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aw! look @ little lexie! she was saying goodbye to me on her very first day of kindergarten {thats why her mouth looks crazee}... hard to believe that was four years ago. wow.

no. not feeling nostaglic this morning. i was looking for a photo of her and william to go along with today's story. william was lex's very first "boyfriend" -- the 2 were like nothing their kindergarten teacher had ever seen. not only inseperable, william was also so very protective of her.

when it came time for first grade the 2 had to be split up, and the following year william's family moved and lexie deemed the 2 "broken up"... and now we FINALLY get to the point of all this....

since those days of william, lex has talked about boys. nathan and damien and sam and jose... but in all honesty those boys are just friends that happen to be boys. i've felt no reason to worry.

well. that all changed yesterday.

in spring a family moved in across the street, with a very sweet 8 year old named brenden, and it all seemed innocent enough. until yesterday when i overheard him ask alexis when he is going to get his first kiss. um... an 8.year.old.says.what?!

help. i'm not ready for this sort of thing.

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adventures in tenting. by miz.kellie

i never camped in a tent, never ever never. so i tried to mentally prepare myself for the "fun" the family and i were about to partake in. we knew it was going to rain on saturday, because mr weatherman yelled 70% chance at us all week long. however, friday night was an unwelcomed surprise. before chris had the tent ready, it started to storm. emma runs back into the explorer crying because she is convinced were all about to die. chris is literally touching metal poles while lightning flashes around him. it was fantastic. the rain settles down, and finally we were able to make things semi-liveable.

we went up there with bill + cindy... and met her friends amy + kirk there. so at least we weren't suffering alone. honestly it wasn't THAT bad. i mean yes, the first couple hours sucked. and walking around in mud all weekend {in flipflops} isn't exactly my kind of happiness. but all in all - it was a good time.... but from now on.... if the cabins are filled up, i'll probably just stay home.

kellie + tenting = not.so.much

the girls playing cards sunday morning.

emma caught her very first fish! a cute little emma-sized fish that she wanted to bring home and keep forever.

boys will be boys?!

while the fam was doing some fishing... i tried to catch me a goose. i imagined carrying one back gently in my arms saying... "big deal you caught some fish, i caught me a goose!" sadly the geese thought i was killer, and wouldn't let me love them.

a dirty emma with the doggity-dogs.

which reminds me to add, elphie may of fallen out of the car window on the way up north.

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oh!

i want to go to there.

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funny that the girls were sO enthralled with the fish in the water at this lil lake we went to yesterday. how quickly they forget all the craziness they seen last summer in Seista Key... like when that manatee was less then 10 yards away!

we took out one of the little paddle boats and lexie was hella good at moving us around in circles... barf.... i mean... weeeee fun?

maybe i'm bias. but emmabean is just the cutest 7 year old. ever.

the end.

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oh alexis. how i love you so. apparently this is a list of songs that she wanted to listen to, or did listen to. clearly the thing that caught my eye at first was "porker face" hah!

"my-my-my porker face"

but wait! ohh that smell?!

followed by little bunny foofoo?!

followed by bad moon rising?!

me :: lex, what is this list?

her :: my favorite songs

me :: ohh that smell is one of your favorite songs?

her :: not anymore

me :: when was it ever?!

her :: yesterday.

well okay then, everything makes much more sense now.... or not....

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a couple weeks ago // i was banking via drive thru // you know the kind where you stick your crud into that tube // and then it's whisked away // ?? // yes that kind.

so i'm sitting there. waiting.
and then the little speaker voice asks me if by accident did i set the tube thingie down inside my car // ?? // um no // long story, short // a manager takes down my info and tells me she will call me once my tube is rescued // i drive home {license-less} and peeved cause i needed to deposit said money so i could go shopping.

hours later // bank calls // i return to retrieve my license

point of story comes now :: i'm not using the tube system anymore. i will park my stupid car and go inside. prolly forever. because my irrational fear that if it happened once, it could happen again.

also! one time i was in one of those {put your car in neutral and enjoy the ride} car wash places. when all of a sudden i noticed brake lights ahead of me... omg why was i looking at brake lights?! knowing that i shouldn't, all of a sudden i had to brake too. the conveyor that your car rides on, stops, and an employee approaches my window to explain that the car above me was an idiot, while another employee verbally abuses the above driver. it was a crazed scenario, but i have never gone back into one of those car washes again. never ever ever.

yes. i am a magnet for the strange and unusual.
thank you for noticing.


one more thing :: i have 2 cute, but loud dogs :: anyone want them?!

their yap-yap-yapping is almost worse then being behind a complete moron in an automatic car wash. i mean. i love you elphers and spencie.