William's Birthday

I am very tired tonight, so I'm going to submit a short post. My precious baby turned six years old today. Where has the time gone? We started out the morning with Mickey Mouse waffles and a birthday candle.
His face lit up like a Christmas tree. His eyes got huge when he came into the kitchen and saw his gifts and a Happy Birthday banner. In his most precious voice, he whispered, "Is this for me?" His eyes were full of such amazement. I'm crying again just writing about it.
After breakfast, we got ready for school and stopped by WAAO, where he went on the air with Nana and Mr. Blaine to pull the birthday winner out of the hat. We had prepped him ahead of time that he could not win.
I dropped him off at school and then picked up his birthday cookies from Mrs. Chrissie. His class was so excited when I arrived with cookies and Capri Suns! I got so many hugs! Mrs. P. had given him a birthday sun visor (made from cardboard) and he had a special birthday chair. The smile never left his face! By the way, he wore the visor all day...even to his soccer game, where he had to take it off.
After his soccer game tonight, we went to Larry's BBQ with Nana and Big, Grandmama and Papa, Aunt Tootie, Uncle Jimmy, and Miss Anna. He had his favorite meal, a grilled cheese and corn on the cob, and a birthday cake from Sugar Rush. Yum yum!
His favorite gift was a Webkinz Skunk that he named White-Black. All the way home from Larry's, he talked about the pros and cons of White-Black v/s Black-White. Upon entering our name of choice at the Webkinz site, we were told that we could not use either name. ??? Do they think it is a racial slur? Very strange. He finally settled upon Stripey. Yeah, he's very creative.
So much for a short post, huh?
We leave tomorrow for the beach. He said he did not want a party this year, just a "Vacation Party with mom and dad." You better believe I let him have his way on that one! He is so excited about eating at his favorite restaurant, The Crab Trap.
We are making it a short trip and just staying one night. Ah, the joys of living back in South Alabama. Those quick trips to the beach. His choir class is singing in church Sunday morning. He is already asking if he can wear that cardboard visor. Hmmmm... should be interesting here on Sunday morning.

Fun Times

On Saturday, William and I went bowling with a couple of his friends and their mom. The night before, we went to Wally and William bought foam visors and Lightning McQueen stickers to use to decorate the visors. William took his a step further and added a post it note to his visor. Yes, a post it note. On his hat. Here are a few pictures of the boys at the bowling alley and then later, watching Ratatouille at the Sonic.

Hannah Kate Special Collection

I know a lot of my postings all seem to focus around clothing...Maybe instead of The Jewells, this blog should be called Terri's Worldly Obsessions.

I know a lot of you are familiar with the trunk show line, Hannah Kate. It is based in Birmingham, AL, so it is semi-local and is owned by the lovely Andrea Brown. As with most trunk show lines, HK has two selling seasons, Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer. You attend the show, customize your order, and then wait 8-10 weeks for your precious clothing to arrive. HK has started a new line that is called Hannah Kate Special Collection. I placed an order on Wednesday, Wednesday people, today is Friday, and my clothing arrived this morning! It is all so cute! There are several items to choose from, so check them out! This is what I picked up for William:




And this with blue sleeves

A few things about William plus musings on lovebugs

I may have mentioned before that we are having the hardest time getting him to complete his work....in kindergarten! What does this mean for our academic future? My mind flashes forward every afternoon to a future of biology, calculus, and physics. Eek!

I picked up William from school Wednesday afternoon and we were driving down the road as this conversation begins....
William: Mommy, do you have fits? (What?)
Me: What do you mean?
William: Do you have fits with me sometimes? (?????)
Me: No, I don't guess so.
William: Well, Mrs. P. (his teacher) said you were going to have a fit when you saw my work from today.
Me: Hand me your backpack.

I went in and spoke with Mrs. P. yesterday. I told her about the above conversation and she laughed and laughed. She told me had told her that he didn't want to do a worksheet. She sent it home and said for him to complete it there.

I told her that Jason has been threatening to call her and recommend that she send Willam to Mr. H. (the assistant principal) or to make him sit in the hallway by himself until he completed his work. She said, "I wouldn't do that to him." I said, "Mrs. P, he has got your number."

That little stinker can be so charming that you completely forget you are supposed to be getting onto him. Ah, the Only Child Syndrome.

Any advice from anyone out there? If so, I would love to hear it.

William had a soccer game last night, but I missed it because of the Shabby Apple party. He scored his first goal. And I MISSED IT! Jason called me during the game to tell me about it. This is the first absence I have ever had at his soccer practices or games!

Okay, randomness here....
What is the deal with the lovebugs?!? Anyone that lives in South Alabama or NW Florida knows exactly what I am referring to! They come out every year at the end of the summer in swarms. If you don't wash them off of your car immediately, they will be on there forever. Seriously. William calls them roaches, which is disturbing on a whole other level. I would hope that he would be a little more freaked out by roaches swarming around us.

I am so excited about fall arriving next week! I am ready to start decorating! I pulled out my wreath and garland last week, but I would love to have something for the front of the house like this:

I am trying to find some great urns to use for the base. Anyone have any ideas?

I have a new favorite chip. If you haven't tried the new Tostito's Multi-Grain chips, you must do so immediately! I don't know how healthy they actually are, but I figure that since they are multi-grain, they must be a little better for you than straight corn chips. Mmmmmm...... so good!

Shabby Apple

My Shabby Apple Trunk Show is tomorrow night from 6:00 until 8:00. They have the cutest dresses and accessories! There is even a little girls' line that is just precious! I am in love with a couple of the bags





I also love these dresses



And my most favoritest



Yes, I am aware that favoritest isn't a word.

If you want to take a look and can't make the time tomorrow night, let me know. I'll have the trunk until Saturday morning. If I have a dress available in your size, you can take it with you. If not, it will ship within 7 days, free of charge and no tax!

The absolute best part is that they give a portion of their proceeds to a global women's charity! Here is a quote from the Shabby Apple website:

"We at Shabby Apple Dresses love to help women dress but are also commited to helping women live as well. Thus we are supporting the fight against global poverty by partnering with Unitus-a non-profit organization that accelerates access to life-changing financial services for those at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Shabby Apple donates 5% of its net dress sales to support work in India (where Shabby Apple Dresses sources many of its dresses the textiles used to manufacture its dresses). In addition, each Shabby Apple Dresses customer has the opportunity to donote an extra five dollars to Unitus every time she buys a dress. Shabby Apple Dresses and Unitus are involved with 10 of India's most promising microfinance organizations that provide financial services to more than 1.6 million hard-working women and their families.

Every $100 donation from Shabby Apple Dresses provides at least 20 women with access to financial services - and the chance to live a life without poverty."

Remembering

William came into my room this morning as I was watching a 9/11 tribute on television. He asked, "What happened to the buildings?" I tried to explain in the most elementary way that some really bad people did a really bad thing and hurt a lot of people. He asked if the people died. I told him a lot of people did, but that was 7 years ago and we are very safe today. He then asked if any mommies died. Wow. That really broke my heart. I then explained how our very brave firemen, policemen, and soldiers worked so hard to keep us safe and to help everyone they could that day.

Phew! I'm Tired!

Sorry, no funny anecdotes tonight. I am exhausted. I've been getting up at 4:50 every morning to walk and I want to know, "Where is all that energy you are supposed to get from exercising?" I've even been walking in my goofy old glasses because there is no way I'm forcing a contact into my unopened eyes.

I don't know if everyone knows or not, but Jason and I have been trying to have another baby for the last five years. I started Clomid this month and had an HCG injection (and by an, I mean 3 shots!)yesterday, along with an ultrasound. Now the waiting game begins....again. Not to get too TMI, but the doc told me to wait until day 40 to take a pregnancy test because I already have the pregnancy hormone (HCG) in my body. I just looked at him and smiled and said, "I'll try." We'll see how that goes. Patience is not my strongsuit. Hmmmmm....maybe that is what God is trying to teach me here. I know there is a lesson there somewhere. God really likes to teach me things and show me that I don't always know everything after all. And, oddly enough, I'm always so shocked to find out that, Suprise!, I don't know everything.

I have discovered a cute line of clothing for women and little girls, Shabby Apple. These are great women's clothes that are not too skimpy or revealing, yet still very stylish. They have awesome shoes, bags, and accessories, too. The girl's line is just precious. They have mixed and matched adorable Amy Butler fabrics to make the cutest aline dresses. I will be having a trunk show on Thursday, September 18th, if anyone is interested. I already have the clothing. They sent about 30 dresses in various styles, most with a small, medium, and large. I have requested a few more that were not included in the trunk, but I don't know if they will send them or not. Either way, others can be ordered and shipped for free, if ordered from my show. They ship quickly. I returned an item last Thursday and received an exchange today.

On the William front, he is not completing his work in kindergarten. I don't know what to do! We sit for at least 30-45 minutes every.....single.....afternoon while he completes his work. And by work, I mean color sheets. Not hard stuff here, people. He has always hated to color, but I've told him you have to do this work in kindergarten. He is very easily distracted. His precious, precious teacher walked him to the car today and told me he is so sweet and so kind. Jason said that is all she could come up with because she couldn't compliment him on his work ethic! It will be interesting to see how his year progresses.

I saw this picture on another blog that I frequent. It is too cute!