Chickamunks!

So my sis filled her old mp3 player with kid music for the girls today.

Cutest thing ever!

Naestra sitting on the couch, clutching the too-big earphones to her head, groovin' to the music!

Her favourite was the "Chickamunks!"

Inappropriate!

So I'm at the Dollar Store with my nieces the other day, picking stuff out for Lara's 5th birthday party. We were trying to get Lara to decide which goody bags she wanted when she spotted some with pics of those slutty Bratz dolls on them. She asked her mom if she could get those ones, to which Jess, of course, said no.
Lara looks at me and says, "Auntie Manda, those ladies are inappropriate!"
Love it!

I Officially Love My Cricut!

I rock!  I just hope my niece likes it half as much as I do!

Pay

So my niece has finally discovered dolls.  I thought it would never happen, but today she got her doll she named, Pay.  I think it's a cute name.  She's like a mini-Barbie with plastic clothes that clip on.

Alarielle is obsessed!  It was the cutest thing ever to watch her playing with Pay all day long.  She even snuggled into bed, put Pay on her pillow, covered her up, and "had a sleepover" with Pay!  Then her and Pay "got dressed for school" and "got purses on so we're ready to go".  Oh man, I wish I could have just followed her around with a video camera!  But my favourite moment of all came when we were putting our shoes on to take Pay to meet grandma.  Alarielle was holding Pay, spinning around saying, "Pay, you're my perfect doll!"

AWWW!

You think I look like WHO?

So I was subbing a rather, um, CHALLENGING gr 3/4 class the other day, but one funny thing did happen.

Back when I was blonde I used to get people telling me I looked like Britney Spears. Seriously, kids would stop me in public cuz they thought I might be her!

So one of the little girls in the class comes up to me and says, "When you walked in we thought you were undercover!"

"Undercover?  Doing what, honey?"

"Well, we thought you were Katy Perry trying to escape being famous and went undercover!"

Not sure if I should be insulted or what.  Any thoughts?

Art Class #1

So after my first class, here's the result.  It's a course on drawing with coloured pencils.

Here's the cardinal I drew/coloured.

Yes, I know it looks like a 5th grader drew it, but I'M still proud of myself, darn it!

Hmmm...

So I've been feeling odd lately.  Tired, sad, annoyed and frustrated by everything.  I don't know why.  Things are going well and everything.  But if you happen to read this, send up a quick prayer or happy thought for me.  I would appreciate it right now!

My Hubby Rocks!

I am so proud of Nathan!
Moxie's offered to make him a manager again, and as much as he wanted to just say 'yes' he held out to get what he deserved from them. He made excellent arguments, made them admit that he was invaluable to the company and is now a manager once again with a better schedule than we even praid for and the salary he wanted!
I am so proud of him for being so mature, intelligent and persistent!
My hubby rocks!