Tubby Time with Dad!

Daniel did Foster's nightly routine one last time before he had to leave.  It was so sweet seeing the two of them together playing in the water!  Foster was as happy as any little boy could be.  He loves his dad!  I heard Daniel

Picking out the Tree!

This year, unlike any year before we selected our tree before Thanksgiving!  The mortal sin!  But, with Daniel leaving just after the holiday, we had a lot of Christmas type things to cram in before he left.  We went up the street to the lot we got our gorgeous tree from last year.  We chose a 10 foot Fraser Fur...

All I Want for Christmas...

Is not to have to sit on Santa's lap, on Santa's lap, on Santa's lap.  All I want for Christmas is a break from Santa's lap...I don't why my parents make me do this!

We got lucky with the haircut being such a success, because the very next day we went to see Santa and what a mess that was!  Last year, Foster was all smiles

Foster's First Haircut

After many questions directed toward our clearly boyishly dressed son that mirrored "Oh, she is beautiful.  What is her name?" we finally bit the bullet and took Foster to get his first haircut (16 months).  We were fully prepared for lots of crying, fidgeting, and an alll out refusal to allow scissors near his head.  However, amazingly he was the mold of a perfect child.  Daniel sat in the chair

Mountain High

Daniel, Foster, and I enjoyed a week away, in the mountains of Georgia during his POM leave.  It was so nice to get away from it all and relax! Mom and Dad were there for the night we arrived and they were of course thrilled to see little man!  There was still color in the leaves of the tress, so we got that nice taste of fall.  Plus it was very chilly, so we actually got to break out a

Damnit, Janet!

Well folks...I finally did it.  I took the plunge and jumped back into the theater.  I auditioned for our community theater's performance of The Rocky Horror Show in August...and voila!  I got the part of Janet!  I was shocked.  Having not participated in any acting or singing in 14 years, I was very rusty...but clearly I wasn't too rusty to score a lead role!  Wow!  It was such a whirlwind of fun, frustration, hard work, and a lot of goofing around!  We had a fabulous cast, and I mean fabulous.  Not a single person acted as a PreMadonna- which never happens with a cast as large as ours.  I truly enjoyed getting to know each person who was a part of this fabulous show.  We ran 8 nights and sold out every night, but the opening!  And that was only shy of 5 seats!  Daniel came for dress rehearsal as well as closing night.  Mom and Jaime were here for the opening night and I had soooo many friendly faces in the crowd!  I felt extremely special every night I saw faces I recognized in the crowd.  With the prop bags and the participation of the crowd...the cast was jazzed every night!

I cannot wait to be involved in the next show...A music review of Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Caberet, Chess, and Starlight Express!  That will be in March of 2013, so pencil it in on your calendar now! 

Happy Halloween 2012

I am posting this a day late, but Foster wanted to send his Halloween wishes out to Blog-Land!  HE has been obsessed with his pumpkins, since he picked them out a couple weeks ago.  Every time we go somewhere, he has to go "Visit" his pumpkins when weget home.  He walks over and gets them off the front porch bench.  Then walks around the driveway with them in hand.  When I tell him to put them away, he does...such a good listener!  Daniel took him Trick or Treating because I performed in the RHPS on Halloween.  I will post some pictures from it soon!  But because Daniel took him...there are no photos i costume!  HA!

Halloween at VP 10

On October 17th, VP 10 hosted a Haunted Hanger.  The squadron worked really hard to decorate their very long hallway and many rooms with the spirit of Halloween and all that is haunted in mind!  Foster was a Pirate, as Daniel had picked!  He was great for about 1 minutes...then the lip came out and the quivering began.  It was pretty dark and spooky, so good job on that, guys!  Foster was able to trick or Treat for a bit, but Daniel had to hold him most of the time.  It was short lived, but fun.  And such a great event for kids about 3 years older!  Thanks VP-10!

Spooky and Cooky!

The afternoon of October 30th, I threw my annual Halloween Get Together for moms and tots!  We had such a fabulous turnout and the tots were adorable.  We had Dorothy, Minnie Mouse, Chewy, a Pirate, a Fireman, a Lion, a Bear, a Dinosaur, a Duck, a little Pumpkin, and so many fabulous ladies!  Thank you to all who attended out fun little function.  Instead of Tricks...

Pensacola or Bust!

Daniel and I spent the weekend of October 20th helping Cathy and Trevor celebrate there vows! Cathy, a former college roommate and ECU Pirate swimmer, has been a friend of ours for 14 years. When she got engaged to Trevor last fall, I was asked to be her Matron of Honor.  As her only attendant, I was honored to be such an important piece of her ceremony.