Around Here

 

 I couldn’t let an opportunity go by to strike a pose in front of  the OPRF Varsity Drill Team poster with Celena and my girls.

There’s Hadley in action on the soccer field.  Hadley loves soccer, but you know what? Hadley loves everything that involves a group of people doing something.

I found a new (to me) sandwich shop that is probably the cutest place in all of the DMV.  They’re the sort of place that has about 200 sandwiches on white, tri-folded menus that were probably typed up in the late nineties. I love these kinds of places.  There are knick knacks and trinkets all over, and the  tables and chairs are mismatched and sturdy and it seems like the kind of place a girl could could be happy sitting in for a while. “Your story starts here,” read one of the plaques on the wall.  I thought, “OK,” as I took a bite of my turkey/gouda/granny smith apple/spicy mustard sandwich.

What do you think of Harper’s Halloween costume?  I take full responsibility for it.  Blame me all you want. I totally encourage her. If there was one in my size I would’ve bought one.

We went to a Bounce U “after dark” birthday party. So what you do is turn off all the lights and put on glow necklaces, socks, whatever you got, and run around in the bounce house while music blares over head.  I was not interested in going but my goodness it was so much fun. We don’t know the family who hosted the birthday party too well, Hadley’s on the same soccer team as the little girl.  But she sat next to Hadley while they watched a safety video before entering the bounce house.  She put her arm around Hadley and whispered something in Hadley’s ear, and the two giggled: Hadley in a “I have to pay attention to this video because THAT’S THE RULE but also, what you said is really funny” sort of way.  The other girl laughed with a wild abandon, her eyes shining with glee. She looked exactly like Celena did when she was a little girl, and I thought, “Oh Hadley, just laugh with her. Forget the rules for a second and laugh.”

The last picture is my head shot for Coffee + Crumbs.  I am now an official writer for this wonderful website, and you can read my October post, “In Trouble” here.  I’m so excited to be  a part of this group of writers who take a good look at motherhood and share their experience with readers.  They are funny, thoughtful, honest, and if I could, I would take them all out to the new-to-me sandwich shop and buy them all lunch.

Hope life is well wherever you all are.  Thank you very much for reading and for subscribing to this little blog of mine.