Booney Babbles
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Baby is 3!
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Memorial Day
We had big plans for Memorial Day. Big. HUGE.
We was gonna see the long-anticipated Mandalorian movie. Surely with snacks and a bucket of popcorn, Baby would sit through the movie.
Surely.
Well, you and I are both idiots for thinking that. Baby sat through approximately 8.32 minutes of the movie. I barely had any popcorn grease on my fingertips before I had to extricate myself from the theater with a noisy 2-year-old by my side. Mykey and Sissy stayed behind to enjoy the film.
It's tough being the mom sometimes...
So - Baby and I walked around the shopping complex and fondled all the merchandise at various establishments. Then we stopped for the most woof-ity cookie I ever did eat. I had to throw away half of it because it was so unsatisfying. Can you imagine Booney throwing away a cookie? It happened. What a waste of 6 dollars.
But it wasn't all bad. The time actually passed fairly quickly and Baby met a special someone.
Ahh, young love. Isn't it magical?
Sunday, May 24, 2026
School Be Out
It was finally the last day of school! Sissy didn't want me to commemorate the day.
After a short day at school, I took Sissy and her friend for dirty sodas and dill-pickle flavored pretzel bites.
Then we went as a family to Gatlinburg for a quick overnight trip to celebrate the end of 7th grade.
And celebrate we did!
Buc-ee's burritos for lunch, naturally.
And shopping at a cute European old-world themed plaza, where Baby just wanted to ride the pony. Naturally.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
And the Award Goes to
I received a covert message from the school that Sissy would be honored at their end-of-school awards ceremony and to keep my big, fat mouth shut about it.
Rude.
A few days later, away we went to the ceremony for Sissy's big event. I didn't know what award she would be receiving, but as the ceremony went on and on, Sissy's name wasn't being called for anything.
I was getting nervous. Am I being punked?!
I discovered that I hate watching other people's dumb kids receive their dumb awards while I have to wait.
I hate waiting.
And then...
Sissy was called!
She received 3 awards: All A's for the year, Social Studies Outstanding Student, and she was voted Most Creative by her peers. Pretty good stuff.
We celebrated by getting fancy sno cones after dinner. Sissy's was enormous and full of chocolate.
It was perfect.
Congrats to my girl!
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Spring Concert
Sissy had her last band concert of 7th grade. (Insert sad face here.)
We arrived early since the winter concert was PACKED, only to find plenty of open seats and extra time on our hands to entertain Baby in the auditorium.
You try to do something responsible...
The concert was lovely and it was nice to see and hear that Sissy does in fact play the trombone. She never plays her instrument at home and I was beginning to think that she just carries around her trombone case instead of a purse.
We have yet to snap a quality photo at her concerts, but here's the back of her head as she walked onstage. How exciting!
The band played 3 songs:
Blue Sky Horizon by Randall Standridge
As Twilight Falls by Robert Sheldon
Propulsion by Adrian B. Sims
They did a nice job and we enjoyed the concert immensely. Even Baby was into it and clapped feverishly at the conclusion of each piece.
I can't believe she will be an 8th grader at her next concert. I will now retire to my chambers and sob.
Hooray for Sissy!
Monday, May 11, 2026
MOM!
It was Mother's Day and I was excited for my annual Mother's Day chicken pot pie. I went ahead and purchased it myself from good ol' Sam's Club because I wasn't sure if Mykey knew that my day was fast approaching.
Turns out he didn't.
But thankfully Walmart is open 24 hours so he could get me this bounty.
Someone with tiny hands was eager to bust open those peach rings. Someone with sausage fingers was equally eager so it worked out for everyone.
If you're feeling uninspired and curious about what kind of Mother's Day card AI will generate for you, this is it:
The robot machine captured my beautifully stunning hair and petite waist perfectly. It's like looking in a mirror.
Luckily Mykey wrote me a sincere note on the back. Good call on his part. He also lovingly created this sign for my desk.
Notice anything weird? It ain't 2027 folks.
Poor Mykey and his inability to track time. We had a good chuckle and now it's displayed proudly on my desk regardless.
We had a lazy day eating all my treats and all my chicken pot pie.
And we also hung around on the porch drinking soda. It was bliss.
I love being a mom. And most days I don't even mind the housework and all the other nonsense that accompanies being the mom.
Most days.
Happy Mother's Day to me!
Friday, May 8, 2026
Finger Nubs
We finally did it. We finished our porch. I want to point out that I personally attached all 95 balusters with my own 10 sausage fingers. Well...Mykey had to rescue me on one of them when I stripped the screw. Whoops. Mykey then assembled everything else because he is amazing that way. He was especially proud of his decision to add molding to the bottom of the posts.












































