Sunday funday

We spent the day in search of fish, and even managed to catch a few, but the best part of the day was making memories as a family.

If there’s a better way to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon than fishing with your family, I’m not sure I want to know it.

How did you spend Father’s Day?

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Just a boy and his cat

A funny thing happened on my way to bed last night…

Bubbles asked me casually if we could have another cat. One of his classmates was looking for a home for a kitten she’d found. Ours are outdoor cats (Seymour’s allergic), and you can almost never have too many of those when you live out in the country, so I said, “Sure – why not?”

A little while later he came up to me again. “They’re on their way, Mom.”

“Say what?”

It was late. I hadn’t expected said pretty little baby kitty to arrive till sometime the next day. Instead, he arrived just before 10:00 p.m. that night, accompanied by one quiet girl and her tired mama.

This adorable little ball of fluff is called Spitfire. Goodness knows how he came by the name, but Bubbles and I agree that it suits him. After all, he’s not shy about letting us know when he wants our attention (all the time) or when he’s upset that he’s no longer the center of attention (any time we’re not actively adoring him), but his little tiny baby kitty meows are just about the cutest thing I’ve heard in a while. And he’s so tiny! How can you not love something this tiny?

He’s like Baby Groot – too cute to handle! 😀

So tell me – are you a cat person, a dog person, or somewhere in between? Do you have any fur babies?

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Too cute to handle

Girls’ night means there will be pictures. Girls’ night with my bestie means there will be much silliness.

But who knew girls’ night would mean there would be this much cuteness?

Oh, all right, I totally knew. 😀

How are you spending your Friday night?

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Spring at last!

If there’s a better way to start off spring than with a beautiful sunrise, I don’t know it.

How did the first day of spring treat you?

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“It’s fun to stay at the YMCA!”

Miss Tadpole had her annual pops concert at school tonight. They sang some fun songs, including the Happy Days theme song and “You’ve Got a Friend In Me” from Toy Story (which almost made me tear up as I thought about the end of Toy Story 3).

Then they sang “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” from The Lion King, and Seymour started singing along. That happened last year, too, when the chorus sang “Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid.

I love that our family loves Disney tunes. Seriously, I think sometimes Seymour and I like them more than the kids.

Last but not least, they did “YMCA,” which the teacher insisted was an audience participation kind of song. I don’t think you could have stopped people from participating. The only thing that stopped me (and I don’t even really like that song) is that I was trying to record the thing, and I didn’t think the video would turn out well if I started dancing along in my seat. 🙂

My foot, though – I couldn’t keep it from tapping along, even if I’d wanted to. That’s one catchy song. 🙂

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Spring into…winter?

It seems Mother Nature can’t make up her mind about what season this is supposed to be. We had a thunderstorm Friday that was quickly followed by a snowstorm, which meant my drive home from work was super interesting.

It also meant that my drive to work yesterday morning was super pretty.

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Luckily, the ice hadn’t yet melted when I went home, so I was able to shoot these beauties. But pictures don’t really do them justice – these trees, they were silver. And iridescent. It was such a beautiful day to be out!

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