My boys plus 77,933 other rabid fans...
No such thing as "just a scrimmage" for our team! We have the best fans, siriusly.The night before the game, Jack prayed "Dear Lord, please let the Huskers beat...the Huskers."
And they did.On the same day, the girls went to the Ladies Tea for our church. Last year it was just me and Em, but we added to our number this year...
I decorated a table this year. Because I was also the emcee, I wanted to keep it simple so the theme was "Going Green". Green is my favorite color and also my friend Rachel's, so between the two of us, it was easy being green...
I liked my table. I thought it was clever and visually pleasing. There's nothing wrong with liking my table, but I'm embarrassed to say that I was kind of practicing my surprised face in my mind just in case I won for the most creative table. I mean, how awkward to be emcee and win for one of the best tables. There was no need to be concerned, I didn't win. Not even honorable mention. Whatev.But I did get some fun pix of Lulu and me...
That was the best thing I could have "won" since I rarely get these kind of pix being on the other side of the camera.I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with traditions. I want to have traditions, but I get bored with them or forget about them. Just ask my kids how many "traditions" I've started and then ditched over the years...Sunday Subs, Saturday smoothies, Saturday morning pancakes, any form of exercise.
Weekly traditions get old to me. Once a month traditions I easily forget. But, I have learned that yearly traditions work well for me. I don't bore of something that comes around only once a year, instead I anticipate it. In fact, I'm already practicing my surprised look for when I win for my table next year at the tea.
Now it's time to think about some fun summer traditions that I will probably ditch. Any ideas? What are your traditions?
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oh missy, ditto ditto ditto. and my summer tradition? the pool, as much as possible. and you should hang out with us this summer there too :)
I am just excited that you will be around this summer!
Our most faithful summer tradition is to make a complicated chore chart at the beginning and follow it faithfully for about three weeks and then spend the rest of the summer ignoring it.
Well, if it is any consolation...I voted for your table....because I thought it was VERY unique and original!!!! I TOTALLY think you ROCKED as an emcee....and I'm very excited to see what you come up with for next year!!!! :)
My mom had this fun tradition of buying us a pool for the backyard every year, and my dad had a fun tradition of complaining (a lot) when the pool killed all of the grass in a nice circle shape.
Also, we played a lot of kickball, so we also had a path of dead grass in the shape of the diamond that we would run around.
I guess we had a thing for shapes.
p.s. GARAGE SALES
Love the pictures of you and Lulu! So pretty! Your table looked great, and I'm sure having you on the microphone added a ton of fun to the tea!
You know our family bleeds orange and blue--but we'll give y'all the best fan award for the Big 12!
As for traditions. . . We try to take a break from all extra-curriculars (everything except Sunday morning church) during the summers and I really just look forward to the slower pace--no weeknight activities, dinners on the grill and family nights with each other. We also have a weekly tradition for summer that we look forward to all year--Sunday evening beach sunsets and ice cream cones! I always looked forward to summer camp growing up and I'm sure that will become a tradition for us when our girls are a bit older.
Our summer traditions: Jammies till noon, breakfast at 11:00 AM, bedtime wanders later and later. Oh, wait, that's year round.
Dito, Kesslermom.
You are a great emcee. The tea wouldn't be the same without you.
The boys and I started a new tradition last year of decorating t-shirts for the 4th of July. We used bleach pens and fabric markers. (Yes, I said bleach pens. My then 2-year-old and 3-year-old thought that was the best part.) This year I bought some glow-in-the-dark fabric paint to add to the mix. It will be fun to see how their decorating skills have changed over the year.
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