Starting Already

So, this is the new sign that Annelise put on her door this week-end. As if the dramatic "whatever" statements complete with eye roll and hand on hip aren't enough. After the hours of horrible labor with no pain medicine or epidural, this is what I get. Well, I knew it would be coming eventually- just didn't expect it at age 6. I like the way she put my name first..... Anyway- she does at least write Emmaline notes to let her know when she can come in. She puts the notes in an envelope and sends it under Emmaline's door. It is so funny. No blog for a few days- it has been total crazy around here. I was in a slight depression for a while because my eye candy got eliminated off of Idol. But I did get over it. My awesome architect friend dropped off the reduced floor plan for our downstairs- and it was so great. She is just so good at that stuff. Brian and I are already planning how we are going to place furniture and appliances. I cleaned out Annelise's closet and all of her drawers this Saturday- no small task since she has gone through 3 whole sizes over the fall and winter. I had to separate all of them and put them away. Then she tried on all of her summer clothes that I bought her last year, and many of the pairs of shorts were too small (and they were size 8's). I put the summer clothes away and left 2 drawers with some winter clothes since we aren't quite totally done with the coldness for a couple more weeks. I did get to go to Barnes and Noble Friday morning and they replaced the Honey Latte (flavor of the month) with White Chocolate Mocha. I have to say that it may have been even more divine. I got Brian a gift card for 2 massages at Urban Nirvana and E picked him out a board game (Flippin Frogs- which is so much fun BTW) and A picked out the movie Waterhorse, which we will watch this week. We all went to see Horton Hears a Who this Saturday and it was pretty good. The girls have been ultra demanding for some unknown reason this week-end. I am convinced that Emmaline has been possesed by a demon spirit. She punched Annelise right in the face and after that, as I was dragging her down the hall to her room since it was so obviously naptime, she was kicking at me and crying and screaming "Boo-yah!!" That is something that Annelise says when she is excited about something- so this context that Emmaline used it in (trying to be an insane deadly Ninja) was just hilarious. I had to actually pin her in the bed under her covers (using them as a restraining device) and hold her there until she calmed down and the foaming at the mouth stopped. Needless to say, 5 minutes later she was asleep. We went to dinner tonight with some friends and their 2 boys, and then it was home to bed. It has been a crazy and wild week-end. I am actually looking forward to Monday.........