Garynation

It’s that time. She’s 3 now and ready for some action. I put Marielle in a gymnastics camp last week at LSU. I have been dying to put her in gymnastics. I looked for a camp for the summer so I could kind of “feel her out” and see how much she liked it. I was praying she loved it, because I would LOVE for her to do gymnastics. Turns out, she did really well this week. She followed direction really well and she really did all the exercises correctly!! I think I’m going to find something for her to continue on in the future. The camp was for one week, from 9-12 everyday. This is the night before the first day, trying on her leotard… And this is day one.     I was prepared to have to peel her crying body off me to get her to go with these gymnast strangers. I was way off, because she couldn’t wait until they opened the doors. She took her shoes off and ran to the mat, with barely a look back in our direction. “Bye!!” She was very excited when we picked her up, but she coul...

My birthday was on Monday. Since that would be just a regular day for me, we did our celebrating Sunday. Breakfast in bed (not really, but it was breakfast by request, and I didn’t have to lift a finger), and lots of lazy. After laying around for about 2 hours, Jon suggested we go have a picnic on the levee downtown. We got ready quickly and made it down there to eat and barely miss the rain. I was really happy to come home to find a few good pics of me and my girls. I didn’t get any good ones of Aliza by herself, but I did really like this one of Marielle… Other than that, my birthday was really low-key this year. No big celebrations and no big deal. And that’s fine with me, all I need is a day to be lazy and I’m happy. I guess that’s what happens when as the years go on!!!

Marielle had been asking about Tigger and Pooh, and I didn’t really know why. Then I noticed the commercials for it on tv and I guess she picked it up there because we don’t have any Pooh books or movies. Since she is now 3 and familiar with movies, I thought it would be a good time to introduce her to the theatre. My sister was available to watch Aliza, so off to the movies we went, for a girls only date!         I know – you don’t have to tell me. I am totally the crazy picture taking mom, but I can’t help it. I feel compelled to take pictures of EVERYTHING all the time. I like the pictures to tell the whole story so I can really document it and remember it. Anyway, she did great in the movie! We ate popcorn and I brought some M & M’s for her. She loved the eating popcorn part and tells everyone about it. It’s too cute! I think we’ll be going back to the movies soon!!

After my last post, a friend reminded me about a purse I sewed while in college. I had to go dig it up and everything else I made with the same fabric. Here’s the backstory. I was living in an apartment with a friend, and I wanted to spice things up a little in my room. So, I painted pink stripes on 2 the walls.   Wow, right?? I only did 2 walls, but it was fun and gave my room some character. (BTW, that green chest is now painted white and is used as a changing table/dresser for Aliza. The fun part about that – it’s not even mine!! I hope Aimee wanted me to keep that after “borrowing” it in college!!) Then I wanted some curtains to go in there. I thought it would be fun to make them myself for some reason. It was a lot of work and I had a few friends help me get it all done. I started with these 4 swatches. I picked the last one on the right and bought a ton of fabric. I made these (fully lined) curtains on the floor of my apartment. The finished product!! I had so much ...