June 2009
30 posts
adventures in nannying
Alysha: Gracie i got you a lollipop! (gives Grace a "lolli")
Grace: THIS, Lysha, is a sucker. not a lolli.
Alysha: Oh, is that so.
Grace: DUH. ugh, do i have to explain everything? ok- listen- lollies are flat. Suckers are round. this is round. you see?
Alysha: yep.
Grace: (shakes her head and eats the sucker, not lollipop)
Glad I learn so much from 5 year olds. : )
A Song- By Little Gracie
The Little 5 year old Girl I nanny Sang me this song she made up today:
“Snowflakes are for winter!
Rain is in spring.
but rain has come so much this summer.
sunshine you are here
FINALLLY
Boys tell me im pretty.
But they smell icky!
And they are so dumb.
dumd dumb dumb dumb dumb BOYSSSSS”“
Amen Gracie, Amen.
“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else”
– Judy Garland
“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and...”
– Francesca Reigler (via kari-shma)
another year goes by...
In this past year, i have grown and fallen. I have had the most fantastic experiences. I have gone through the worst struggles. Some of these struggles I have shared with too many. Most i have not told a soul. Perhaps if i did, i would not have acted as i did. I have made friends. I have made mistakes. I have lost people long before their time. I have gained trust and perspective. I have gained...
summertime and the livin's easy...
OFFICIALLY it is summertime. baby baby. MAy term: one fantastic month. summer: dont let me down.
My goal for the summer: catch a frog, kiss him, and have him turn into my prince charming.
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
If today was not an endless highway If tonight was not a crooked trail If tomorrow wasn’t such a long time Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting If I could hear his heart softly pounding Yes, and only if he was lying by me Would I lie in my bed once again I can’t see my reflection in the waters I can’t speak the...
