soccer mom.

Jason and Meghan are getting married this weekend!
Needless to say, everybody is SO excited -- especially the beautiful couple... It's going to be such a good weekend. I can't wait to see everybody.

On a more recent note -- today I felt like such a soccer mom. I definitely took Ethan and Emma to school this morning and picked them up this afternoon. It felt pretty weird to be honest. They're still as cute as can be:) Ethan is all boy and Emma is as sweet as they come. She's so helpful in every way and tends to be a "mom" towards Ethan -- it's adorable. Of course Ethan would rather her not be like that -- "he can do it himself!" He cracked me up on the way back home from school today. I was trying to get to know him a little better, but he was acting so bashful. At one point he told me that he had $50,000 and I asked him what he would be paying me to take care of him this summer. And the answer was, "nothing". We kept going back and forth with the conversation and then he spat out the line: "I'm just joking!" He makes me laugh. So from now on he uses that line -- for everything. I could just smooch him he just so cute.

Tomorrow I'll be taking Emma to school and picking her up and then I'll babysit them both through the afternoon and evening so they're parents can go out on a date:) Which means I'll be cooking supper and putting them to bed. I'm kind of nervous... We'll see how it goes!

Lots of fun to come this summer.
I promise I'll take TONS of pictures at the wedding so you can see how beautiful everything turns out...

to all you mothers out there.

Some updates for you...

I'm officially a nanny for the summer! I met the mom last Thursday and I met the kids on Friday... They are cute as can be -- the little boy is 6 and the little girl is 11. I'm pretty excited for the summer. When I was leaving on Friday, I had the cutest little note stuck in my door. Here it is, ladies and gents:





Just tell me, how cute is this?! Ok then, we've got that settled.

Also, other breaking news. My bank account was hacked into. Somebody, somewhere, somehow tried to charge $4,000 to my bank account. I have no idea where they got the idea that I would have that much money, but I don't! HA. I'll be going in tomorrow to try to work out everything so I can get my paycheck from school on Tuesday.

AND, my brother and Meghan are getting married on Saturday -- I'm so excited!

Today was mother's day. I have the best mama -- ever. And let me tell you, we had a feast. Honestly, I thoroughly impressed myself with my cooking. I made twice-baked potatoes that were really yummy... and the cake I made. Oh.my.goodness. SO good. And it was beautiful.

My Chocolate Mocha Torte:



And the twice-baked potatoes:

Just in case you weren't hungry enough, this is the whole feast together (My papi's famous grilled chicken, twice-baked potatoes, fresh salad, garlic bread, and SWEET TEA!)... Misty, the salad I made just for you:


Well, that's basically the update for today.
Mom's Day was good -- yummy, to be exact. I hope everybody had a fabulous day with their mom (or without their mom)! And Misty and Ashley -- I will do my best to keep my blog up to date just for ya'll:)

Happy Mom's Day, Mama...

home.

I have been eating home-cooked meals for almost a week now.
At this very moment I am sitting on my couch.
I love every single thing about being home.

Today I had an interview with a mom to be a nanny... It's basically a guaranteed job. I will be meeting the kids tomorrow at 4 and I'm really excited! This job seems to be a dream come true. She (the mama) was telling me about how she would pay for us to do whatever we wanted to this summer. Here were some suggestions made:

- the zoo
- the Atlanta Aquarium
- pottery shop
- Lake Lanier Island water park

... please, tell me if this could get any better? I truly feel blessed by this opportunity. Thank you, Kelly, for hooking me up with such a good job! Hopefully the babies love me as much as I will probably love them...

As much as I would never think I would say it: I miss Lakeland. I guess it's not so much the place as it is my friends. Misty, Ashley, Katherine, Nick, Allison... so many. I miss you all so much! I can't wait to be back with you so we can have many dates full of chick-fil-a, frozen explosions, brownie obsessions, and Target runs. Oh my, next year -- so much to come, my loves!

Until next time...