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Your Weekend Assignment

Posted by emily on October 30, 2009

Can a blog give you homework?

Probably not, but I’m going to anyway.

You see, yesterday, I got a manicure. Not because we were going to a fancy event this weekend or because I had a gift certificate or because it was my birthday. I got one just because I felt like it.

The other day I read this post by Audrey from Mom Generations, about her new love of dark nail polish (specifically, OPI‘s Lincoln Park After Dark).
opi lincoln park after dark

And even though dark nail polish is totally not me and even though I hadn’t had a manicure since I had my senior pictures taken (seriously) and even though I very rarely do random things like that… I decided I wanted my nails to be that color. Immediately. So, I called and made an appointment just because I felt like it, and I am so glad I did.

I am in love with my new dark nails, and it was so fun to treat myself like that. Just because I felt like it.

So my assignment to you, my friends, is to do something this weekend just because you feel like it. Read a book, have a pumpkin spice latte (which I am totally craving), drink a glass of Halloween wine, get a manicure… do whatever. Take a few minutes to do something for yourself. It’s amazing how something small can make such a big difference!

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To see other ways to do something for yourself, check out Fight the Frump Friday at Blissfully Domestic!

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When She Takes My Hand

Posted by Jenny on October 29, 2009

my girl & me
Photo by Jen Ishmael

This is my new favorite picture. My friend Jen took it when we went to Fulton Farms, when Sophie was approaching the big slide in the hay, her arms spread wide ready to take hold of the rails and climb up the steps before whooshing down in glee. Her heart full of excitement at what she knew was coming.

And of course, the picture captures me gazing down at my daughter. My heart, also full of excitement at what I know is coming.

Because Sophie is amazing, and every day with her is amazing. She has bloomed this summer and fall, from a “Terrible Two” into a chatty, sweet, funny almost three-year-old. Her sweetness is such that her Daddy and I feel a little twinge of sadness when we put her to bed at night. Although, she usually does entertain us for awhile after by singing songs over her baby monitor, her favorite being If You’re Happy and You Know it”, which is HIGHLY enjoyable.

Sophie loves to sing, she loves puzzles and colors and letters, she loves playing with trains and her doll house. Every day with her is full of FUN. She is still feisty and stubborn and all the good and bad things that make her Sophie. But mostly she is a joy. And I love being her mama. One of my favorite things that she does these days, is that she takes hold of my hand and tries to pull me along with her somewhere. “Let’s go! Let’s go!” she’ll say. She’ll also hold my hand now contently when we walk down a sidewalk, walk through a store, wherever. This is a new thing for us, and I love it. Because when she takes my hand, when I get to walk with her, it makes me feel proud and privileged, honored to be the one who gets to walk with Sophie.

Before bed, and naptime, we read some of Sophie’s books, and right how her favorite is Mama, Do You Love Me? (which was a gift from Emily I might add), and Sophie likes to “read” it herself, because she has it memorized. It is pretty much the sweetest thing ever when she says in her tiny voice, “Still, I would…LOVE YOU!”

I will love you always and forever, Sophie, because you are my Dear One.

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Crossing my fingers…

Posted by emily on October 28, 2009

Because I just found out that I’ve made it to the final round of the search for the 2010 Disney World Moms Panel! I am soooo excited. They started with a field of 20,000 applicants, narrowed it down in the second round to about 200, and rumor has it that the final round contains 20-30 people, including me and my fellow Magical Mom, Amanda. They’ll pick 10 of those people to actually be on the panel.

The Moms Panel is such a great resource – anyone planning a trip to Disney can submit a question and have it answered by someone who has been there, done that. You can also search for questions that have already been answered. I used it a lot while I planned for the trip we took in August! The panel is not just moms, either – there are grandparents and dads on the panel as well.

So anyway, I have no idea if I’ll make the final cut or not, but even if I don’t I am so happy to have made it this far. But… I reallllllllllly hope I make it, because really, Disney + social media = Emily’s dream (volunteer) job. Wish me luck!

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