Friday Five!

Ya'll watchin the weather?  I knew things were about to get serious when Husby told me to 'put on pants'...(At home I opt for maximum comfort...and I get hot flashes..a lot...TMI?  Sorry...)

Whilst watching KOTV Ch. 6, I am sending so many prayers, hoping and praying people stay safe and sound! 

Here's my Friday Five list!  (I have seriously not had a single day to just sit at home and have a normal routine since school let out 2 weeks ago...until today!)

1.  For Memorial Day weekend, I trekked down to my roots in Stillwater.  My parents took it upon themselves to sing chidlren's songs at the TOP of their lungs to my poor Loves...Can you tell how excited they are?  HAHAHA!

2. Sweet Bestie Anne had her Miss Paisley oh so long ago and I have been itchin to get my hands on her!  But with colds, surgeries, school, and moving to a new town, getting to Stillwater has been impossible.  ANYWAY, Paisley is a tiny, perfect, precious ball of cuddlyness and I am completely obsessed with her.  Bee learned what 'being gentle' means...picking up her brother by his FACE is her new hobby...we were cautious with her!


Sweet LOVES!


I wanted to snuggle her allllllll day!  I am so proud of Anne and so in love with Paisley!!!!!!


Turtle and Paisley!

3. I never pack toys when I go to my parents because Momma saved all of mine and Sidder's from our childhood...ironically 98% of these toys are...Barbies...

I don't know if Turtle is a ladies' man or expressing his feminine side during nap time...  either way it makes me swoon!

4.  We had a BLAST making these shirts with our cousins and their super grown up kids!  (I say that because they are so well mannered and even though they are still in grade school, they are taller than me...)  My kids didn't get dirty in the process...but I had to throw away my shirt, attempt to wipe off permanent paint from my pants, pick blue specks out of my hair, and there is still red on my hands...I look sort of creepy if you stare at my fingernails...


5.  Debbie Diller.  Need I say more?  For those of you who don't know who she is, let me tell ya!  I idolize her.  In every way.  She pioneered small groups in classrooms and has successfully published over 7 books and has retired from teaching to teach teachers how to integrate literacy and math and ohmiword is that a run on sentence??  I have seen her speak 4 times, I have my picture with her, and I have had her personally autograph all of the books she has written....we are friends on Facebook...I follow her blog, and after yesterday, I can tell you where she SHOPS for clothes.  (My best teacher friend Teresa joked that my next encounter with her might lead to a restraining order...HA!)  She is just such an awesome person who really motivates me to be a better teacher.  And she has ah-mazing ideas!

Here she is drinking water...She bought that cute little orange print top at J. Crew!


Me and Teresa waiting for her Literacy seminar to start.  I almost wet my pants.  No lie.

And I shall leave you with this picture, dearest Friends.  Sweet Turtle posing with nerdy glasses.  Melt my heart!


Ya'll don't forget to DUCK and COVER!
XOXO Summer

Ramblings

Ramblings!  Ready?  GO:

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This wanker.  Who posts random weird crap on a nice car???  My favorite is the bottom one:" WWJD?  Not tail gate."  Ironically his top speed in his COROLLA was a whopping 9 MPH and tailgating isn't the word I would describe my reaction to being stuck behind this creep...more like bumper punching...

Had meetings at school this week so our ah-mazing 2nd momma baby sitter, Jessi, had the kiddos.  I told Turtle to SMILE! and this is what I got.  SWOON!


Husby has been busting his behind helping our good friends build a retaining wall in their back yard.  Bless his heart he wore a white undershirt and forgot sunscreen...needless to say he has quite a redneck tan line.  THEN, the next day he didn't wear a shirt at all and attempted to put on sunscreen by himself....let's just say it looks like a blind, armless, stoned armadillo applied SPF 50 to his back...hysterical!  I told him to be positive, at least only 1/3 of his back will avoid skin cancer....


You know you've hit 'Hollywood' when small town Moore and Shawnee make the Today show.  Al Roker was some what amusing to me, trying to stumble thru rubble and act like he knew how Oklahoman's handle twisters.  Dude, Toby Keith said it best.  "We've been hit before.  This one was just a bad one.  We will be ok."


Look close.  That's right.  I'm walking a weenie dog..and a cat.  I was taking Bentley for a walk (over a mile trek!).  I was 1/4 into our little adventure when I heard an Elmo sneeze (bless his heart, he has allergies...Husby tells me he is allergic to himself...)  Elmo literally followed right beside me and the dog for the whole mile.  It's safe to say our neighbors officially think I'm nuts.


Saw this at Mardels yesterday.  I ordered it on Amazon.  Pretty sure several people have bets on how long it actually will take for me to learn to 'think first and then speak'.



Yesterday evening was spent lounging in the sun with my sweet neighbor and her kiddos.  She has three boys (OMG!) and they ah-dore Bee!  The oldest carries her around and is her body guard.  Here he is taking her for a spin on his bike trike thing?!  (Apparently I really need to clue in on boy's toys...Turtle just plays with Bee's dolls and necklaces....uh oh...)  Anyways he let Bee steer the bike for a while and she was on cloud 9!


Turtle giving Cadillac a snuggle :)


Peanut butter is gross when it covers 94% of one's body.  Trust me, I will most definitely think twice before giving Bee a banana and peanut butter for dessert again!


Bestie Houston sent me this tonight.  No words.  I lie.  Maybe 2.  Pure elation.

Sorry for the absenteeism in the past few days.  Life has been cah-raaaazy round these parts.  I promise to try harder!

XOXO Summer

Questionable TV

Awaiting the impending storm, Husby and I started channel surfing last night...Here's what we came across:

Beiber Penguin Pants

Bison tongues



Tim McGraw on stage with Pitbull...worst performance ever.  It was like a car accident.  You had to look away but you couldn't.  SO bad.

Tonight is supposed to be the mega storm!  Shawnee got hit pretty bad last night.  Be sure to keep everyone affected in your prayers!!
XOXO Summer

Sunday at Sprouts

SIL told me about this ah-mazing new farmers market/organic food store, Sprouts in Bixby.  I was DYING to go!  Then sweet MIL said she would go and we were off!  Here's a photo overload of our deliciously fresh adventure!

3 Musketeers!

Random store shot...it was so so so fun!  Everything was colorful, fresh, (have I said that enough already??!) and CHEAP!  Cheaper than Wal-Mart cheap.  Even pineapple!  SOLD.

Someone was not such a fan of his organic chocolate chip cookie sample....

Bless her, MIL took Bee in her cart!  BRAVE woman!



See how CUTE and little some of the produce was?  I just swooned for these baby heirlooms!  (They are so so so flavorful so naturally I'm sure the baby ones will be just as wowza!)


BABY mangos!  HOLD ME BACK!  Yes, the store has regular sized fruit and veggies, but me being 'fun sized' myself, I  fascinated by the little gems!


Now, I wasn't in the market for a new brush, but I just might have to skidattle on back for one that has the same name as me!  (Bass!-- it's nice to NOT be just a fish, ya know?)


You can buy your own seasonings and herbs and whatnot by the oz/pound!  HOW fun!  There was craaazy stuff too, like powdered vanilla, arrowroot, and whole (dried) chamomile flowers!



They had an abundance of fresh things you could 'self serve' and buy the pound.  Now, call me naive, but isn't hemp marijuana?  And isn't SELLING all things marijuana illegal?  These puppies were 'salted'?  Strange...



Love Jamaican food but have a gluten allergy?  No worries, apparently so is Bob Marley!


How do I always manage to find the strangest vitamins?  Do you take these to treat leg veins or are there creepy chopped up old lady legs in these jars???

All in all I was completely floored and fascinated by everything!  Most definitely going back!  Thank you, Sprouts for a super fun Sunday!
xoxo Summer

Two Faced

People's expressions fascinate me...

I have learned my faces are quite possibly the most ridiculous. And if Johnny Depp was a fire fighting pirate... Well... I don't even know how I would handle that. 

How many faces can you make?

xoxo Summer 

Crybaby Bass

Yesterday was the last day of school. Rewind a year ago and I was literally doing cartwheels down the hall after the last day. (5 1/2 months pregnant!) those kids were.....well....not super missed. Trust me.

 Fast forward to Thursday. I have dreaded it. Saying goodbye to twenty little faces that I have grown to love, teach, and cherish is like saying goodbye to twenty best friends. I sobbed at 2:45 today. I sobbed yesterday. I sobbed driving this morning. I sobbed on the phone with my Momma Monday. And Tuesday. And my Daddy told me to stop calling Wednesday. I'm hysterical. 

The good news is that we did have a blast this week. Ms. Mansker and I hung four balloons up on Monday. Each balloon had a fun thing to do in it and I made Ms. Mansker pop a balloon every day. (Loud noises make me scream...)

One of our things was bubbles and chalk. I tried to step up my teaching and make those 'indestructible bubbles' everyone posts on Pinterest using corn syrup. It was a flop. But we still had fun with good ol soap and water. 

Bubble chasers!

Minute to Win it games! 

Balance fruit loops on Popsicle sticks!

Yay!

Without hands, they have to get penne pasta on a long strand of spaghetti. (Obvi these pastas aren't cooked!). They loved this and made the funniest noises when they had mastered it!

Little guy on top kept crawling onto the table. Bless his heart he was motivated!

And last but not least, we did the cookie test. They had to put a cookie on their face and only use facial muscles to move it to their mouths. They were in hysterics watching me do this so naturally I thoroughly enjoyed watching them attempt this! I videoed one buddy's attempt, I had issues trying to load it. It's on my fb page...So funny!

This week was so fun! I'm sad to see Ms. Mansker go (she is going to teach her own class!! Yay!) and sad to see my little Loves leave. But I am super excited to meet my new friends in August!

Sorry for the absent post yesterday. I actually wrote thisThursday but last night was bonkers and didn't have time to post...

XOXO Summer

Flaming Potatoes

I'm avoiding writing my paper (for a grad school class) this week.  It's due Friday.  I've done everything but write this paper.  I've had my chinchilla neutered today for God's sake.

This is exactly what Bestie T said the second she hopped into my car this afternoon...  And for the first time in my life I was speechless.  I don't even know how to respond to that.  Then I had questions...

  What?  Neuter a chinchilla?  Don't those things live for like 90 days anyways?  (Apparently not, Bestie T said they last up to 20 years!)  Upon further inquiry, I learn that a).  the vet has NEVER neutered a chinchilla before.  ever.  and b). she is charging Bestie T 'as much as a cat neuter...'  That's like a bajillion bucks!  Wow.

   It's raining when we go to pick up "Max".  I am rendered speechless again when Bestie blurts "Oh no, it's raining.  I'm going to have to carry him under my shirt.  I don't want a moldy chinchilla! "  She was serious.  Their fur is super fine or whatever so they have to take dust baths.

Now, there is something you need to know about Bestie T.  She is not so amazing with high maintenance anything (she killed an orchid!) and responsibility can be a tad on the 'eh whatever' side.  She means well, trust me.  But she is forgetful. I am now questioning her ability to handle these furry, strange creatures...

Once Max is happy in his cage with his mate, Bestie T attempts dinner.  She rants and raves about these delicious potatoes she makes.  I'm excited!

18 minutes, smoke inhalation, fire department phone call, and escaping baby later, I run for my life head home with my children and what's left of my nose hairs...

When I get home and Husby asks me why our children smell like burnt toast, I just smile and my heart fills with the love I have for my crazy, super domesticated  amazing friend.  

Ah, the adventures we will have this summer!  I can't wait!!!

xoxo Summer