2nd Annual ballerina cupcake post and bonus lecture
You might remember last years tooth aching sweetness.
Well, I present the 2009 human cupcake…
Is that not insane, gobble her up cuteness? Watching this degree of precious was beyond words.
I have video, but honestly do not have the motivation to upload it online. The sun is out, the sand is warm and the water beckons to me with all its luscious saltiness. Today is the last day of school, and the beginning of summer. We have big plans.
What are you going to do? Are you going to spend it online reading about other peoples lives, or are you going to get outside and live your own fabulous life?
Turn off the computer. Who cares what Dooce is having for dinner. Will there be another Drama at BlogHer this summer? Psst…it has no bearing on your life. Quit worrying about what other people do with their kids. Really, I mean who cares???? If you like sunscreen, pile it on baby and get your arse outside.
IMHO, if you are sitting here reading this, than you are wasting time that you will never get back again. All it takes to hammer this home is having a husband who had a stroke. Life is fragile and each minute that ticks by is a minute of your life that is gone forever. I would rather have that minute be one that was spent kissing my children. Or spreading a quilt in the backyard under the oaks with the sunlight dappling through the trees onto my husband and I as we steal a romantic moment alone while the neighborhood is at work. Be still my heart.
My friend Shelley made my family laugh this week. One of my kiddos got grounded and the Wii and PSP are in dust bunny hell. She said “It’s going to be an Amish Summer!” To join in on the fun, in an act of solidarity I am adding my computer to the tangle of cords and electronic devices in the top of the closet for the next 2 weeks. T.V. is unplugged. (mutiny…now it is reduced time each day) Game boys pffft, gone(this was met with mutiny…the kids and Bill, so handhelds are allowed). This was not met with a standing ovation at our house. My 14yo son, (who is the one that got grounded and whom the other kids can blame for their misery, but I’m just sayin’) said “Shelley isn’t kidding. It is going to be an Amish Summer and it is going to stink (insert a “uc” in place of “tin”). And I replied “Fool, if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine, then tonight we’re gonna party like its 1699″ and he started laughing involuntarily, because he would never laugh on purpose at anything I say anymore. He is much too cool.
So anyway…..Make this your Anish Summer, fool. Turn it all off, and don’t be whiny, or else, my brother, I might have to get medieval on you heinie.
Beautiful ballerina! What a show it must have been. (I’m always captivated by your daughter’s eyes.)
Great advice in this post. If I lived where you live I could take your advice…:)
I just wrote a whiny sentence about why I can’t turn it off but then when I re-read it I had to delete it. I’m afraid my whole family spends way too much time with our beloved Macs and I really do hope I can become less dependent this summer. Thanks for the kick in the pants!
Have a happy Amish summer!
Well, despite your recommendation, I am reading this. Just killing a little time before going out to pick up my socializing teens at 11pm and i need something interesting enough to keep me awake!
Anyway, your daughter is so beautiful. Just breathtaking, really. And Amish summer sounds great!
Great idea! I’m turning this thing off right now and heading out into the yard. Peace!
I’m outta here….