Rapunzel no more

We took the plunge Saturday and got Ella's hair chopped off. The girl cut it a bit shorter than I told her to... Thank goodness E's hair grows like a weed! Of course, she stills looks cute as evah!

Before

After

Gymnastics

I know that I have been slack when it comes to posting, and I'm sorry! It seems like not much is happening over here or I haven't had much to say... which is so unlike me!

We went to gymnastics last night and I thought that that would be a good opportunity for some pics. Here are a lot of pics to make up for the absence earlier this week!

That'd be the the bear walk...

Miss Mal is quite the little gymnast! and E's fave, the trampoline.

Ella does some fancy toe pointing on her way to jump into the Pit

A little trapeeze work

David jumping down onto the trampoline and TA DA!

Reining Cats and Dawgs

Some days you're off, some days you're on and some days, rare as they may be, you are on fire. That was me this past Saturday. It doesn't get much better than the Dawgs whipping Auburn (sweet!) and THEN the Cats beating up on the Texas Longhorns!



I was given some tickets to the KSU game so I kept Ella up a little past her bedtime and we went to the game. Our seats were next to the Texas fans, which was OK, except that they rubbed off on Miss E. Ick.

E throws out the "Hook 'em Horns!" sign. Oh no.

She luvs the Wildcat popcorn.

Just us girls.

Bed Head

After Ella's bath last night I braided her hair while it was wet. She slept with it like that and this morning she had some crazy hair going on!

Rumsfeld comes to town

Today Kansas State University hosted a lecture from none other than Donald Rumsfeld. It had been sceduled for a while and just so happened to come right after the announcement of this resignation. Aren't we all special and timely?!

Since Kansas is a decidedly red state, I'm surprised that no one asked him the question that is on every Republican's lips: "Why in the hell didn't you resign BEFORE the election?!" (Especially since Republicans lost two key races in the state.)

If you would like to watch the lecture click below and then click on VIDEO by Rumsfeld's name.

Rumsfeld Lecture at K-State

Gone Huntin'

Last night Ella was on the hunt. For coyotes. Riiiiigght. I can't believe my beautiful little girl wants to hunt coyotes! But she did, so a huntin' she went (along with her trusty sidekicks David and Woody, the horse).

Getting ready for the hunt.

With deadly accuracy, E takes down a coyote. (See D on his horse?!)

Uh oh. A baby coyote got hurt.

Stitching up the baby coyote (with a spaghetti noodle).

Be Heard

I voted, have you?

Dog Eared

This weekend we didn't do a whole heck of a lot. And that was kind of nice.

Ella kept herself busy by doing Lilly's hair a fair amount of the time. How can she do the hair of a short haired dog, you may ask? E is one smart cookie and knows how to make pigtails. (I almost fell over when I saw what she had done!)

Lilly earns her keep for another year.

We did do a little playing at the park Saturday morning before we went over to Vanderbilt's to cruise the little girl boot department. How do we always end up in that department?!

Faster! Faster!

I Bleed

I could rant and rave about the happenings this weekend with the red and black but I think this sums it up pretty well.

Text message sent to Angie and Scott Saturday night:

We need drinks. GA lost to KY -
the school without a football team!

Fortunately, Angie and Scott can recognize when people really need some liquid painkiller and told us to rush right over!

I still love my team and wore red today to show it (either that or because my heart is bleeding PROFUSELY). BTW: David now says he never even attended college. Yikes.

Grease Monkey

I got to don my grease monkey hat on Saturday and replace the coolant temperature sensor on the Honda. (It has been acting a bit sickly as of late and we are working down the list of possible causes.) Usually David gets the nod when it comes to tinkering under the hood but since this required the use of his newly stitched up left hand, he was out.

I have to say that I really enjoyed working on my car! I can't stand the helpless female feeling when it comes to automotive stuff. I do my best to learn what's going on and how things operate so that I can speak intelligently to the boys at the auto parts store. I think I really impressed them when I came in with the old part and grease on my hands! I'm more than just a pretty face and hot bod *cough*!

Five Things to Eat

I just love the Farmgirl Fare blog. She has such a pleasant writing style and some beautiful pictures. One recent post was about the Five Things You Should Eat Before You Die. Once I read her list, I started to compose my own.

1. Something that you grew yourself. I whole heartedly agree with Farmgirl on this. There is nothing quite like sitting down to a meal knowing that it was produced on your little piece of earth, tended by your hands and intended wholly for your nourishment.

2. BBQ from a local joint. Whatever the style, as long as it's local. Even if it's as local as your Daddy's house.

3. Food made by someone from another country. Authentic food is oh-so much better than the Americanized version.

4. That special dessert made by somebody's grandmother (or your own). The beauty of this one is that it can be repeated over and over and is never the same! Grandmothers just have a way to make desserts like no other.

5. Ice cold Coke from a glass bottle. You have never really had a Coke until you drink it from a glass bottle.

What else would you include?

Naturally, sort of

Yesterday I went and got my tired roots freshened up. I thought that back to basics was the best route, so brown it is! When I sat down in the chair Amy broke it to me that I, in fact, had a grey hair. Yikes! I didn't give her the chance to search for others. Begin color! Immediately!

Pumpkins and Cheerleaders

Last night we carved the pumpkin into a design that Ella picked out. She was not afraid of the guts of the pumpkin and was charged up to pull them all out!

Whoa! Super guts!

All in!

Final product

Since Ella is such a big football fan I thought a cheerleader outfit would be perfect for her for Halloween. There are lots of K-State cheerleader outfits but UGA it needed to be. What is a girl to do when her town is sorely lacking the red and black? She calls on her good friend Andria who just happens to know the best place to buy cheerlearder outfits!

Ella seems like such a natural. She must get it from her Aunt Sissy!

Pre Halloween

Here is Miss E getting geared up for Halloween in her Candy Corn Queen shirt from Grandmama. She's wearing it today in hopes of wearing her costume to daycare tomorrow (!).

Guess who gets to carve that pumpkin tonight?!

World's Largest Outdoor What?

Dear Dawgs,

I didn't watch your game against Florida. Frankly, I'm glad that I didn't. I did, however, check the score postings during the KSU game. Kudos to you for not getting trounced like I feared that you might. I know it wasn't a W, but I will take a 7 point loss to a ranked team and not complain.

I am a bit fearful of the Georgia Tech game, though. If they can hold their own with a knife wielding team like Miami, what might happen to you?! You'd better start to practice playing dirty. I'm afraid it might be the only way out.

If you need a knife, I know just the man who will lend you one (or three). He's the one who threatened to send him diploma back.

Hugs and Kisses,
Megs

The View from the Skybox

I have seen how the other half lives, and how sweet it is! I think that a skybox is the only way to go when it comes to a football game with a toddler. We had the best time cheering the Cats on to a great victory over the Iowa State Cyclones. The box is so neat in that you can raise the glass in front of you if the weather is nice or you want to hear the crowd, etc. You don't miss any of the "game" experience!

(I made sure to get Ella all gussied up for the big game, complete with a purple ribbon and Power Cat tattoos.)

Bring on the Cyclones!

Clapping up a storm

"Good for a Wildcat... First Down!"

"Good for a Wildcat... Touchdown!"

E being told to behave, perhaps?

The whole famdamily. Check out the view!

Go, Honda, Go!

Look what my trusty Honda did recently.

Football Mania

All 3 of us are really looking forward to Saturday and the football that it will bring.

K-State's homecoming is this weekend so the whole town is in a constant buzz. I have managed to find my way into some tickets to the game so Ella Grace is beyond thrilled. Such a football fan, that girl. It just so happens that the tickets are in a skybox... How about that?!

The K-State game is the same time as the Georgia/Florida game. Hmmmm... I hate to miss cheering on my Dawgs but I couldn't resist watching the K-State game from the luxury of a skybox. Who knows when that chance will come again?! (I did buy the ingredients for more cheese dip, though, just in case we get home before Georgia is done.)

I am hoping against hope that they can get something done against the Gators! Georgia, please hear my plea! Have mercy on a long distance fan who feels the searing pain each time you lose and has to endure relentless words from fans of other teams who think it's funny that you are having an off year and would like nothing more than to rub my face in yet another UGA loss! Whew! Did you get all that?!

Be Proud. Be Purple. Go State!

How 'Bout Them Dawgs!