Meet Bean.
The Rockstar.
Sporting jeans, a tutu, and cowboy boots, and rocking the glittered hair, tattooed arm and pierced nose, she was quite the sight to see, riding along on her preschool “Little Rockstars” parade float.
She rocked! And I was one proud mama.
Speaking of piercings and pride, miss Bean got her little earlobes pierced on Saturday. She was very brave, and just adores her new sparkly adornments.
My hubby, our son, my dad and a precious friend spent the weekend at a cabin on a lake {boy time….aaargh!} while sweet Bean and I enjoyed some girl time…shopping, nail-painting, her first big-screen movie, pizza, ice-cream, and playtime with friends. It was lovely indeed!
On a not so blessed note, I experienced my first nose bleed of the decade this afternoon when I attempted to take down the double stroller from it’s special home on a large hook on the garage wall…and caught it with my face. My teeth still hurt. Good thing I look good in purple, I might be sporting it on my face tomorrow for our anniversary.
Speaking of our anniversary…I get to escape with my all-time favorite person in all the world tomorrow. We’ll be celebrating our 8th year of wild wedded adventure by heading back to our favorite little Inn on the West side of the state for a couple of days. Glorious! To say we are excited to get away and soak each other up {and, you know…stay up late…and sleep late} would be an understatement of apocalyptic proportion.
Remember this photo?
This was us rocking our anniversary last year. Good thing we get mildly cooler with age.
Speaking of cooler {aren’t these transition just seamless?}…we’re loving this gorgeous Michigan autumn weather. The colors are striking, the breeze is brisk and the sun is warm. Our new play set has had plenty of company over the last few days. Fun!
My parents have been officially living with us {in the ‘love shack’} for a couple of weeks now and we’ve been reminded of how much we adore community life together! Mom and I love cooking together, my dad is enjoying the zero-turn mower, and they’ll be watching the kiddos while we escape, so it’s been a real blessing all around.
On a completely random note…I’ve finally hit my pre-baby and pre-wedding weight {hip hip hooray!} and hope to drop these final 5 that plague my mid-section. The waistline sightings I’ve had the past few weeks are wildly exhilarating. I plan to celebrate with a tattoo. I kid you not. More on that later.
The only down-side to dropping the padding is when my husband randomly whops me on the behind, my fingers tingle.
Note to self: plenty of junk in the trunk – some excess padding = more nerve exposure {consider yourselves warned}
More randomness…I’m excited to see the Chaos…Simplified ‘2012 Women’s Planner’. I was tickled to be able to design the new cover and assist with finishing touches on the inside. It’s in the final stages and I’m beyond delighted to hold the final product in my hands in a few weeks.
Well, friends…I’m off to bake up some acorn squash and apples and pack my little bag. The question of the moment is…will it be warm enough to ride the bike to the inn and live scandalously wild and free for a few beautiful days?
Aaaah…a girl can dream!
Over and out.
