Ready Freddie?

So I've said this a couple of times this week to Hayes, and I've been wondering where in the world did this come from. I googled it and this is what I found...

It's a line from a Queen song, referring to Freddie Mercury.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love.

I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
And get on my track's
Take a back seat (ah hum), hitch-hike (ah hum)
And take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I'm ready (ready Freddie)
Crazy little thing called love

Who knew?

Happy Birthday Mama!

Hope you have a great day! See you soon!

Pillow Pet?

Hayes: Mommy, I want a pillow pet.
Me: What is a pillow pet?
Hayes: It's a cuddly animal.
Me: You have a pillow pet. See your pillow with the whale on it.
Hayes: Yea! I DO have a pillow pet

VBS-Wednesday

One of the unique things that Hayes has been able to experience this week is the Egytian Marketplace. The marketplace was a huge part of life in biblical times. It is there they bought their food, bartered for goods, and met with people in the community. This week they have been able to construct bricks, go to the barbershop/salon, write their name in hieroglyphics, and many more things.

Bible Point: God gives us wisdom.

Bible Verse: If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and He will give it to you. James 1:5

While Hayes enjoyed VBS I was asked to volunteer in the baby room at the nursery. Met some cute babies!

Organic Bumbo? Auto Baby Feeder?

In case you are wondering...no, this is not Eli.

Vacation Bible School

Here's Hayes after the 2nd night of Vacation Bible School at Third Baptist Church. The theme this year is "Egypt - Joseph's Journey From Prison to Palace," and he is loving it. Apparently he ate bread and cheese last night, and he got to go in a room where Jesus was with a candle. He said their were two Jesus's there.

Day 2 Bible Point: God gives us special abilities

Day 2 Bible Verse: In His grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. Romans 12:6

Egyptian collars were highly ornamental. Ancient collars were used to dress up simple robes, and were made from stamped or tooled leather, embroidered fabric, metals or beaded materials.

My Pink Box Arrived!

At 2:03pm today I heard the doorbell ring...and I knew what it was since I knew it was out for UPS delivery! My Thirty-One Gifts starter kit!!! WOOHOO!

Happy new consultant! (Maybe I can find a Thirty-One item to help organize that mess of a desk behind me). This is the Picnic Thermal Tote in the At.Andrews Tartan pattern. It keeps cold items cold, and hot items hot. It can keep 17 boxes of Thin Mint Cookies from melting, and hold up to three 2-liter bottles. An added front pocket allows for extra storage- use it for napkins, utensils, etc.

My $99 kit!!!!! I can't wait to figure out how I'm going to display everything at my upcoming parties!

I think these are my three favorite patterns from the new Fall/Winter 2010 catalog!Left to right: St. Andrews Garden, Peacock Paisley and Floral Fanfare

Looking forward to my August parties! I have five booked so far!!! Four in South Carolina and one in IL!

Check out stylish, functional gifts for any age!

http://www.mythirtyone.com/Porter31/

We couldn't resist...

Super Daddy!

I LOVE me some Wonder Woman, but this is Super Girl!

"Super Steno Fighting Hayes to the Rescue" (this is something he says on a daily basis)

Super Eli (I cannot look at this without laughing)

"Faster than a speeding bullet...

more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound"

Today (with a heat index of 115) we head about 45 minutes south to the home of Superman, Metropolis Illinois. http://www.supermuseum.com/index.html

We took advantage of the main photo opp in the town square.

I got a little trigger happy with the camera as we were leaving, and almost missed the water tower. It has a flying Superman and says "Metropolis Home of Superman."

Gameday at the Marion Library

On Friday we went to my first official "Southern Illinois Parents & Kids Meetup Group." The library hosted a gameday event with the Marion Southern Illinois Miners professional baseball team. Several of the players came with the 6 ft canary mascot. We haven't been to a Miners game yet, but we did get a free ticket for a future game at this event! The library had tables set up with different games: chess, checkers, blocks, Legos, tic-tac-toe, etc. They served popcorn and lemonade.


Met some great ladies. From left to right: (sitting) Jennifer, (standing) me, Ellen, Joanna and Tracy. Turns out Joanna's aunt is the lady from Third Baptist Church that invited Hayes to Vacation Bible School. Small world already here!




Hayes finally warmed up to Canary. At first Hayes was hiding behind the stroller.

Later dude!