Day 273 - Friday, September 30, 2011

Day 273 - Friday, September 30, 2011 – I got a last minute phone call from Natasha Milosavleski to join her and Doris Gilles in a suite at the Palace for the Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias concert.  I wanted to stuff Enrique in my purse and take him home with me.  The concert was like a live Zumba class.  I loved every second of it!

Day 272 - Thursday, September 29, 2011

Day 272 - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - Zumba pants, Capezio dance sneaker, Gap beach bag doubling as a gym bag, water cup in a scrapbooking tote...yep, must be Zumba night.

Day 271 - Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Day 271 - Wednesday, September 28, 2011 – Chocolate milk tastes better when you use a 2 foot wavy straw. Fact.

Day 270 - Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Day 270 - Tuesday, September 27, 2011 – One of Jordyn's besties, Alicia, spent the night tonight (yes, on a school night because they have late starts on Wednesdays), and without my even asking them, they sat down at the kitchen table to do their homework. Such responsible girls.

Day 269 - Monday, September 26, 2011

Day 269 - Monday, September 26, 2011 – Owen hides from Ashton as they play a little bit of tag.

Day 268 - Sunday, September 25, 2011

Day 268 - Sunday, September 25, 2011 – Owen has been Skypeing with Grandma Bonnie while she is in Florida. She reads him books. He reads her books. It's wonderful having a technologically savvy grandma who can help with our bedtime routine from a thousand miles away.

Day 267 - Saturday, September 24, 2011

Day 267 - Saturday, September 24, 2011 – Tyra called and asked Jordyn to be on the upcoming season of America's Next Top Model. Going to the Homecoming dance as a single lady tonight, Jordyn told me that all of the guys with girlfriends would drop their dates as soon as she walked through the door!

Day 266 - Friday, September 23, 2011

Day 266 - Friday, September 23, 2011 – Apparently, the "cool" thing to do in high school these days is to get someone's football jersey to wear on game day. Jordyn is ready for the Homecoming parade, even if the jersey she is wearing is from a JV player, instead of a Varsity player.

Day 265 - Thursday, September 22, 2011

Day 265 - Thursday, September 22, 2011 – Liam's customized Zigs that we ordered in early August arrived today. This is the look of weeks of anticipation being realized as he excitedly tore into this package.

Day 264 - Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Day 264 - Wednesday, September 21, 2011 – Channeling her inner Tiger with a fist pump after sinking a wicked putt.

Day 263 - Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Day 263 - Tuesday, September 20, 2011 – BFF's Megan and Jordyn take a break from float building to pose for another self portrait to instantly upload to Facebook.

Day 262 - Monday, September 19, 2011

Day 262 - Monday, September 19, 2011 – Ashton giving Owen a hand with his homework. As it turns out, Owen is turning into a pretty good big brother, too.

Day 261 - Sunday, September 18, 2011

Day 261 - Sunday, September 18, 2011 – Jordyn's self portrait uploaded to Facebook along with the status, "Smile, Pass it on." Ahhh, Jordyn, your smile, and your attitude, is contagious.

Day 260 - Saturday, September 17, 2011

Day 260 - Saturday, September 17, 2011 – I have to say, leading up to the JV Blue vs JV Gold game this week, I expected to cheer today when either team scored or did something well. Win/Win situation, right? Well, as the quarters rolled along with Gold having a big fat goose egg the entire time, I'll admit it, I got bitter. I can handle not winning. But not scoring? Not a big fan. (Photo Coming).

Day 259 - Friday, September 16, 2011

Day 259 - Friday, September 16, 2011 – Kevin bribed Owen with a dollar if he got all of his spelling words correct. Whatever works.

Day 258 - Thursday, September 15, 2011

Day 258 - Thursday, September 15, 2011 – A little bit of rain can't take away this team's sunshine! Lapeer Country Club.

Day 257 - Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Day 257 - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 – Ashton's fascination with dogs, real or stuffed, continues. Here he leans in for a kiss. MMM aah. MMM aah.

Day 256 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Day 256 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 – What a fun night in the D with Jordyn, Bailey, and Shawn. We saw the first production in the Fisher Theater season, Come Fly Away. The music of Frank Sinatra with fabulous choreography. iTunes, here I come. I need to download some of Ol' Blue Eyes' music, stat.

Day 255 - Monday, September 12, 2011

Day 255 - Monday, September 12, 2011 – Owen practices writing his spelling words on this new crayon-y white board, insisting that he write each word in a different color.

Day 254 - Sunday, September 11, 2011

Day 254 - Sunday, September 11, 2011 – We spent the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 at Liam's football game. Other than noticing that the flag at the stadium was flying at half staff and reflecting briefly on "where I was when" (sleeping with my newborn, my sister calling shortly after the first plane hit, spending the rest of the day glued to the TV as the horrific drama continued to unfold), it was pretty much an ordinary day.