Archive for the ‘Drama Queen’ Category
September 1st, 2009 | 
Author: Today was the first day of school for Zman & Drama Queen. I wish I could say that I spent the day relaxing and getting a few things done around the house like I originally anticipated. Again, I repeat, I wish that was the case. Unfortunately, my day did not happen as I originally planned it. Why you ask did things take a different direction?
Simply because Tatertot slept for approximately 3.5 hours from 9pm-6am meaning I was up the ENTIRE night. Yes, you heard me. I did not get any sleep. You can read more about my night HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
Needless to say, I waited for the Hardworking Hubby to get home this morning, took a shower and then drove the 4.3 blocks to the kids school with the whole family in tow to deliver them safe and sound on their first day. Here is a glimpse at them this morning:
After we left the kids (who were still willing to give me hugs & kisses at school -YAY!) The Hardworking Hubby & I returned home with an exhausted Tatertot, put him in his crib and somehow managed to crawl our tired butts into bed. We slept. Tatertot and I slept until 10 minutes before the kids returned from their 1st day of school. Yes…..I slept through the first day of school and did not accomplish a darn thing!
The kids returned home with their piles of parental paperwork as shown below
Yes. This is the parental paperwork our public school sent home to us today —- for ONE kid! So take a look and then double the amount that is there and that is what I spent taking care of after school today.
I also had to run over to our local KMart and grab a new school bag for the Drama Queen since hers went to crap after the 1st day! Yes….her Tek Sport Sling Bag that I had purchased and bedazzled to girlify it went to crap on the first day of school! The zipper broke and decided to separate at the end opposite the zipper pull as you can see in the picture.
Thankfully I checked the latest KMart ad online and discovered they had backpacks for 50% Off the original price. BONUS!!! So, the Drama Queen and I hopped in the car and flew the whole block and a half to KMart and found her a really cute backpack by Route 66 and she was more than pleased to model it for you!
After the whole school bag snafu, I convinced the Hardworking Hubby to run to the grocery store to get steak for dinner (this was rather easy as he jumps when he hears steak!)
He made this fabulous me for all of us to celebrate the first day of school
IT was UNBELIEVABLE!!! By far the best meal he has ever made!
Needless to say, I am now stuffed to the gills and am now heading out with the family to Barnes & Noble so Zman & Drama Queen can pick up their free books for participating in the 2009 Barnes & Noble Summer Reading program.
Watch for more pics for my Wordless Wednesday!
I still had a great weekend participating in BlogHer@Home! Again, thanks to @PrincessJenn & @MyBottlesUp and of course @FriendsofMaddie. Thanks to all that they did and the great giveaways they secured for all who participated. If it wasn’t for you ladies, I would not have had the chance to make new friends and chat with all the great peeps I met over the weekend! It is so nice to finally have a face and voice to go with the name and stories! Thanks again!
I also found some wonderful new reads thanks to the BlogHer@Home blog trip and BlogHop09! I’m hoping to make it through both lists eventually and find even more great blogs to read!
Also, thanks to all who participated in my last minute giveaway! If you would like another chance to win please go here.
In between all of my BlogHer@Home activities, I did have a very busy weekend. On Friday, the Drama Queen wrapped up her week of Comedy City Camp with her finally performance. Here are a few pics of her on stage (she’s the little lady in the teal shirt):
I also have A. LOT. of video of her on stage but am working on making it all in to one video and am hoping to share it with you later in the week. I have to say, I was mighty impressed with my little girl up on that stage. She has been on stage @ Comedy City numerous times before but this was different, this was with a bunch of kids she had never known until this week and may I mention she was the youngest one. The day she turned 9, the next youngest in the group turned 13. But she held her own up on that stage and I can’t wait for her to do it again next year!
On Saturday we went to a cookout at the home of out new friends D & M (from baseball) along with K, W & S. We had a great time. So much fun that we were over there having fun for 6 hours! (almost 7). By the time we finally crawled into bed @ 11:30p, I was more than ready to call it a night and passed out.
I spent Sunday relaxing and recovering then chatting it up with my new friends from BlogHer@Home. I’m also working on a fun new project for my blog that is going to be great but it a nightmare at this point in time. Watch for details!!!!
Hope everyone else had a great weekend and enjoys their week!
Here I am.
I survived the weekend.
I even found some time to relax.
I was however still sick through it all but managed to carry on.
On Friday, my son had his baseball game that would plan the remainder of our weekend. They did when that game which meant we had to be back at the ballpark @ 9am on Saturday to practice and play @ 10am. It was a very good game, the boys gave it their all and help them back for most of the game but they did end up losing 2-1. The loss ended our season. After the game, the boys had a pool party & pizza at the coaches house and then we were off to celebrate teh Drama Queen’s birthday @ Red Robin. I have to say, the food was really good and we had a good time. Afterward, I spoiled the whole family with ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery (YUMMY!!!).
After the evenings events and my still being under the weather, the Drama Queen & Zman stayed @ my parents for the night, Tatertot went to bed, my Hardworking Hubby went to a bachelor party and me…..I went to sleep….before 9pm. I was exhausted! I awoke at 6:37am, took a shower and crawled right back into bed and slept until 11:30! I could have slept longer but we had plans to head back to the ballpark for our friend D’s oldest son’s game — championship game— for 12:30. I am happy to report the his team did win the championship! It was a great game to watch.
So, baseball ended, we went swimming, grocery shopping, bought a few school supplies, I did my homework and that’s when the Hardworking Hubby & I did something we RARELY do……we took advantage of his night off of work, called his sister to come babysit and went out to our favorite little local bar and had some MUCH NEEDED cocktails!!!
We woke up this morning more tired then anything but no hangovers in sight! We had a lot of fun and are glad we were able to enjoy that time together. This week’s agenda…..the Drama Queen has Comedy City Camp M-Th with her final performance on Friday. She alsh has her last soccer game of the season on Tuesday and her awards ceremony Wednesday. After that, we are going to a cookout at D & M’s house on Saturday and just enjoying the remainder of the weekend. After this weekend, there is not another free one is sight until the weekend of August 28th. Then school starts and the following week kicks off flag football for Zman until mid-October and lord only knows what the Drama Queen will be involved in. During all of this I will have to find something for them to participate in throughout the remainder of fall and all of winter. Oh…and not to forget I will be attending classes the entire time!!!
For now, I am going to go enjoy some time with my HH before he returns to work tonight, eat dinner and work on a review and giveaway I have coming up!
Until then…………….
Can you tell I am a bit excited that the weekend has finally arrived? It’s been a busy week and the weekend looks to be real busy also. Zman’s baseball tourney started last night….we lost but play again @ 7:30 tonight. The remainder of our weekend depends on if his teams wins or loses tonight. The Hardworking Hubby is working overtime tomorrow (Sat) meaning if there is a baseball game, I will be going alone.
So, as of right now….the rest of the weekend is up in the air. If there is no baseball tomorrow, we will be going out to dinner @ Red Robin to celebrate the Drama Queen’s 9th birthday. She doesn’t officially turn 9 until Wednesday but I’m trying to find some free time to squeeze in dinner.
Summer school ended today, so the kids where in a GREAT mood! Zman will be at his dad’s house next week Monday-Friday and the Drama Queen starts Kid’s Camp @ Comedy City on Monday as well. Also, soccer comes to an end this coming Tuesday and the Drama Queen has her trophy presentation on her birthday.
We have one more busy week ahead and then I’m going to kick off my shoes, put my feet up and relax! I can’t believe we actually survived baseball & soccer season with 2 kids playing 2 different sports in 2 different locations and usually at the same or overlapping time. Hard to believe that summer is half over and before I know it, they will be back at school.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
