"Fireflies"

Summer is in full swing now and for the last month or so we've been drinking it up- diving in headfirst if you will. This is going to be the best  most magical summer yet.

Summer's when I was a kid were amazing. We swam, played on swingsets, ran through sprinklers, played with sparklers even if it was the 4th of july, were in 4th of july parades, went to the beach, slipped 'n slidded, climbed trees, played barbies & beads in the driveway- I could go on for days about how magical my summers were. I loved summer when I was a kid, not much has changed, I still love summer & I am ready to love summer through my daughter. 

I want E to love summer just as much, I want her days to be just as magical, if not more. I want to her look back on her summers and never be disappointed. 

The magic began when I let E stay up past her bedtime so she could experience the joy of seeing bugs whose "butts light-up" and then chase & catch them in a jar. I saw how magical she thought it all was. I was hooked. "My buggies" she said. So proud to have her jar full of lightening bugs, caught by her daddy.    

We've been swinging, sliding & climbing on our swingset out back like its nobody's business. That alone, [seeing a child play], no matter when, is magical. 

After dinner in the early evening hour(s), when the sun isn't as high in the sky and the mercury isn't reading 100+, we 'ride' bikes, blow bubbles and  color w/chalk on Nana & Papa's drvieway. Mostly so when pixie is running around barefoot in the driveway her piggies aren't scorched, oh & to burn off any extra energy left from the day before tubbies & bed. Summer is full of excitement.

Babies born in FL were made to be in and around water... so we've hit the beach, for the 1sttime this season and of course, she loved it... I wouldn't have expected any less.

She is a swimming machine!! It is true my child must be half fish, around these parts we call her "nema" (girl nemo). She giggles up a storm. She swims un-assisted by mama or swimmies. I am so proud. My baby learned how to swim at 18mons. This is the first time she has proved she KNOWS how to swim. I think chlorine runs through her veins.

Love underwater cams. I want one so bad! Thx Miss Susan for this awesome shot!

She let loose on the boat w.Papa & Nana. She def. pitched a fit when it was tome to go in. "No in. Go faster gin!! No Tubbies. No night night" I def. have a summer girl.

E & her "bestfriend ever" Miss Mal went to see TS3 & they were adorable! It was E's 1st movie theater movie & she did great. Summer is all about seeing your friends and having fun & having fun she is. [SN:Hayls & I are taking her to Despicable Me soon b/c of how well she did. My gosh she is growing up too fast.] 

We've even had a tea party on the front porch! While awaiting an afternoon storm. Everyday around 3ish that afternoon storm rolls in and you practically hear the sigh of relief come from outside as everything is instantly cooled by the cool wet droplets. It is then when we get that immense summer feel. 

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I love summer. 

I can't believe that SUNDAY is the 4th. I am so excited to have our gang over. It is going to be an amazing way to really KICKSTART E's magical summer. This is the beginning of years of many magical summers to come.

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xo

-Kandid Kelli

  

   

"Who I am [right now]"

I got this idea from Erin, you can check out Who She is, Right Now, here.

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Right Now, I Am...

Anxious. About my up coming move. I am not sure what my/our future holds. I am not a fan of uncertainty.

Missing warmth & sunshine. I guess in places that actually have all 4 seasons, May is Spring & in sprin it only warms a bit from Winter... which is the crappiest season, ever. Summer doesn't start till June 21st- Well I am a FL girl. Anything that isn't dec/jan is supposed to be warm & by warm I mean NOT 40s, like it was HERE LAST WEEK- gross (its 50* today)!

Enjoying being out of school for Summer. I normally would be taking a full 'summer' load but since I am moving states and schools; I am going to enjoy this summer with my pretty, who is growing all too quickly.

Procrastinating. On packing. I was looking around & I forgot how much there is too pack & IDK how it happens but in the 5.5 mons I've been here Ive acquired more crap, plus E's crib that was shipped here will not be shipped back, it will be broken down and packed, in the U-Haul. So much to do in a MONTH. ek.

Drinking in my daughter. We play some silly games during the day, but I love every second. She learns, grows and matures so fast & I don't want to miss one second of it. Yesterday we played [one] of her favs- We I drew shapes with chalk, she helps, by coloring them in, on the drive way & a white line: she stands behind the line & tosses a stone. Whatever shape the stone lands on she tells me what color & shape it is- Yes that is one of her fav games. We call it: E's Shapes. She almost never gets one wrong.

[heres what our 'game-board' looks like...]



Wishing PA/DE&FL could mesh. I know that everyone won't/can't be happy, and I hate that. When E&I move back to FL I am only half happy b/c 1/2 my heart & E's daddy will still be in PA, I will be elated b/c I will be with my families- biological and church & my friends who are like family. M will be miserable b/c his daughter and I will be gone, but he has a good job & his friends/family are here. I love M's family like they are my own, which in a yr they will be, once I leave I know they will miss us E, a lot, but I know they are ready to get their home back. But if I stayed to make all PA people happy not only would I remain unhappy (minus the fact my heart is complete) my family would also be unhappy. Why can't PA/DE & FL boarder each other? This sucks.

Actually reading for fun. During the semester I usually could find a little bit of time here and there, in between reading for class and HW & E, to read for fun but after Spring Break, forget it. Everything got c-r-a-z-y & I never had time. I just finished THIS book (yes Jess worth picking up again) & I have 2 on my Kindle I can't wait to read, I can't decide which I want to read first- DECISIONS, DECISIONS! I missed reading, for fun.

Wanting my hair to grow faster. I have always wanted to grow it, since I was 17 & it was longer, and then summers in FL come and I chop it off, its just too hot to deal w/my curly hair in humid FL. Them 'fall/winter' arrive I vow to grow it, but it gets to this weird length and I chop again. Well lucky? for me I am in PA yuck and I don't have my Mandi here, so no cutting for me for at least another month, maybe longer, so I can bypass this awkward stage & have a shot at growing it out? We shall see. I did pre-natals to help the process but it makes my nails grow to dang fast, and I don't have the funds to get them done more then once-a-month.

Wanting a pair of Reebok Easy Tones. I've gone as far as 'designing' a pair on the website, but I can't fathom paying THAT much for sneaks. I need to go to the mall and try a pair on to know exactly what size I would be, a 5.5 or 6- but haven't done that yet b/c I know that'll make my desire even worse. I do have a bday in 28days ::HINTHINT:: Honey I know you read my little blogy now.

Who are you right now?

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xo
-Kandid Kelli