happy birthday lacey!

yesterday, our lacey turned four years old! wow! it's so hard for me to believe how fast "our baby" is growing up. she is so funny and you never know what's gonna happen next with her. when she woke up yesterday morning i was giving her kisses and telling her "happy birthday!" as soon as lela opened her eyes lacey was in her face saying, "lela, you better tell me happy birthday!" i couldn't help but laugh, typical lacey.

we definitely had a very low key party at the house which was nice. i must remind myself it's just the prelude to her "big" party in the next few weeks. mom, laura, sam, evan and aunt carol joined us for pizza, cake and presents. lacey was so cute and excited about opening her gifts. she couldn't get one opened fast enough before she was on to another. she was all smiles when she opened up her newest american girl who she has named "lacey." why lacey? because she has blond hair with bangs, blue eyes and pierced ears just like the one and only herself.

what was i thinking???

lacey's birthday is tomorrow. she will be 4 years old. i still can't believe it! we decided not to do anything real big because she is having a party at jumping jelly bean in a few weeks with friends and kids from school. i'm really excited for her because this will be her first "real birthday party." she is excited but considering its a month away it's hard for her to understand. so tomorrow it will be just a small family gathering with cake and pizza.

since it was going to be a small group, i decided to do something entirely different this year for her. i'm making her a decorated birthday cake. my dear friend wendy is always making her kids birthday cakes and they look so good! she is definitely my inspiration. so, i thought to myself what the heck lets give a try! somebody should have told me, i mean more like warn me how long this was going to take!

but guess what her she is....

rain rain go away...

despite the rain we headed to the braves game last night to see them play against the san diego padres. lela had been before, but it had been awhile; this was lacey's very first time. the game ended up being delayed about 15 minutes due to the rain which was good considering we were out on a school night and lela had a reading and spelling test to take in the morning. we were into the beginning of the second ending, lacey had eaten some peanuts and then started announcing that she was ready to leave. you couldn't help but laugh, typical lacey. we stayed until about the end of the 4 ending and then headed on home. all the while sitting out in the rain...

i need your help, please

i decided that our website would be a great forum to ask for your help. the pta is sponsoring a contest and i would love for not only for lela to win, but her class as well. what i'm asking is so so easy and it only involves a few seconds of your time. all you have to do is cut the box tops for education off your favorite products and send them to me. the school will then receive .10 cents for every box top that is collected. i have included a link that has a list of all the products containing the box tops for education label on them. this is such a win win situation for lela, her class and the school. and another positive is i'm not asking you buy wrapping paper, cookies, popcorn, etc. just please help out, we really would appreciate it. thanks, julie

http://www.boxtops4education.com/AllAboutBoxTops/products.aspx

who me, the yearbook chairperson?

yes, that would be me. i picked up all the yearbook info this afternoon and i feel as if i'm swimming in sea of utter and total confusion. i keep looking at everything trying to discern were to begin. i can at least tell you what yearbook company we're using and that the cover of the yearbook will be a special design. after that i'm at a deadend. i have no deadlines, no contact person, no nothing. its kind of scary thinking i'm in charge of this and i feel like i'm out on a limb without a net. i did have at least some common sense to email the company we are using to see who my contact person is and any other information they might have for me. right now, i'm just hoping they get in touch with me soon that's really my only concern for the time being. the more i have looked at the past yearbooks, i'm getting really excited about the things i want to do and change. this is definitely a great project for me! can't wait to start!

final reveal

here it is...the entry foyer finally finished! it took a little longer than i had hoped due to the fact my little helper wanted so desperately to paint. i'm pretty excited about it! now what can i do next? any ideas...

getting old

as i sit and write this evening our lela has gone to spend the night at her friend katharine's house. yes, this is the first time ever she has spent the night over at a friend's house. i'm actually a little nervous about it even though she is literally only about a mile down the road. it's funny because honestly in my mind she is still too young to sleep over at friends' houses and go to slumber parties, but then i think i was that age doing those same exact things. it's just funny how everything seems different when its your own kids. talk about getting older...uh, i guess we all are though?