My "baby" is 9 today

It has been brought to my attention by Riley that this year is her "last year in the single digits" and then her dad chimed in with "and she is half way to 18". Are they trying to depress me? I want my baby to shrink back down to three so we can repeat the last six years all over again at a much slower pace.
She has made me feel a bit better by reassuring me that she plans to buy a house as close to our house as possible so she can visit me on the days that she does not work and while she is working I can watch her kids, Jack and Annie. I would love nothing more than to have her close.
So Happy 9th birthday my baby girl. I love you to the moon and back!

A little pre-birthday tea

Today we went to American Girl place in Los Angeles for tea to celebrate Riley's birthday. My mom, sister Kathy, nieces Erica and Presley and Riley's friend Jennifer all came along. The girls had such a GREAT time and so did the adults. We spent hours shopping and eating. Riley got Mimi's hair styled in the salon and she bought a bunch a new outfits for Mimi, several books and the curlique daybed and bedding. Thanks to all her generous relatives giving her cash or gift cards to AG. We did not get home until almost 9 so most of it is still in boxes and we will sort through it all tomorrow. At least Riley will have a motivator for cleaning her room because otherwise Mimi's new bed will just not fit.

Making the most of a bad situation

Since I did not get to make the trip to Boston this week I tried not to have a pity party all week and just make the best of it. Scott was already off work for the week since he was going to play Mr. Mom and we did things together. Nothing exciting or that out of the ordinary, but it was really nice to spend relaxed and unrushed time with him. We had many lunches out while the kids were in school and we went to see Burn after reading (which I don't recommend). He even watched the chick flick, Made of Honor with me (I really liked that one). We went to Panera for breakfast one morning and had my favorite spinach artichoke souffles and then wandered through Barnes and Noble for hours. My niece and I went out for Mexican food, margaritas and pedicures one day too. It's these little luxuries that I rarely indulge in so it was a nice week.

I managed to polish off the first three of the Twilight series and I'm shocked to say I love the books. I have always had an aversion to vampires thanks to my brother, Skip, deciding I should watch a vampire horror flick with him when I was only 6. Thanks, Skip. So to my surprise Stephenie Meyer seems to have cured me of my phobia and sucked me into the world of werewolves and vampires. If you have not given Twilight a try I highly recommend it.
So tomorrow Scott goes back to work and I will try to catch up on things around the house before I go back to work Monday. SOMEDAY I am going to get to Boston especially after spending the past few weeks really researching what there is to do and see.

It's soccer season again!

Riley played her first game of the season today. She spent most of the game playing goal and did a great job. She only let one goal get by her and the Mean Machines won 7-1.

I managed to get a few shots of Riley on the field during the last quarter when she played forward. I could not take pictures while she was playing goalie because it stresses me out. Isn't that ridiculous? I am on pins and needles when she plays goalie though because she gets so upset if she lets a goal get by her. I just can't take that kind of pressure. LOL!

She had a good last quarter too and her team was proud of their first official victory since we now keep score. So it's just the start of the seaon and they are having a good time. Her coach from last season even came over and cheered on her team which we thought was very nice.

GIRLS RULE!

I think I have finally proven to my husband that women are the superior sex. The background on this is that Scott had to have his pinkie toenail removed today. He dropped something on it long ago and apparently it killed the toenail and it just never got better. So this morning I was asking him how they go about removing it and if it will come back or will he just have nine toenails for the rest of his life. So the conversation went something like this:

Me: Will the toenail grow back or will you have a naked toe the rest of your life?
Scott: The doctor said it will grow back, but it will take nine months?
Me: Nine months huh? Gee, give me nine months and I can grow a HUMAN BEING. It's going to take you nine months just to grow a toenail and a pinkie toe at that! I guess that proves who is the superior sex. LOL!
Scott: Hmmm, I got nothing. I guess this gives me a new appreciation for the miracle of life.

So yes, I will be wearing the Queen tiara for the day. LOL!

A little flashback

My friend, Shari, sent this picture to me today and it brought back such great memories. Zachary is on the left and her son Alec is on the right. I just loved seeing this picture of them together when they were so little. Alec is two months older than Zachary and considering that both these boys will become teenagers in the next few months it's nice to look back on the early days. I love that they are still fast friends everytime we get together. Now if I can just get them to wash MY car next time they are together. LOL!