breakfast with Cinderella

Saturday morning, Channing was excited she was going to eat breakfast with Cinderella. We got all fancied up in our Cinderella attire and posed for some pictures before heading to Glitz and Glam for breakfast.




We met a friend at the breakfast and took some pictures. Channing loved seeing Cinderella. She picked out a lovely pink tiara and waited to get her make-up and hair done. Cinderella painted Channing's nails and put some glitter make-up on her. Channing was so proud of her glitter face!






After her make-up, Channing made a picture frame, played a game, ate breakfast and danced with Cinderella. She attempted to listen to a story from Cinderella but had a difficult time keeping her mouth closed. She frequently interrupted to ask Cinderella 20 questions during story time.



Channing loved having this opportunity to spend time with her friend and Cinderella. I hope she has as good a time with Princess camp coming up in a couple of weeks.

curls and curls

I think every momma with a little girl, at some time or another, wishes their little girl had curls. I remember when I was growing up, sleeping in those sponge rollers with the plastic ends. I bought some for Channing, probably right after she was born with all that dark hair. When she was a toddler, I tried rolling her hair in them and she did not tolerate sleeping on the sponge rollers with the plastic ends.

Recently a friend of mine told me about some sponge rollers without any plastic. On my last weekly Target trip, I found some. Not sure if they were the same ones my friend had mentioned but these worked great. Channing never once complained of the rollers being uncomfortable when she went to bed.



The next morning, I peeked in while she was sleeping. One roller had fallen out but left behind a sweet thing of curls. It was time for her to wake up anyways, so I started taking the rollers out. Every once in a while, she'd reach up to feel if her curlers were still there. When they were all out, she was still mostly asleep but reached up to find the curlers were gone. She awakened kind of startled wondering where they went. I told her she had some beautiful curls and she should go look in the mirror. She ran to the bathroom and giggled at the sight of the curls. She loved them about as much as I did. Her first statement was, "Now I have curls like Julia." (Her friend with beautiful natural curls.)












I've also included some pictures of the newest addition to the Peterson family...Shadow. He was my mom's miniature Schnauzer before she passed away. After an extended stay with my sister, he has now come to live with us. We are hoping he starts to adjust to the family a little better in the NEAR future. I think my kid's wild ways of running through the house either scares him or makes him want to join in. However, the way he expresses this is my biting the kids. The first couple of incidents were fairly minor but the last one was a little worse when he drew blood after biting Sullivan. We are working both with the kids (to calm down inside) and the dog (desensitizing him to the noise).

Sullivan's movie party

We finally had Sullivan's movie party. The weather was perfect and Craig got an awesome projector and screen from work.

Sullivan helped me make the cupcakes. I took marshmallows and cut an x in the middle to make them look like popcorn. Sullivan was so surprised at how much it really looked like popcorn. He giggled as he decorated the cupcakes hoping that when his friends came he could "trick" them.



He did and the kids thought the cupcakes were so cool. Sullivan just grinned. We had about 17 kids come, friends and siblings were invited while parents were encouraged to have a date night. The kids played together so well playing soccer, riding the trucks, and running around. After some fun play time, we popped some popcorn and started the movie. Sullivan picked out the cartoon version of the nutty professor. After popcorn, I sugared the kids up with their choice of movie theatre candy.



Sullivan had a great time at his party and that's what it's all about!

Memorial Day Swim Party

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day. I am so thankful for our service men and women who have either served or are currently serving to keep our country safe. My little brother will soon be serving in Iraq. Not only am I praying for his safe return but for all others serving there and other countries. These men and women are so brave and sacrificing so much so we can live in this country, free. I am definitely thankful for all of them, including my brother!

How did you spend your day off? We were able to spend the afternoon with some "old" friends (some "older" than others, hee hee). Our former Sunday School class from Bellevue had a little "reunion" of sorts. Many familiar faces showed up to fellowship...and some not so familiar faces (the kids have all grown and changed so much!) As you can tell from the pictures, the kids enjoyed the swimming pool while I enjoyed talking to the women. It was a fantastic way to spend what turned out to be a perfect Memorial Day.

Happy birthday Sullivan!

Today my sweet little boy celebrates his 7th birthday. He was officially 7 at 5:48am. Looking back I remember the joy of becoming a mommy though it's also hard to remember a time when I wasn't a mommy. I love getting to be a mom though, wow, it's not easy. Sometimes I wish there was a handbook but then I would be held accountable for not reading it and well let's face it, if it's not super interesting, I'm not gonna read it!





I remember right after Sullivan was born calling my mom and telling her he was it. No more for me. I was in a lot of pain and still remember quite vividly how sick I was the entire pregnancy. Mom reminded me that it wouldn't be long before I would forget all that and want another. She was right, though it took me 3 years before I was ready to "have" another. I can't say that I've ever forgotten the pain or the sickness, but I definitely know he was worth it.















My first born is 7 today. Wow. It really is hard to believe I've already parented him for 7 years. His birthday party is going to be next weekend since this weekend is Memorial Day. Here's wishing my sweet, sweet boy a very Happy 7th birthday.

Thank you to everyone who either donated money or came out to support me in the Relay for Life. I raised $170 this year for cancer research. I had a really fun night, chatting with teachers and PTA friends. One of my sweet friends from the Women's club came back at midnight to walk with me to keep me company. That was one of the highs for the night while one of the lows was....no running water and port-o-potties! Not my favorite. I ended up getting home around 2 am. Next year, the relay committee is thinking about doing the relay in the town square. That would be better...running water!











Saturday evening we loaded up the kids and went to listen to music on the square. The kids liked running around with other kids while Craig and I enjoyed sitting and listening to the music. Hopefully we can make it to listen again on another weekend.







This week was the last week of school for Channing and Sullivan. Sullivan's school spent one day at the Collierville playground and on another gave out awards. Sullivan is exciting for summer break to begin.

Channing had an end of the year program at her school. It was funny to see her up on stage completely uncomfortable and so not like her. She seemed embarrassed by all the attention and I was surprised. I thought she would absolutely love being on stage.

Dalton still has another half a week of school before he gets a small break before summer school.

With school only being out for 2 of them for only half a week, I can already tell it's going to be a LONG summer. I hope I can find some fun things to fill our days so we all don't go crazy.

relay for life

Hey guys, I just signed up to participate in the Relay for Life. If you'd like to make a donation please visit my home page:
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/shannonpeterson
I walk in honor of my mom who passed away 2 1/2 years ago to Ovarian Cancer.
Thanks, Shannon