Genevieve's 3rd birthday and a Foot Race

Genevieve continues to monopolize Miss Katie's time before, during, and after dance class.  

Aunt Katie and Caroline came in town on Saturday and we had a family dinner at Pizzology up in Carmel.  I do love that area.  I would totally live there if it wasn't so far from my school!  

We started G's party with the presentation of Cinderella herself with Jacques, Gus, and Lucifer.  

 Caroline helped open gifts.  

Sunday was a gorgeous day and so we spent time on the porch too.  

Caroline agreed to be the Fairy Godmother for like 2 minutes.  

The gift opening was the best part!  

I ordered her dress from a lady on Etsy instead of buying the Disney version.  It was very comfortable and had a crinoline built in.  It could stand up by itself!

That was her major gift from us.  

Accessories from the Kenworthys.  

I found these glass slippers at the last minute at Target.

Halloween costume complete!  

We brought out the crown for an annual picture.  

She loved her cake pops and a surprise visit from Lucifer and Bob.  

Look at that regal profile.  She is clearly destined to marry Prince George.  

Love from Papi and Abby!  

Love from YaYa and Bob.  

It was a very successful day!  

This week was super busy at school and I headed up to the Fashion Mall on Friday evening to return some things.  I saw two of my pledge sisters from college.  Jill lives in Arkansas and Amy is in New Castle.  We laughed for at least an hour about our years as sorostitutes. (Kidding)

This picture brings back so many memories of how I have always been, and will continue to be, the tallest woman in most situations.

This morning Trinity ran my school district's annual Running South 5K event.  He was third in his age group.  

G wanted to run, so we pinned his number on her for the 1 mile fun run, which we knew would last approximately 5 minutes for our child.  

She came off the start line like a flash of lightening.  She wasted some much needed energy by hollering at everyone she passed "I'm so fast!  I'm such a good runner!"

I could barely keep up with her because I was laughing so hard.  

With any luck, she'll have a willowy physique like her YaYa and run like her father.  

 

This mad dash suddenly came to a crashing halt about 100 yards later.  

She stopped, turned around and said, "I'm tired, I need to rest.  Where is my yellow blanket?"

And… SCENE.

Dunzo.

Her father had to carry her to the car.

She was out for the count about 15 minutes later.

She will have to work on her stamina!

Genevieve is 3!

Genevieve turned 3 on Monday.  On Sunday we took her to the Art  Museum for her annual number picture.  She received an annual family membership from Aunt Shirley as part of her birthday gift, so we took a little trip down memory lane.  

We started outside.  

Oh, I see a cross eyed owl.

This is one of my all-time favorite pictures.

September 2013

September 2014

September 2015

So I closed my eyes and now I have an independent little girl who engages me in lively conversation daily.  

She's a true hoot.  

Her party is this weekend so pictures to follow!

  

Frozen, Drag Racing, and Labor Day

I took my best ladies to see Frozen on Ice last weekend as an early birthday gift for G.  Camille and Marinda were smart enough to bring a goody bag, as G had moments where she just couldn't hang.  

Like here

Our down the hall teacher/sister duo was sitting behind us.  Crazy!  Kandice teaches 2nd grade and Katrina has the kinders.  Katrina and Kandice were there with their niece, who was way better behaved than my little nugget.  

G may have thrown herself on the floor several times at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.  As I was trying to drag her up off the floor, a lovely woman passed by and gave a snide remark, "wow, she's beautiful like Shirley Temple, but check out that attitude."

Check out my fist to your neck, lady.  

People are fools.  

Sunday brought drag racing.

Yes, you read that correctly.  Trinity "scored" some seats and tickets to some VIP tents for the HRA nationals.  I believe that stands for Hot Rod Association.  Not exactly my speed.  You're welcome for that glorious pun.  

It was hot and loud.  

Back at the hospitality tent I discovered that my arms and legs were covered with little black smears.  You can't see them in the picture, but I required a shower and scrub so vigorous that I might as well have walked through Mike's Car Wash.

T told me they were bits of tire.

This was my reaction.

I always sit in half lotus too, just so you know.  

I took off my shoes to fit in better.  

The highlight was this cookie.

On Monday Robby and Meghan hosted a cookout for the regular crew.  

Mom and Allison were engaged in a lively conversation about the British royals.  They do love that Duchess Kate.

Jamie brought Georgia, now a month old.

Charlotte brought the flexibility of Gumby.

We also cheered Jane, who turned 66 on the 10th.  

I leave you with a picture of our normal daily routine.  Trinity is in charge of socks and shoes.  As you can see, he is quite focused.

It was a great weekend!

Dance, Ugly Cries and T Turns 39!

I ugly cried in front of my class after receiving this card from a student's family.  They also brought me sushi for lunch and roses.  

Genevieve enjoyed her first dance class.  

Last weekend we visited T's parents to celebrate his 39th birthday.  

Aunt Shirley was there too.  

Caroline and Aunt Katie came too.  

The cake was fabulous.

Clearly the party then got pretty crazy.

Photo credit:  Papi

That's his knee.

There was swimming.  

Papi did his usual swinging.  

It was a great weekend.  

Happy Birthday to my sweet man.