Random Bits of My Life

How completely sweet is this? It is not uncommon to see Emily reading to baby Sophie. It makes my heart happy.

Lately my days have been filled with school with Emily... we are trying to finish up Kindergarten before we move. I'm not sure we are going to make it, but we will be close. And Emily has put in a lot of time and effort into it. I'm proud of her.

Another thing we have been doing is running errands to get ready to move. We are now on a count down with 16 days left! One thing on our list to buy is shoes for all of us, Sophie excluded. The girls have grown out of their shoes and Brian and I have worn ours out... so the hunt is on. I spent most of today searching unsuccessfully for a pair of good walking shoes for Savannah. Emily was easy and we found what I am looking for at the first stop. The girls would be happy with numerous pairs of pink, sparkly, cute, fun shoes at any store that carries shoes in their size, or actually anything that they can put on their foot. But I'm looking for something a little more specific. It needs to be dark in color... Egypt is dusty. I don't want to buy white sparkly shoes just for them to be gross on the first day. I would prefer brown with pink accents. Which is hard to find in a size 8 for a little girl. :)

On the topic of shoes: I love Sketchers!
Actually, I hate them.
I know, right?!
      Sketchers make incredibly cute shoes. I love the way sketchers look... but they are horrible shoes to wear. And until they make shoes that are not only cute, but also comfortable to wear, provide support for feet and some cushion in the sole, I refuse to buy them. So there.

Whew, I feel better.

Do you want to know what Savannah did today?

My sweet, precious, kind-hearted little girl made a boy run for his mommy this afternoon! Oh yes she did!
We had just finished lunch at Chik-fil-a and the girls were playing in the play area while I was feeding Sophie, when I looked over to see Savannah assuming a "karate" stance and opposite her, also assuming a karate stance was a boy who was a good head taller than she and had at least 20 pounds on her.

*Not actual picture of confrontation at the play area

I thought, "Oh, no, this is going to be bad." But then the boy turned and walked away. I thought, "Oh, good. I won't have to break up a karate match today." Next thing I know, the little boy's mother is in there waving her finger at Savannah. I'm can only assume she was telling Savannah not to use her fabulous karate moves on her precious baby boy. At least, that is how the story goes when I tell it on my blog.

 *No little boys were harmed in the making of these photographs.

I blame it on their father... who recently introduced The Karate Kid movies to my sweet little girls and whom said sweet little girls beg to "play karate" as soon as he gets home from work. My little girls have the heart of little warriors. Me thinks their daddy needs a little boy...