I Need Next Week

I figure that since I haven't really posted much this month I should explain. Grad school, PTA and homework are killing me. We have something to do every single weekend, like "beautifying" Fairmount Park yesterday. Today I am going to be elbow deep in hair b/c there is really no way that we could squeeze another week out of Allison's last do. Friday night I went to sleep at 2:40 (remember that Saturday we went to FPE at 8 a.m.!) because Allison and I went to Hot Topic for the midnight release party of twilight on DVD. That was special because she loves everything Twilight and we bonded early on over the books (unreal she readily reads the 600 page books to herself now b/c she loves them so much). She was caught in the hype and beaming the entire time we were there. Of course we had to watch the movie as soon as we got home. By watch I mean fall asleep on the couch 45 minutes into it, but hey. I tried to get a picture of her in line and donning her new Edward shirt and pillowcase, but the camera was dead and I didn't realize until I already had the perfect shot :( I still might be able to catch her surrounded by Twilight stuff and get a pic to post later.

She was so hyper, it was fun. We are officially Twerds=Twilight nerds, Fanpires= vampire fans and Team Edward players.

Little guy is doing well, but nothing out of the ordinary has been happening. He does say really funny stuff all the time...I hear it and think I should write it down so I don't forget before Aleks gets home.

And I am doing The 3 Day this year!! My family has had many run ins with breast cancer, so I feel strongly about the cause. If you are so inclined you can donate at www.the3day.org/goto/carriepreston . Every little bit helps, I know times are hard.

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OMG, this is so funny! I planned to update this post once I got a few pictures of Allison all Twilighted up and we just got more wild Fanpire news about 2 hours ago. The Hot Topic release party had a drawing to enter to win an autographed picture of Taylor Lautner (Jacob) or a cut out of Rob Pattinson (Edward). We actually won the Jacob picture and got to go claim our prize! Very fun and you should have heard the screams, she is psyched :)

Normal?

I walked in on this and told Aleks to hold on b/c a picture was necessary. He insists that this is an every weekend happening. I explained that Charlotte taught Jen about laundry meatballs and he said this is a laundry meatloaf, I agree. I really loathe folding and hanging, so I am lucky he has resigned himself to being the muscle behind that operation. I do all the other house stuff though, I think it balances out.

Chattavegas!!

I am in my BFFs wedding this summer so I figured that I should get up there and visit before I run out of convenient time to do so (FCAT next week, finalization coming in Mayish, another wedding in May, school getting out...). The kids ended up coming with me and we got to do some touristy stuff. Uh, this feels very improper in the sentence structure/all around grammar department so I am going to a bulleted list.

-first flight for both kids, Gabriel yelled out "Oh my God!" when we sped up for take off
-when we landed at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (kinda a local joke, they must not have looked up the meaning of 'metropolitan' before they named it) Allison yelled down the concourse "CHATT AN OOOOOGA, hahahaha its so funny!"
-Ruby Falls is touristy, but it is also real geological formations that have been chillin there for over 3 million years...pretty cool
-Mr. Lambert (guy who found Ruby Falls ((wife named Ruby, awww)) had to belly crawl for 6 hours in a space 2X4 before he got to a spot in the cave large enough to stand in!!
-my parents' dogs are crazy
-s'mores are messy and Gabriel would rather just eat raw marshmallows than deal with that stickiness
-my daughter has crazy eyes
-exploring the banks of the TN River in 40 degrees is fun and the scenery looks like Forks (Twilight setting)
-WE LOVED OUR VISIT AND CAN'T WAIT FOR A LONGER STAY

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