Madeline volunteered as tribute in her first Easter egg hunt last week, hosted by our FRG at Wilson Lake on post. She started in the “One and Under” age group, but based on her hunting skills, I think we should have put little Katniss Everdeen in the “2-3″ age group! You’d think she’d hunted before- or that we’d at least told her what to do. But no. She needed no guidance. She had it all figured out before the word “Go!” Within in mere moments, she had spotted, collected and pocketed her first egg. She was able to snatch up nine more before the hunt was over. Her treasures included a necklace, a ring, a bouncy ball, three sticky hands and a few treats. She was beyond thrilled. It was amazing/surreal to see our little girl really “get it” – the egg hunt, Easter, holidays. Things are about to get really fun…
lookout, Katniss! one year old hunts well beyond her years.
making memories with our military brat.
The Fort Bragg USO treated local military families to a free performance of The Sesame Street/USO Experience today. It was Madeline’s very first show. It seemed appropriate during this- the month of the military child- to celebrate Madeline (and her peers) and all that she has endured and accomplished during her short life in the military.
It still strikes me as surreal sometimes that we’re raising a military brat, that Madeline’s childhood is already so different from my own. She is not even two years old, and she has already called two states home (Georgia and North Carolina). She has learned how to initiate a FaceTime call on her own to far-away family. She has flown on an airplane more times in the last two years, visiting family and friends, than most people do in their entire lives. She has made necklaces out of boot blousers, been packed into a rucksack and traipsed around in nothing but combat boots and a diaper. She knows to stop and stand quietly when saying goodnight to the flag. She says bye-bye to her daddy any time he walks out of a room, probably because she has missed him for more than a quarter of her life (20+ weeks away at training/schools/Army stuff since she was born, which is lucky considering most children have had a parent deploy in the last two years).
So while it felt a little funny for her first-ever show to be about making new friends when your family has to move again, it also felt right. I am grateful to Sesame Street and the USO for remembering the needs of military families and for bringing us such a fun opportunity to make memories at. (Also- thanks for the awesome light-up Elmo spinner!)
who runs the world? girls.
The boy met the world and now it’s time for his daughter to do the same. Two things: How am I so old, and please let this be good.
Hillary Clinton had a shoe thrown at her while delivering a speech in Las Vegas. This was my first reaction. My second reaction- I wonder what kind shoe it was? Was it the one the girl was wearing when she walked in? Did she hobble out hands up, one shoe off and one shoe on? Or did she bring a shoe from home and carry it in in her purse with the intent of launching it at the stage? Either way, see reaction number one.
Not new, but new to me, MIT scientists created a computer program that can show colors and motions in video that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye (think actually seeing your pulse in the imperceptible flushing of your skin). Cool.
What if you change key of poppular sad song? Will it happy? What about happy somg? Will it sad? Listen.
I made these Lemon Coconut Crunch Bars for ladies night yesterday. If you’re in need of a spring/summer, light and tasty treat- this is it. And it was super simple to make!
