Sometimes a girl just needs a day!

Monday morning started out like every other Monday morning.  Walter got up and left for work at 6:30 and  I fell back asleep in hopes that the next hour would feel like another 8 hours of sleep.  Well, it didn't.  My alarm went off at 7:30, just like it always does.  Alexa and I have a ritual, my alarm goes off at 7:30 and I push snooze while I call her in to cuddle with me for 5 minutes.  Now, it is important for you to know that most mornings our cuddle/snooze fest turns into more of a 30 minute cuddle/snooze fest.  Most mornings we finally decide to wake up and face the day at 8:00.  Well, this Monday morning was different.  I didn't want to face the Monday morning....and more importantly, neither did my daughter.  This particular Monday, Alexa turned to me and said "Mom, I don't want to go to school today, I want a day with my mom.  I NEED a day with my mom."  Well, as a mom I had a decision to make....do I worry about my daughter missing a day at school, or do I spend the day giving my daughter what she needs....a day with her mom.  Of course I was worried about her missing a day of school for no reason, and of course I was worried about me missing a day of work for no reason.  However, how could I resist doing this, when my daughter said that she NEEDED a day with her mom.  I mean really, how many more years do I have with her where she NEEDS to spend a day with me, where she NEEDS to know that I am still her best friend, her everything.  Well, I finally made my mind up and called in sick...to both the school, and my office.

Alexa and I had the perfect day.  I am SOOOO glad that we decided to sluff our lives and spend the day with each other.  We literally spent the day talking about our lives, watching tv, cleaning the house, and making dinner for Walt when he got home.  It was such a great "girl bonding" day.  After we had cleaned the house, we went shopping, and on our way home, as she held my hand,  Alexa says to me " mom, I don't think I will ever have a best friend that I like more than you."

Oh. My. Goodness.  I can't tell you how much it meant to me to hear those words come out of her mouth.  I love the relationship I am building with her.  I love Her.  I love who she is becoming.  I love who I know she can be.  I love who I know she wants to be.  Hell, I even love the hard times I know that we are facing ahead as she grows up and goes through puberty....because it is a part of who she is going to become.

What a great "girls day" we had. Alexa asked if we can have a girls day every year, and I said without a single bit of hesitation....YES!  I love spending time with my little girl.  What a great day we had just laying around, and being lazy.

Here we are, laying around ( still in our pajamas), watching tv, and cuddling with the cat.....what a great day!

Alexa the pregnant lady

Last night Alexa put a blanket in her shirt to pretend she was pregnant.  She has such an imagination and is so dang funny.  I realize that probably every little girl in the history of little girls has pretended they are pregnant at one point or the other, but the thing that stuck out in this instance were her pretend boobs. 

Alexa came waddling out of her room (seriously, the girl should be an actress, she was waddling like a real pregnant lady).  She said "mom, I am a pregnant lady".  It was at this point that I noticed she had stuffed both her stomach and chest.  I asked her about her stuffed chest to which she replied " Well, I hear that when a lady is pregnant her breasts swell!"  

She then proceeded to turn around and waddle back into her room.  I love my little pregnant lady.  

3rd grade.......How Did It Come So Quickly!!!

I just got done walking my brave little girl to her first day of Third grade.  Oh. My. Gosh.  Every year I think it is going to get easier, but it just doesn't.  It's so hard to watch my baby grow up so quickly.  I cry every year.  I hold it and act strong until she is gone and then I lose it.  I sob.  I literally cry until I have no more tears.   Part of my tears are sadness for time moving so quickly, but mostly I cry because I am so proud of her.  It is so amazing to watch her enter these new steps in her life with such confidence.  She is such an amazingly beautiful, smart, confident girl.  Sometimes I just don't believe she is mine.


This year Alexa is in an advanced learning class.  I am so proud of her.  At the end of her second grade she tested in the top 5% of her class. Because of that, she is in a class this year with both 3rd and 4th graders.  I'm so stinking proud of her.  She CLEARLY didn't get her brains from me. :)  When I was in 3rd grade, if I had to march up to a bunch of 4th graders and get in line for class with them, I would have been so nervous.  Not Alexa, she ran up with a huge smile on her face, anxiously waiting to see what the next step in life was going to bring.



So here's to the next step in your life Alexa.  I love you!  I hope you have the best year yet!

Bon Voyage Morgan Shae Glover

My little Morgan leaves for Belgium tomorrow. We are going to miss her so much while she is gone, but I am so very proud of her.

The other day I was looking through my memory box and I found this book Moog made  for me when she was little.  It is so cute that it makes my heart hurt a little.

Ecselent Linsie...By Morgan Shae Glover

My aunt is ecselent (I love the way she spells excellent.  heehee)

She can play volley ball

She always bys the biggest ice cream.

She works at alcoo

She can quilt.

She can do sloppy buns.

She tells funny stories.

She has lots of cats.

She can cook good.

She lets you do enything.

She is nice.

As I was reading this book about her "ecsellent aunt linsie" it hit me how ironic it is that my little adoring niece who looked up to me for so many years is now the person whom I look up to.  She has grown into such an amazing, beautiful, talented, smart, genuinely awesome person and I am proud to say she is my niece. I love you Morgan!  I am so proud of you.  I can't put it into words how much I admire and respect you for who you are and what you have done with your life so far.  I hope you have the time of your life in Belgium Moog.

Bon Voyage!!!

Mother of Dork-wad

Alexa always says the funniest things.  This morning she says to me "Mom, I am going to change your name to "Mother of Dork-wad".  I am also going to change Grandma Kathy's name to "Mother of Three Dork-wads."

What a funny girl.  I love my little dork-wad.

Grandma Z

To my dearest Grandma Zentner,

I can't believe you left us today.  I am going to miss you so very much.  I truly can't imagine a world without you in it.  My life will not be the same without you, and you will be truly missed.

 Neither of us have ever really been the type to tell each other how we feel.  Especially me.  most of my life I have been the snot-nosed-kid who didn't know how to show appreciation or love for you.  I will regret that for the rest of my life.  I regret not ever telling you how amazing I think you were.  You went through so much in your life, and managed to do it all with dignity and respect.  I love you more than words can express, and I wish more than anything in the world I would have had the guts to tell you this when you were alive.  I know I am too late to tell you this in person, but maybe somehow, someway, you will receive this message so that I have the chance to finally tell you, from the bottom of my heart, that I love you, respect you, and can't imagine a world that you are not in.

I love you Grandma.  I hope you find happiness and peace wherever you are.

Girls Day Out

Walter has been working out of town for the last couple of weeks.  It is lonely at home without him, and Alexa and I tend to fall into a slump when he is gone.  It seems we watch movies and let the world carry on without us while he is gone.  Because of that, we decided we were going to have a girls day out.  We went to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens.  I had a BLAST with her.  She is such a fun person to be around.  It was really cool to see the world from her point of view. 

Alexa thought it would be fun to pretend that we lived in a jungle and the gardens were our house.  We had lots of fun deciding what rooms were ours, what was the bathroom, etc.

Inside these arches was Alexa's Room...

This area was mine and Walt's room

This area was the bathroom.  There are A LOT of bathtubs in our bathroom. :)

This was our pool room--we also decided that we can push a button and beds appear in the pool area.  That way we can sleep in there when we want to relax by the pool. :)

This was the pond in our backyard.  Alexa LOVED the fish.  She was trying to get them to eat off of her stick (one actually bit!)  

By the end of the gardens, Alexa was super tired....

We then stopped and had a bite to eat from "our kitchen".  The restaurant at the gardens was delicious.  Alexa and I had fun playing with the wikki sticks they give all the kids at the restaurant.

Alexa--you are my best friend.  I love ya girl!  I had so much fun with you.  I can't wait for our next adventure together!!

Costco Shop

Alexa spent the evening pretending to be the owner of a window shop called "Costco Shop".  She fixed her hair in pig-tails, put on some of her dress-ups, and applied a ridiculous amount of blue eye shadow (evidently she thinks this is how an adult shop owner should dress).  She then gathered a few items from around the house and placed them in her window shop (our living room window).

She used her play cell phone to make announcements to the customers.  It was very cute.  She would say things like "attention customers...the Costco Shop will be closing in 5 minutes" and "Could Amanda please come to the register".

Walter and I were able to purchase the items in her store with either a penny or we could run our credit card. (evidently we still need to have the "credit cards are bad" talk with her. :)

What a funny girl.  I love her imagination.

Glover Cousins and Little Fishies

Kim and her family came to Salt Lake this weekend and we were lucky enough to be able to spend some time with them.

Saturday we watched Kate and Little Worthy while Kim, Big Worthy, and Morgan went to a Brandi Carlile concert.

Sunday night the Glover's stayed in a hotel that has a really fun pool.  The kids had a BLAST.  I think they would have swam until they turned into fish if we would have let them.  They sure are cute little fishies. :)

“I saw a spider, but I decided to say hi to it instead of kill it because I am not the one who should decide if we live or die."

       M   --Alexa Rae Fellmeth 8 years old          

Silly Girl

It is Alexa's first official day of Summer break.  I can't believe she is going to be in 3rd grade next year.  Holy crap.  Where the heck has time gone?  It seems that yesterday she was just a tiny baby learning how to walk and talk, and now here she is an 8 year old that I can't seem to keep quiet. :)

I must admit that I have always been a little bit crazy about what Alexa wears each day.  She is 8 years old and I am still picking out her clothes to wear every morning.  However, I have decided that she is getting old enough that I am going to start to teach her to be a little more independent.....starting with her picking out her own clothes each day.  Today, I left her outfit entirely up to her.  She was able to get up and get dressed and fix her hair all on her own. When I saw what she chose to wear, I about died.  She is so stinking funny.  She has such a funny little personality.  I can't decide is she was going for a diva or gangsta look.  What a silly little girl.

Well, it wasn't what I would have picked out for her to wear, but it sure is fun to see her little personality shine through in this simple decision she made.  I can't wait to see what other outfits she choses to wear in the near future.

Family Cuddles

Last night we moved the mattress into the living room for a family cuddle and movie night. One of the great things about living in a zoo is that there is NEVER a shortage of people or animals to cuddle with.  :)