken, he is out giving blood, which means he will come back with cookies! (He is usually one of the last ones to go and gets many leftovers, hee). Xander is working on 2 new teeth, I feel bumps on his top gum. His smile is so cute, he just makes me melt.


Tomorrow I get to go have a pedicure, whee! I am so looking forward to it! After this past week of stress, its nice to get pampered.

Last night Glee wrapped up, I cried, it was so good. I think anyone who has ever been 'a misfit' understands this show on another level. I really do, and its very much a show I look forward to weekly, so it will be hard waiting all summer until new episodes start again. Ariel loves to dance to the Glee songs on itunes, always asking what the name of the song is. She is surprising me with her ability to remember song lyrics, although they aren't always the actual words, which is pretty funny. Also she won't let me sing along with her... her reason, I am not '3'. I told her I was 31, that didn't cut it. I think its her nice way of telling me I suck!

(Ariel protecting the phone from Xander)

My sunburn is looking better today. I am thinking it shouldn't be too bad by the weekend, at least that is what I hope anyways. I don't understand why I never burn while in a tank top, its always with a half way sleeve, or weird cut top, ugh. Lame!

Ok, time to go see if I can see Ariel's ad on tv, eek!

J is for just because I wasn't stressed enough

Project 365 - Day 159

J is the letter of the day, for Jay! :)

Soooooooo... a lot has happened in the past 24 hours. A LOT! Needless to say my emotions have been going crazy, I have been feeling so on edge after dropping off that check yesterday morning... just as if I made the biggest mistake and yet unsure why. Don't get me wrong, at the time the fine arts preschool seemed like it 'could' work for us.... but personally, I was unsettled with things I saw during my visit to drop off the registration. I tried to block them from my head, figuring I was over analyzing it like I tend to do. However when the other mom called me today with her concerns, it became more clear that I wasn't crazy, this wasn't right.

Being overly emotional about signing Ariel up and now wanting to pull her had me stressed so I took the kids and went for a walk which led to an afternoon at the water park with lunch. Which led to my arms looking rather red. Eek! Trying to drink lots of water to make them lighten up before the wedding this weekend. Ugh. So so so stupid!

However, it was worth it. One of Ariel's classmates showed up and the girls had a fun time playing. It took my mind off things, which I needed. I had to step back and re-look at the situation.

So we came home and I ended up talking to someone on the board of the school who wanted to 'talk' after I sent my letter. Not much to say about it except that it left me crying. I just am so tired of going around in circles. It also didn't help that I was feeling helpless again about now having my kid in a school I wasn't feel 'excited' about, more so scared. I sat with my head in my hands and cried in front of Ariel. Something I don't tend to do. She came over in her childlike way and hugged me. I prayed that I was struggling and needed guidance... then something happened, the phone rang...

It was from the other mom about a preschool open house, TODAY! That had room! I grabbed the kids and raced over and walked into the most gorgeous room. It was huge, with big windows filled with natural light. The room was filled with fun toys, stations and the moment I saw it I felt at peace... then I met the teachers. I nearly started crying. They were PERFECT! I was nearly shaking, as I kept asking them, so you really have room?!

Ariel made her way around the room tying out all the toys, while the teachers interacted with her. They couldn't believe her verbal skills and were enjoying her enthusiasm for the room. If there was a Christian basis, it would have been exactly like her old school, so of course we will miss that, but at this stage of the game I am feeling SOOOOO blessed. My prayer was answered.... but now I had her signed up for 2 schools. Ugh. I called Ken to make the cut to the other one, and not much to my surprise the lady didn't really care, and nearly hung up on Ken.... tells ya something eh?

So its been one week since everything went down... we are finally in the light, I can relax and now Ariel is ready for fall. She told me the class was beautiful, she loved the teachers and she has a lovely picture she made hanging on our fridge. Life is good again.

Speaking of good... Ariel is popping up everywhere on American tv! I was told there was another sighting on 'Lifetime' during Reba episodes and then during the Today Show! Ugh, I sooooo want to see it, and keep watching the Jello facebook group in hopes they post it. Ok, its Glee night, must prepare the snacks, hee.