Working the RUN-way

Maison had her modeling debut this morning on the Nordstrom's runway. She was one of the models in the Kid's Easter Fashion show.

She had a great time playing with one of the other models while waiting in line for make-up...

Was such a big girl during make-up....

"I want pink sparkly lip gloss"

"Does this look pretty?"

And after a VERY LONG wait she literally ran down the runway!

Of course Adam caught the entire thing on video:

As a special treat, the models got a 'meet and greet' with the Easter bunny...

"Bye, Bye Easter Bunny"

Eat your heart out Gisele...there's a new girl working the runway!

Brick Eye

When I picked Maison up from school today she had a black eye, a cut in the corner of her eye, and a scrape across the entire eye area. I literally blurted out, "OMG! What happened to her eye?" Both of her teachers came over to explain to me that Maison was running on the playground and fell face first into a landscaping brick and the corner cut her eye. It was all I could do not to burst out crying when they handed me the official report they have to file with the state regarding the incident and when the school director came over to assure me Maison was ok. I was fuming to the point I couldn't speak and all I wanted to do was to make sure my poor baby was ok.

Maison seemed perfectly fine and was more than anxious to tell me what had happened to her, "I hit my eye on a brick." But I couldn't help but think horrible thoughts of how close of a call this was. The point of impact missed her eye by a millimeter, she could have been blinded, she could have gotten a concussion.

Maison looked like a celeb who had just had plastic surgery as she rode home in her Ray Bans to cover her "eye owie":

And she was certainly pleased when Mommy wanted to document her injury:

And even more pleased with all the attention:

Sick on St. Patrick's Day

It's not unusual to be sick on St. Patrick's Day though usually it's a self-induced illness. After 2 days of breathing treatments Maison was feeling much better so we decided to take her out to eat in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. I don't know what looks more green our outfits or our skin tones from illness and lack of sleep...

Not Dashing

I should be logged in to give you my race report for the Dash Down Greenville but I'm not because I didn't run. No, not because I hurt myself again. Poor Maison has bronchitis and has literally not slept through the night the entire week. She coughs herself awake and has coughed to the point of vomiting. Besides breathing treatments there is not much they can do for her since she still can't take antibiotics.

So driving to Greenville in the St. Patrick's day crowd was not high on the to do list at 6:15 this morning. Considering it's a 30 min drive normally and running a 5k would take less time than the drive down, I decided to sit this one out. More time to nurse my sweet baby back to health!

Mourning is Over...

Our last guest from Adam's 40th birthday extravaganza has left. We've had 9 guests in town from Thursday through today over which time we have eaten and drinkin with the best of them. Next stop is liver surgery followed by a huge diet! We greatly appreciate all the family and friends who came to celebrate with us...Adam had the best birthday ever!

We are in mourning

Today we started the 3 days of mourning the passing of Adam's youth.

Adam was greeted by the Grim Reaper at his 40th b-day party.

The burial of his youth...

Celebrating 40 years of fun thus far:

Checking out his green egg from the fam:

(aside: I really hope this thing lives up to the hype!)

Confused, yes it comes with age...

1. Paula Deen Magazine

2. Boat

3. Rainbow stickers

4. Girl Scout Cookies

Vacay locale?

SAVANNAH!

1. Paula is from there

2. It's on the river (sorry, difficult to find a river boat in Plano)

3. Large LBGT population

4. Founder is from there

Happy 40th Adam!

I've got to wear shades

I really thought Maison's infatuation with with her "Elton John" glasses would end after we let her wear them to dinner last night...but no...she insisted on wearing them to school today. I couldn't even deter her by letting her ditch the school uniform in honor of Daddy's 40th b-day. Apparently, nothing goes better with a pink and white striped dress than pink "Elton John" glasses...

Sometimes you just have to wear shades (even if they don't technically cover your eyes!)...

In need

When we were getting ready to leave for Adam's pre-birthday dinner, Maison got to the front door and then ran back inside saying, "I need my glasses...I NEED my glasses."

And she didn't just need them for the ride over. She needed them when we went in and during dinner. Yes, we got a few stares but she was happy...keeping a 2 yr old happy during dinner is definitely worth a few stares!