Our Pirate Princess

Well, today is Halloween and I was ready for it to be over weeks ago. I have never been a fan of the scary stuff (movies, monsters, haunted houses, etc.), so the fact that Miss Thing has expressed no interest in Halloween this year has been just fine with me. If I recall correctly, I think that she only ever went Trick or Treating one year and there were some houses that she just wasn't going to approach because of the decorations. Most years we have taken her to church festivals that are held on Oct 31st to specifically avoid all of the scary stuff. The one thing that she always loved was the costumes. The best costume Miss Thing ever wore was a pirate costume that I made from stuff we had around the house. This was at the height of the Pirates of the Carribean craze and I surprised her by making the costume that day while she was at school. She was So excited and we had such fun that evening.





But, tonight there will probably be no costumes to photograph. It looks like our little girl is growing up, much too fast for my taste. I try to appreciate all of the stages of her growing up because, the older that she gets, the faster time seems to fly by. Each day seems to bring about more of a young lady and less of a little girl. As much as I will miss the days of Barbie dolls and play-do, I look forward to seeing the stages of her becoming a Godly young woman. So, as I sit here with tears in my eyes, I encourage you all to enjoy the different stages of life. God has prepared such beauty in each one and although we have tough times and it will look as if He has forgotten that we even exist. He is here and His miracles can be found in the most mundane of things if we just look for them.......even in the Pirate Princess growing up.

A little bit of this & that......

Well, the past 2 weeks have been a bit more positive for the Langley's. I have returned to work (part-time) and Mike has a turn-around that starts in couple of weeks. Plus, my boss has given him some part time work around the park helping with the repairs and clean up. Just as I was getting accustomed to being at home!!! No fair!

Miss Thing just finished her first 9 weeks of school and after some serious studying she has been able to pull out all A's and 1 B. The 6th grade is proving to be a bit of a challenge so far. Tonight is the PTF meeting at school for report card distribution and apparently a musical performance of some kind. She is very excited. "Performance Babies" (the name I have given to Miss Thing and all of her friends who sing, dance and act) are always excited to be putting on a show.

Then there are times when a stage is not necessary for a performance...... like our family outing to the San Jacinto Monument this Summer. Yes, it was hot, really hot, and this was her artistic interpretation the day.

Then there are the random pics........

Fear

Curious

Food Demonstrator/TV Chef

Comedian

I love the blessing that this child has brought to our lives. She is non-stop and I love not knowing what she will come up with next. What a gift she is.

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Welcome.

Since it's Monday, I would like to "play catch up" on the last week in our little corner of the world. The week was the usual, school for Miss Thing, Hubby still looking for work after IKE did his number on the petro-chemical industry, and I just puttered along while I wait for the RV park to have the necessary repairs needed to re-open.

On Saturday, I had some alone time. Miss Thing was spending the night a friend's house and Hubby was at the stock car races with his friend B. That made for a pretty quiet day on Sunday as they, and the pup, were sleepy and zonked out all over the furniture most of the day. Check out the evidence below :0)


Too funny!


Some exciting news is that Miss Thing will be in the musical The Little Princess at our local playhouse/theatre. She is taking a break from ballroom right now and is excited to be doing something in the way of performing. She did 2 musicals this past Summer with the same playhouse and seems to have a real knack for acting and singing. I have yet to find a stage that this child doesn't want to be on, she really enjoys performing, good thing she's good at it.