10 days and a lifetime to go....

Today marks our 10 days til the wedding mark.

We're sitting at home every night picking our noses thinking of things we might have forgotten to do. So far so good.

Talked to Robert our cake maker today. He just bought a bunch of supplies to make the cake with. Yey!!! It's going to be so yummy. The whole thing will be chocolate with mousse filling on the bottom layer and raspberry in the middle and I think custard on the top. YUM!

Reese is getting excited about the wedding too. He keeps putting on my fake vail just to be cute. Maybe he knows he's about to miss a whole week of school and get to play on the beach. lol.

Night of beading

Tonight I sit and watch Survivor and bead a few strings of green beads for the bridesmaids flowers. Reese is sitting next to me doing his best at helping me bead a small string for himself. I gave him a short one to start and he seems very interested and will not give up. I love this guy. He keeps telling me that he can't wait to show dad when he gets home.

It seems that all he wants in his life is for us to be proud of him.

Today his teacher tells me that he'd rather sit and do nothing than do his school work. She also said that he's not ready for extended day kindergarten. What the heck. He has been going to school full time for a year and a half. This is ridiculous. He is being so stubborn that his teacher thinks he's not ready for school. We lectured him so that he understands that he has to do school work and homework not one or the other. I think he feels badly enough now that he won't just sit out in class anymore.

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My new pet peeve.....

People who don't RSVP.

What is that??? When you are invited to something. You tell the host whether you can make it or not. You have a choice. Especially something as important as someone's wedding. There is a damn postcard included in the invitation already stamped. All you have to do is fill in whether you're coming and your name. And bam!!!! You are done! Then you go drop it in the mail box somewhere. If you're not coming, great. If you are, well duh! We kinda need to know that there should be food and a seat for you at the ceremony and reception.

Why do people not think about that? Is it so freakin' hard to reply?

There is a due date on the invitation. October 1. It is now 6 days past and I still have people who have not replied. The invitations went out September 1.

I don't get it.

I am frustreated.

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Meanwhile..... I've got a couple of projects going on on the coffee table here. Not to mention a crazy girl from Oakland is wanting me to write out all her invitations and envelopes. Insane. But cool. I would love to do that. But it will take a long long time to complete. Gotta build up some stamina between now and then. I will meet with her after our wedding when I have more time.

Time to give little man his bath.

Reese Quote of the Day

Reese: "I don't feel good mom"
Me: "What's wrong baby?"
Reese: "I have a spider in my brain.... it's gonna break in half.... but it will go away"
Me: "Do you need medicine?"
Reese: "Yeah, will you take my temperature? I think I have a fever"
Me: "Ok buddy"

The logic of a 5 year old.

Reese: "Mom, why is it 'fifteen' and not 'fiveteen'?

I really have no idea why it's fifteen and fifty and not fiveteen and fivety. And why is it that Forty is spelled without the 'u' and the word Four has a 'u' in it? I swear English has to be the most difficult language to learn. There are so many things that are indiscribable... makes no sense what so ever.

Why is 'Read' spelled the same way as its past tense, 'Read' - pronounced 'red'?

How do I explain to him that he can't say "FINE!" in an angry, frustrating tone to me, but the word 'fine' is ok to use?

Although the highlight of my week so far has been when he told me when he saw Suzanne's picture on the coffee table.... "Mom, Suzanne ate too much, that's why she has a baby in her belly"