annie got some new clothes from the Tea Collection.
i just looked and they have a 20% off sale going on through the 11th!
the print on the dress is so pretty.
adorable.
i love those laces…. and that sticthing!
her favorite is the SUPER soft sweater leggings.
she wore them for 2 days straight!
even sleeping!
i don't blame her.
who doesn't like new clothes that really soft and comfy?
but….. do you do a little booty dance when you get a new dress?
annie does.
and usually adds a little "WOOAHH!" and a leap off a piece of furniture.
🙂
…………………………………………
yesterday i saw a mouse.
I SCREAMED!!!
i don't think i am really technically "afraid " of mice but apparently when i see one….
i scream and jump.
it all just came out of me.
then waffle got in on the action.
lauren & i chased it out from under the couch and he cornered it and caught in his paws….
put it in his mouth….
and just like a tom & jerry cartoon it came running back out!
right towards me!!!
i SCREAMED again and jumped up on the couch.
why?
why do i do that?
i do it with spiders too.
so crazy.
we set some traps and caught it.
waffle is sad.
it was the most excitement he'd had in a year.
he didn't sit down for over an hour after the mouse escaped.
he was sniffing under everything…hunting it down.
someone said to me today "there is always something fun going on at your house!"
ha ha ha
i don't know about the FUN but there is always SOMETHING going on.
Joey Biber - Though the leggings are somehow boyish, her blue printed blouse and pink shoelaces make the whole look more feminine and playful. Those seem to be made of soft and comfy fabric, and that can certainly help during the hot summer season.
karen - annie is super cute in her new digs!
oh and i hate to tell ya…but where there is one there are many! set more traps just in case.
Breeanna @ a brilliant melody - I saw a mouse in out kitchen last week. I was in the living room and saw it out of the corner of my eye. I followed it to the cupboard and when I opened the door, it ran directly toward me, in between my feet. How could I not scream and jump! I didn’t want it crawling on me. I have two dogs and they chased it under the oven and kept sniffing around 🙂
Mel - Your Annie has the cutest haircut ever!! She reminds me of a story book little girl, you know the kind that many amazing & quirky adventures 🙂 Her new clothes are awesome ( ah little girls clothes, the only thing I despair over , having 3 sons – the clothes , the clothes!!!)
Elizabeth - Do you have ANY IDEA how much those of us out here in
blog-follower land ADORE that dog of yours??? I am a total “Waffle follower.” LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT DOG OF YOURS.
OH, AND ALSO YOUR BLOG. ;o)
merlin - There is a trivia fact that goes something like: for every mouse you see there are 100, yes, 100 that you can’t see…
Tracy - Ha! We caught a mouse in our house yesterday, too!
Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - we have field mice that love to set up for the winter in our garage. we also have spiders… both make me jump about 5ft in the air and scream like a little girl!
Annie’s new dress and shoes are SO CUTE!!
in my house, my dogs LOVE to capture flies. And since they go in and out, a lot! there’s always at least one fly for them to capture and (yuck) eat!
Michelle - God’s honest truth – fingers crossed – as I read this post I saw a mouse run from the fridge to the stove – bleghhhhhh!
I have spotted him twice (this being the 3rd time (hope it’s only 1 mouse)). Traps are set – he’s not falling for it. I was using sticky traps – today I reinforced with old fashioned wood snap traps (with Nutella as bait – this mouse should be a victim soon)!
I NEED to get a better camera and learn to shoot – you truly have great pictures of your kids & life. My camera is old and yucky and takes like 8 seconds to get the next shot. I never get the shot!
Thanks as always for your blog – it makes me smile 🙂
beth - Awesome picture of Waffle! I don’t mind mice–unless they’re IN MY HOUSE! we lived in an apartment that had it’s fair share and I definitely pulled the girlie card one night when I called my husband away from studying to catch a mouse. You are not alone, my friend, in your screamidge. 🙂
Lori Austin - This post made me laugh. I even read it to my hubby and he laughed at the pic of waffle. We needed a laugh – it’s been a rough week. Thanks Meg! 😉
Jennifer - Too funny!
Tanya H - I scream at mice too. Spider I more like yell at becuaes I’m annoyed that its in my house, but mice are intolerable!!! blaaaahhhh!!!!
On another note, I love Annie’s shoes, and her book too! 🙂 That’s my fav book from when I was little.
Kimberly Dial - I loved this post … I got a visual and it literally made me laugh out loud … thank you Meg! 🙂
Trisha - Screaming at the sight of a mouse is not only appropriate, I think it is just in our DNA. We had a mouse this summer and I am still traumatized. I have tried to talk my husband into letting the exterminator move in with us and buying ten cats. So far, he isn’t going for it.
Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - That was a happy post. Made me smile! I hate mice too and I’m a screamer when I see one….yuck!
kristine cline - Ok, I just have to say that I clicked on your blog today and saw those cute pics of your daughter and immediately thought “Ramona Quimby”….I loved those books as a kids and Annie just seems to have that same spunkiness….
sorry about the mouse! yikes!
Brooke - Oh yes, I’m with you. I’d be screaming too. Probably while peeing my pants a little bit!
tiffany gardner - ewwww….I have a Major fear of mice. and I live in a 100 year old home…some sometimes…we get mice too! I would have done the same thing. (except i usually call my husband and beg him to come home. lame… i know).
amy jupin - EEEEEEKKK!
and
annie looks so cute in her new duds.
(by the way, and i can’t even make this stuff up, i promise you…
but just as i typed ‘eek’, i saw something crawling on my leg and it was a cricket!!
josh just fed our frogs and one cricket must have escaped!
talk about scream?!!?!?!
eeeeekkkkk!!)
emily anderson - love that dress! super cute 🙂
Holly - Annie is cute! DO you think they might have sweater leggings in my size?! 😉 As for the mouse you should let that sweet kitty cat in for a bit!
marcy bradford - hi meg! love your blog! where did you get your big pom-pom fringe on your pillows? I m looking for jumbo pom pom fringe in lavendar for some pillows in my litte girl’s room 🙂 thanks!
-marcy
happygirl - I don’t like seeing a mouse scurry across the floor, either. but, when you live in the woods, you gets mice. dang it. Spiders totally freak me out. LOVE the sweater leggings. A-DOR-A-BLE. 🙂
Kerry - oh she looks adorable!! love that 2nd picture… oh im the same with the mice – yuk!!!!
Heather - I have always jumped and screamed at the sight of mice too.
Last night I saw one in the garage and I just stood there and watched it run away. It was the strangest thing. I thought to myself…I must be getting old. I don’t have the energy to be scared anymore! LOL
sue - Not happy about the trap but I guess you got to do what you have to do.!
Laura - Sooooo funny, I have a goldendoodle too, only ours is Bailey. For three days she was in the EXACT same position with her nose under the coach and crying. I kept looking and looking – nothing. Then I became convinced it was a mouse INSIDE the couch = ughhhh! Hubby was out of town so I figured I would wait for him to check it out – last night while at a meeting my 11 year old texted me – turns our Bailey had managed to shove her beloved ball INSIDE the couch and that is what she was crying for. Next time I will know to look harder!
jackie grandy - I meant to say there not their. Sorry for the grammatical error in my above post!
Laura Phelps - i want to move in with you
you live life in color
does that make sense?
i just washed dishes for over an hour (broken dish washer) and it is grey and starting to rain and i was thinking about my recent life and my blog and how i need to post something COLORFUL because i am sick of the struggle and sadness
anyway
i love you
your life is in color
🙂
jackie grandy - We all scream when their is something in our house that is unexpected, even an itsy bitsy cute little mouse. We know that it can’t really hurt us but it just unexpectedly strikes up that fear response.
We had a garden snake in our house last spring and it freaked me out. I was waking out of the laundry room and saw this bright green snake slithering on my kitchen floor. I dropped all of my laundry and screamed and screamed. I know garden snakes don’t hurt us, but I did not sleep knowing it was in my house slithering around somewhere. I sat on the dining room table with my cleaning gloves and a bag waiting for it to slither out so I could grab it. I also put towels underneath our bedroom doors so it would not get in our bedrooms. Luckily we never saw the snake again and it most likely went out as quickly as it came in. I really think I scared it away with my screams 🙂
Ashlyn@Pinecone - Man, you have got some great pictures of Annie – so cute!!
We have cats and whenever there is a spider or fly around they are after it (well…they are after it if they are not sleeping, which covers about 19 hours of every day!) I think they might even wake up for a mouse 🙂
If it happens again (god forbid) Waffle will be ready!!
Seriously Sassy Mama - I hate mice. We used to live by a field, and they were always finding their way into our house.
Rachel J - We had a mouse in the house over the summer.And let me tell you, this city girl almost died! IT was horrible! And my sweet little beagle Charlie was oblivious! I posted about it on my blog…… http://faithfulcitymouse.blogspot.com/2011/07/mouse-in-house.html
Have a great day!
TinaM. - I wish I was cool enough to wear those cozy tights. I’ve always loved them ever since I was a little kid.
p.s. I scream at mice too!
Terrie G - I scream too!! Loved the pic of Waffle with his nose under the couch!
shannon - I would scream if I saw a mouse in my house too! I had one run across my toe a few weeks back but it was outside my backdoor and that was scary enough.
Love Annie’s new outfit and I LOL when I read about the bootie dance, my 4 year old always does that little dance after she puts her panties on, crazy kids 🙂
Kim - oh. my. goodness.
mylie does similar things with bugs and flies.
a mouse would be too big for her.
but she definitely would go for it.
until the mouse moved.
waffle is my dog hero of the day.
brave little guy. haha!
April M - love that second picture of Annie 🙂