Extraordinary Faith for Everyday Life
Lexi has been doing perfectly with the potty training all week. We tried to take her Thursday to get her “banana slit” but wouldn’t you know they were out of bananas.
She wanted to go tonight but it was getting too late. So I had to take matters into my own hands. And for those that didn’t know my first job was at an ice cream parlor and I was known as the banana split queen. Not that you can tell from this picture…the whip cream got a little excited tonight.
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Here’s a few memorable ones
Kasey with the white/purple dress- I like her look and her voice. She is American Idol material
Von – I had watched some clips of him beforehand from spoilers. He has a good voice. Not a great audition compared to the videos I had seen and I think he knew it.
Jason Castro! Love that boy! And love him with his brother.
Michael Castro – not as good as his brother if you ask me. but not bad.
Matt Breitzke (the welder)- the girls liked him but i wasn’t too impressed
Jessica Furney with the 93 yo gm – i liked her a lot. she has a good story, she’s cute and she sings well
India – I liked her a lot. I wanted her to keep rapping. It was rough but I think she could do something.
Jamar- eh. just off and boring.
Danny, Jamar’s best friend – oh gosh, i love him. great look, great story, great voice. oh, he’s one of my favorites so far. and i just typed that about 3 notes in to his audition. glad to hear the judges agree. just for the record, i cried when he dedicated it to his wife.
Anoop – He’s kind of geeky but i think he has a good voice. Go geeks!
Asa the band director – what a cutie! not sure about his range but it was decent. he’ll definitely look good on the AI stage.
Dennis – he shouldn’t have gotten through but he had a lot of personality.
Lil Rounds – great, big voice, great story. She is so cute with her husband.
Danny was by far my all around favorite of the night.
Last night I held a Mary Kay party. Sort of kind of a party in that only 2 other guests showed up. Thanks, Dani and Jill! But yes a party because we had a great time having a little makeover and ending the party by watching some of American Idol together. And I was VERY happy to figure out at the end of the night I had earned free products! All around good deal!
I know Mary Kay has been around forever and a day and I really can’t count the number of Mary Kay parties I’ve attended but if you ever find yourself at a party and don’t know what to get or are willing to try some great stuff…here ya go.
Microdermabrasion. I actually don’t own this set yet but I plan on it. I’ve had it done twice by a salon and still have one more session to go to. I’ve tried it 2 or 3 times during demonstrations and am always happy with the results. And really? The cost is embarrassingly lower than the salon.
Satin Hands. I dare you to try it and not see a difference. Crazy good stuff.
Eye Primer. This stuff I’ve had for years. You know when you’ve had eyeshadow on for awhile and you get that ugly crease in your eyelid? Well, no more! Just put a small dab of this on it and it ain’t goin’ nowhere!
Have fun!
*warning – lots of potty training talk*
OK, I really thought we were over this. Potty training has got to be a torture device in some country. Last year Lexi was doing so well. Somewhere in the past few months she regressed. I don’t remember how or when it happened but suddenly she wasn’t going #2 in the potty anymore. At the same time, while Emma WAS going in the potty, she was still having issues where it would get so big, it was scary. All of this caused more stress than I care to admit. I finally started regularly giving them Myralax again and while it helped Emma, it resulted in some HUGE messes here at home and out and about with Lexi. I WILL spare you the details of that ( I DO have pictures..it’s that bad).
I had to figure out something to get Lexi to go in the potty. I actually had forgotten about Chuck E Cheese that had worked last year and when Lexi told me randomly she wanted a “brown and white shandwish” (ice cream sandwich) from DQ, I told her if she went in the potty, she could go. No dice. In fact, after she had gone in her pants again, she said “Oh well, at least I have gum.”
Then Emma had done so well, I told Emma I was going to take her and Lexi could stay home. Well, wouldn’t you know THAT was enough incentive and she went within the hour I think.
So last night Lexi got her brown and white shandwish and boy, did I feel like I deserved that cookie dough Blizzard. Yum. So TODAY Lexi says she wants a banana slit (banana split) and then asks what it looks like. She just heard Emma say it yesterday. But she’s gone twice today already.
And I’m fully prepared to buy stock in DQ…because you know she’s really twisting my arm to go to DQ every night until we’re in the clear.
And no, I’m not seriously prepared to go every night for any stretch of time. Well. Maybe.
So I posted yesterday I was getting rid of the daily Twitter posts and then realize some people actually like it. But I know others don’t. And the thing is, I could care less about them because I wrote every single one and don’t care to read it again. BUT if it is helping you keep up with me, I’m fine with it and vote Yes. If it’s highly annoying and you’re going to quit reading if I keep posting these stupid Twitter posts, please vote No. If you don’t care and/or you’re just as indecisive as me vote the 3rd option 🙂
Scott and I started this horrible habit for the girls to tell us they want something in the stores for their birthday and/or Christmas. It was born out of them asking for stuff in the store and I would say maybe for your birthday. Well, birthdays and Christmas have passed and now they still go down the aisle and say “Buy this for my birthday”.
I took the girls to Wal-Mart to buy a birthday gift for a party Emma went to on Saturday and every other thing on the aisle was “Mommy, buy me this for my birthday.”
I finally said, “Stop saying ‘Mommy, buy this’. Just tell me you like it.”
Emma dutifully says, “Mommy, I like this..and this…and this.”
Lexi points to something across the aisle and says, “Mommy, tell Daddy I want him to buy me this for my birthday.”
Argh!
