Booney Babbles
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Moving Schmoving
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Awards
I received a message from one of Sissy's teachers that she was receiving an award at the year-end ceremony and we were invited to attend. I was also told it was James Bond kind of stuff and not to tell Sissy.
It's exhilarating to keep a fun secret.
Sissy knew about the ceremony but was told that it was just for awards that the students were voting on. You know - things like most likely to be an author, etc.
I played along and did very well with my secret mission. I'm good at this spy stuff.
We arrived at the auditorium and after some pomp and circumstance, Sissy's name was called for her award. And then she was called again. And again. And again. I beamed with pride. I made that kid! (Well, my sister helped but we won't go into that now.) Hmm...creepy.
Anyway, there I was admiring this kid that I made with my husband and my sister.
Sissy took home 4 awards and was voted most creative by her peers.
I was a super proud mama.
And then at swim practice that night, she was given her ribbons from Saturday's swim meet.
This girl is on fire!
Congratulations to Sissy.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Bizzy!
As we barrel toward the end of the school year, the events for Sissy begin to accumulate.
We began with the band's Spring concert. Sissy was thrilled with the music selection and told us every night how much we would love the music. They were playing Abide with Me, which is one of my favorite hymns. Sissy was certain I would be impressed with it. She was right. It was a fun concert and I loved hearing the improvement the band has made since winter.
The only downside was that I had the terrible idea to bring chocolate chips for Baby to snack on. What a dope! Do you know how quickly chocolate chips melt in the sweaty hands of a toddler? I do now.
Despite my blunder, it was a wonderful evening indeed!
Monday, May 12, 2025
Mama's Day
Friday, May 9, 2025
Fun Everywhere
These are games that Baby likes to play:
Name that Tune
Stick hunting
Hide and Seek
Find the Library's Giant Owl
And when she's tuckered out from playing games (all sorts), Baby prepares a little snack.
Delicious!
It's all fun and games until Booney has to scoop up the Goldfish carnage. I could lose an eye!
Thursday, May 1, 2025
4 to the 9
You know what you should do 2 days after you move into your new house?
Invite people over for a birthday dinner for your husband. Not stressful at all.
We had my cousin and Mykey's good friend come over. He and his buddy share a birthday! Mykey always wants chocolate cream pie for his birthday dessert but this year he was waffling between that and cheesecake. The poor guy just couldn't decide.
I asked his buddy what he wanted for his birthday dessert. Without hesitation he said, "Cheesecake."
Mykey wins! Chocolate cream pie AND cheesecake. Best 49th birthday ever.
Since we aren't completely moved in yet, I cooked everything at the condo and then hauled it over to the new house. It was a bit of a chore but way better than trying to cook in upheaval. We ended up having a lovely time.
On Mykey's actual birthday, he spent part of the day doing this:
And then he was tired and wanted Wendy's for lunch. He thought it was a birthday miracle when this car was in front of him in the drive thru.
But then the guy turned out to be a jackal and held up the line so long our food was cold.
And then walking into the house, the bag of food ripped.
Happy birthday to no one!
But he did get a few nice gifts from me and Sissy. He had to wait until the day after his birthday for Sissy's poster because of shipping delays. But it was worth the wait.
And we wandered around our favorite wholesale store. You never know what treasures you're going to find. The birthday boy found some project boards for cheap! The birthday magic was restored.
It was a fun day indeed. We sure love our Mykey. Happy birthday!
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Moving Day!
We did it! We moved into the new house! Michael still has a lot of little projects to complete, but the place is now livable so we're gonna live in it.
Here's what you need to know about that day:
Baby found a marvelous stick.
My hand collected the largest splinter of my life.
The guys we hired to move us were terrible. I cannot over exaggerate how terrible. We hired 3 guys and all day long they fought with each other and complained about how many heavy things we had. You know - like a couch and a washing machine. Apparently they usually move clouds and not actual furniture. They were supposed to be finished by 2:00. At 5:00 they weren't even close so Michael fired them and told them to leave. Then they had the nerve to ask for extra money. Guess how that went over.
And there we were, all by ourselves with furniture still left to move.
Sissy and Baby set up camp at the condo watching Phineas and Ferb while Michael and I loaded and hauled furniture. By 8 that evening, Baby was losing it.
At 9 she was really losing it. And Sissy was too.
Michael was frantically trying to set up the crib. I was frantically trying to calm my children down.
By 10:00 we finally had Baby down to sleep and the truck fully unloaded. It started to sprinkle rain as we were hauling the last of our belongings from the truck. As we rolled the door down in completion, the sky unleashed and rain poured from the clouds. I'm glad the rain waited for us.
After a late-night run to Wendy's for some grub, we dropped off the moving truck and crawled into our bed in exhaustion.
We still have a lot of little things to move but all of the big stuff is done. I'll just take loads in my car until it's finished. Moving is THE WORST. But we're incredibly excited to finally be in the house!







































