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Katie did my makeup today
Katie has been begging to do my makeup for awhile now so I finally let her today. She didn’t do too badly and I only had to touch it up a bit. I did have Nude Honey HydraMatte lips at the start but that was like 5 hours ago.
Lilac ShadowSense
Mermaid Shimmer ShadowSense
Smoked Topaz ShadowSense brows
Rose Duo BlushSense
Calgon, take me away!
Owen’s baseball stuff is in Tom’s truck BECAUSE OF COURSE IT IS.
I don’t have enough time to go get his stuff and make it back to pick him up from strength training and then get to baseball camp.
Owen doesn’t want to go to baseball camp anyway because his arm hurts.
Oh, and he doesn’t want to go to baseball camp at all anymore because “he knows everything already” — forget that we spent $200 on it.
Tom isn’t answering his texts.
I checked Owen’s summer health class scores and they are not where they should be.
The housekeepers come tomorrow, and I just want to burn the house down.
And the new swipe keyboard I’m testing is a disaster.
Someone stayed up too late
Katie had a sleepover last night and they stayed up all night — I last heard them at 2 and then this morning before 6.
Tom said on his way past Katie’s room at 5am, he heard music—the girls were up and had been all night! Soooooo I was not surprised when this happened a little later!
Katie’s birthday dinner!
Double rainbow on the way to Dave & Busters!
Birthday turtle painting!
For her birthday, Katie took a friend to paint a turtle! (This is where Anna and I just painted our pets.)
Katie’s been busy today!
Stalemate!
Y’all remember my first chess game against Owen when he checkmated me in like three moves?
Well let me just say… Our second game ended in a stalemate!
His response? “Aw man that was the worst game I’ve ever played!”
Gee thanks buddy.
I told him I’m definitely not as good as he is but I can play.
No pic of the board because he packed that ish up right away. 😂
I’m at my wits end.
Katie was at a sleepover and needed a bathing suit so I had to go into her room to look for one. She told me which drawer it was in. It wasn’t. And imagine my disgust when I found her drawers like this. I told her if I had known this was what her dresser looked like, there would not have been a sleepover.
Revisiting Scream
Omg y’all. We watched the original 1996 Scream tonight because Katie has been saying she wants to watch horror movies.
This was the first movie Tom and I saw together in the theater so we wanted to see how it held up. Of course we didn’t remember how bloody it really was… Owen bowed out after the first few scenes saying he didn’t like scary movies. Katie freaking loved it and now wants to watch the rest of the series. (I hadn’t kept track and there are six!)
I’m not a fan of horror/slasher films (I’ve never had any desire to see any of the Freddy/Jason franchises) so we’ll see what happens next.
Like mother like daughter
Katie wanted to wear makeup today…so we both did the same look:
- Sandstone Pearl Shimmer and Sunbaked Shimmer ShadowSense
- Rose Dew BlushSense
- Black mascara
- My lips are 2x Caramel Latte + Sassy Z and hers are Nude Honey HydraMatte.
A thank you for Owen
TWISTER!
Katie found Twister at a garage sale… The dogs weren’t quite sure what to make of it/her.
I’m feeling murderous right now.
I left a cabinet open and somehow the dogs got into a bag AND a box and…Katie just found this.
This is what it originally looked like:
It’s just a ‘thing’ so it probably shouldn’t bother me as much as it did—but it was one of my souvenirs from the week I spent with my mom at Pysanky On The River last year and I met the artist (Theresa Somerset, who is amazing) and she had so many beautiful eggs that it took awhile for me to decide and pick this one… And it was expensive and can’t be replaced (I asked).
Stupid dogs.
Katie’s last day of 5th grade
And now she’ll be in middle school!
Book 80 of 2023
My original goal for the year was 80 books—now I need to pick a new goal!
Really good follow up to Holes. Recommend! Now to get Katie to read it.
Olive and Katie are weird
She’s been sleeping like this for awhile…
And this was Katie’s smile…
Owen & Grandpa throwback
Owen grew just a little bit!
And just like that we have a high schooler.
Owen volunteered to play in the jazz band before his promotion ceremony!
I love that he was able to walk with his good friend Lucas…
And Anna (as school board president) was able to give him his diploma!
And then it was off to our celebratory dinner at The Chocolate Sanctuary because it’s closing soon! Of course I forgot to get a photo of our whole group but I did get a picture of my chocolate strawberry martini!
Owen’s last day of middle school!
First and last day photo!
First day at the pool 2023
It wasn’t too busy thankfully. It did get a little busier but nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be for a really nice holiday weekend.
Trying to start new habits over summer.
After he picked out books, he wanted to play. I haven’t played in 30 years. I lost in under a minute.
They are always super excited to pick out the books, then they sit in a pile until it’s time to return them. This summer phone use will be tied to reading…
Tell me your kids are lazy—
—without saying they’re lazy. (This is clean and was sent up with a child for their bathroom.)
Dad to Owen’s rescue!
Owen’s 8th grade graduation boat trip at Navy Pier is today. His entire outfit is courtesy of Tom – since Owen couldn’t wear jeans and didn’t realize until last night that he didn’t have khakis (even though I asked him a week ago) and then also realized he didn’t have any clean shirts or matching shoes. Because kids.
A night at Great Wolf Lodge
I told the kids that if I ever got a decent deal I’d take them. So… Friday was the day. And they each got to invite a friend. Tom stayed home with the dogs and Anna came with me!
Aaand totally unlike me, I didn’t take a single photo the entire day/night… except one of Anna asleep at 8:03!
But the next morning after Owen left for his baseball game, the remaining three did the ropes course!
Getting higher!
My two Cubs.
Olive gets a ride to school
Olive had spent the night at Anna’s so Ivy could relax after her surgery. She didn’t want to go in the travel crate while Anna took the kids to school…
Owen’s final MS band concert
Katie was running around with a friend and brought me some lilacs from the bushes outside! My first of the season!
He had to turn in the band tux so this was how he came home!
Katie’s 5th grade spring pic
When Owen beats me to the couch
And then when he has to finish getting ready for school…
