This is my first try with the new iLife version of iMovie, so this movie is a little lame, but still kinda cute. Hope you enjoy it! I'll keep learning!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Our Little Star
Here is some new video of our little pumpkin. She really needs a haircut, so just know that I know...
The Little Faker
Yummy Yogurt - This is long and nothing really happens, but its just cute to see her feeding herself!
Bathtime Fun!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Blair Witch Project ... And Other Videos
Seriously, you need some Dramamine before watching this one. It gets less jumpy after the first few seconds ... but you still might get a little queasy! The reason I am posting it is because she is reading and I think her voice is just too cute...
This is some video of lunch with Grammy & Grandpa (OUR CANCER FREE GRANDPA! HURRAY!!!!)
And finally, a little cooking class with Chef Ashley.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Life Lessons
I am totally caught up in this Facebook business. I have reconnected with friends that I haven't talked to in years! Today, someone posted a picture from my 2nd grade class! Looking at it brought back so many memories and some of us started writing to each other. We were all laughing about games we used to play, our teachers and the joys of being an office aide.
A little later in the day, one of my classmates sent me a note and I want to share what he wrote:
"Tracee, I have to tell you as an aside that I don't have many regrets in this life. One of them, however, involves you.
Back in the Sycamore days, I called you a name on the playground that was especially mean. It was probably because I had a crush on you at the time (I was never the rock-throwing type). In any case, you handled it with such diginity and maturity that the rudeness of my remark and your very thoughtful response have stuck with me all of these years. You told me (I think a day or two later) that what I said had hurt you, that it was wrong of me to say, and that it was beneath me.
I apologized, as I recall. But it was one of those lesson-moments that stick with you forever. In any case, thanks for forgiving me back then and thanks for the lesson."
Back in the Sycamore days, I called you a name on the playground that was especially mean. It was probably because I had a crush on you at the time (I was never the rock-throwing type). In any case, you handled it with such diginity and maturity that the rudeness of my remark and your very thoughtful response have stuck with me all of these years. You told me (I think a day or two later) that what I said had hurt you, that it was wrong of me to say, and that it was beneath me.
I apologized, as I recall. But it was one of those lesson-moments that stick with you forever. In any case, thanks for forgiving me back then and thanks for the lesson."
We are 36 years old now! And he still remembers this day! (I have absolutely no recollection of this moment.) But reading this made me think of something ... this had almost nothing to do with me and almost everything to do with my mother.
I was always short. My ears stuck out and eventually, my near-sighted eyes forced me to wear glasses. But my mom was always pushing me to stick up for myself. Whether it was when I came back to the car without an ice cream cone because someone had cut in front of me in line at 31 Flavors or when I came to the car crying because Andrea Pollard had told me that she was going to kick my ass every day after school for a week ... My mom somehow got me to believe that I should just march right up to these people and say, "EXCUSE ME! I AM NEXT!" or "IF YOU'RE GOING TO KICK MY ASS, THEN WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO IT?" (This one was particularly scary ... Andrea Pollard was rumored to have a boyfriend named Spike and they supposedly met at the graveyard at night to make out!)
My mom instilled a self-confidence in me that has allowed me to be the person I am today. I'm not always totally sure of myself, but sometimes I can hear her cheering me on and it gives me enough courage to just pretend! Looking back now, I see what a gift that was ... Thank you, Mom, for encouraging me to stand up for myself. This is just one of the great things that you have done for me as a mom. And it wasn't just a life lesson for me - it also touched another person enough to make them remember that day on the playground almost 30 years later.
That's me in the front row on the left.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Lucky!
OOOH! A box arrived for us last week from Chris' cousin Beth. It wasn't anyone's birthday so I was really curious about what might be inside.
FABULOUSNESS!
Beth sent Ashley a whole box full of hair bows. I thought I was in Heaven! She makes them herself and sells them and is obviously SUPER talented! Look at the cute butterfly clips! Check out her site RIBBONS TO BOWS. She will also make custom designs! Just tell her what you want!
Beth - Thanks so much for all of the darling clips! Ashley wears a new one everyday! (I promise to post a picture of her wearing one soon, but I haven't had my camera handy!)
FABULOUSNESS!
Beth sent Ashley a whole box full of hair bows. I thought I was in Heaven! She makes them herself and sells them and is obviously SUPER talented! Look at the cute butterfly clips! Check out her site RIBBONS TO BOWS. She will also make custom designs! Just tell her what you want!
Beth - Thanks so much for all of the darling clips! Ashley wears a new one everyday! (I promise to post a picture of her wearing one soon, but I haven't had my camera handy!)
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