bee and rose

I love a good parade! As a child growing up in the Midwest, I went to lots of them. I actually marched in a few, and rode with Ronald McDonald on a float once! My favorite parades were during the Pumpkin Show in my hometown of Circleville, OH. I spent yesterday walking with Catherine in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Tucson. It was lots of fun, but I had some seriously aching muscles last night! Now, this is the first parade my kids have ever seen “in real life.” We watch the Macy’s Turkey Day Parade every year. There aren’t many parade opportunities in AZ so I can't wait to hear what my kids will think about their first parade! Oh, and yeah, Tween Caveboy...someone from the Tucson Irish Community got a shot of you at the parade! lol!! Later, we’re hanging around talking about the parade and Connor says, “those Dancing Queens were hideous.” I’m thinking how cute he is for calling the festival queens “Dancing Queens.” Apparently, I have been overplaying my ABBA cd lately. Trying to...

Before I begin letting skeletons out of the closet, I would like to say a big thank you to my very dear friend, Pam for passing along this bloggy "Spreader of Love Award"! I am feeling the blog love lately, and I appreciate it very much! I would like to pass this along to a very special blogilicious friend. She has a special place in my bloggy heart. Shalee at Sometimes It's Good to Be Speechless ...this is for you! Shalee was my first follower and that meant the world to me! Please drop by and visit Shalee! She's a SITS Saucy Blog too! All righty then...since I vowed that Sunday would be a day of rest, I figured I would hang out with my kids and maybe get some reading done. I wandered into tween caveboy's cave-room and found him strumming his guitar with his long skater hair covering his face. "Wazzz Up?" I ask in my very feeble attempt to be "cool". He stops strumming for a second and grunts...(typical), "Huh?" I sit on the floor...