D Blog of D Life

Putting on Daddy's motorcycle boots Making Silly faces Driving the train Being Princess Addison with Emma N. in the car Her famous style....she wears her sunglasses upside down

So many memories are beginning to surface for me as we watch and experience High School all over again as seen through the eyes of my precious first born child. I wasn't a real part of any of the "popular" crowds when I was in High School. I was a theatre junkie and a "jacket slave" errr... I mean Jacket Babe. ;) (those who went to school in Rockwall will totally know what I mean). That is to say I was on the drill team in 9th grade. I chose to focus on theatre after that. Theatre was pretty much all that mattered to me back then. I never had a high school sweetheart...I never really got excited about anything in High school...I just did my thing to get out of there as fast as possible. I think I thought that I was older than I was. Maybe I felt I was too good for all that teenagery stuff. I dunno, what I do know is that I had some fun times, but for the most part I was just ready to be out of school and move on with life. Shayna is quite the opposite...

Addison and I had a very unique experience this week. Shayna left a day early for a trip with her dad and fam and Addison and I were here at the house alone ... it was 5:15 on Thursday and I was making Orange Marmalade Beef Filet Mignon with Corn on the cob and potatoes. The corn and filets needed to be grilled, so I head out back to light the grill and get started. Addison and I had a short interaction at the door because she wanted to "go outside with you" ... now, when Addison goes outside a series of playtime begins. First she wants bubbles...then she wants to bounce (on the trampoline) ... then she decides it is time to go down the slide, and after about a hundred times up the ladder and down the slide, she decides it is time to swing. Ever since she learned how to swing "like a big girl" (ie: not in the baby swing) she pretty much doesn't want out of the swing once she is in it (unless it is to slide or bounce again). Sooo...in an effort to speed din...