Inhaler Lessons

While this video is mainly for Brooke, Victoria, and our babysitters Sarah and Katherine, you can all enjoy Zachary's dramatic expressions as he teaches us how to use his inhaler.

Zach's Inhaler Lesson from Suzanne Mosley on Vimeo.

Homecoming

I hoped, I prayed, but I never expected it would happen....THERE ARE STILL THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS IN MY REFRIGERATOR!!!!!

Welcome home to me!

Sometimes fun events come in small packages.

Dancing Whales

Well y'all, I'm off to Fort Lauderdale and the Sunshine State Dance Challenge. Yeah, 'cause that's what I want to do; wear a bathing suit the day after eating my body weight in turkey and dressing. I may have to conveniently forget my suit and sunbathe in sweatpants and a tee shirt.

HAPPY SCHPANKSGIVING!

What the Mosley kids are thankful for:

So Refined

I walked into the kitchen the other morning to load the dishwasher, and saw the strangest sight. I was gone the previous night to rehearsal and these dishes were dirtied during that time. Do you see it yet? Yes, you spotted it. The martini glass.

Eric and I rarely drink. And when I say rarely, I mean my annual Christmas Cocktail party, and maybe two other times during the year. Every once in a blue moon Eric will crack open a bottle of beer at home or go to happy hour after work, but those instances are few and far between.

So the martini glass being out of the cupboard was strange in and of itself. The fact that I, being the only legal female in the home, was gone during the time it had been used, made it even stranger.

When Eric came down to make himself lunch, I said, "Hey, what's the deal with this martini glass??" He chuckled and said, "Oh, that.....I drank a Diet Pepsi out of it last night." I asked why, of course.

With a sheepish grin, "Because it felt fancy....I didn't put any ice in it, I just poured the cold soda into the glass."

................wow. because it felt fancy.

While part of me cringes at the thought of my husband drinking diet soda out of a martini glass, the soda-drinking-vessel-obsessed side of me is excited to try it the next time I'm alone.

Whoa, Whoa, You Almost Crossed It!

Wow, there's a fine line between creative and retarded....and my kids love to tiptoe as close to that line as they can.

Monday Mornings With Zachary

Poor Zach. At Ava's birthday party yesterday he was the first one to fall, and he was NOT happy about it. Birthday parties aren't a place where he shines anyway, so falling in front of people was just the limit for him. But he looked cute as a bug in his jeans and striped shirt...



Fortunately, not long after his fall, his buddy Ed showed up. Zach took major advantage of the soon-to-be-newest member of the family and kept Ed by his side all afternoon.

Ava's Fashions

Another cute Halloween costume. The cowgirl.

Halfway Up The Stairs

Zach's favorite place to play cars has always been at the top of the stairs, in between the railings. For years now he's made this little corner of our house his private parking garage. He'll sit on the top step for hours with a bucket of cars, driving them in and out and around the posts. I always wonder how old he'll be before he stops doing this....

....I'm kinda hoping 36.

The Brothers (and sister) Mosley

My kids love their costume boxes. It's not unusual to be sitting in my living room and see Spiderman run by, or a pirate going up the stairs, or Raggedy Ann eating a bowl of cereal in the next room. Sometimes an entire play will be taking place, and sometimes I catch it on film. Here's a set of stills from an evening in costume. I don't remember what the storyline was exactly, so I've taken some liberties...

I am the Princess Spellsalot, revered throughout the land for my numerous talents.

Watch me do a little dance, I learned this in finishing school...

Ha, I'm the evil Fire Knight, with my crowbar and water pistol! I will make this princess mine!

Oh, snap! It's a ferocious green and polka dot dragon! I will easily defeat him and impress this chick.

Get away from her, little green dragon, or I'll break you in half with my plastic crowbar and drench you with my neon water gun!

Man, this Fire Knight is annoying, trying to tell me what my next lines are. Why does he get to be the star AND the director? Who does he think he is, Clint Eastwood?...I think I'll...

...feed him this poisonous egg and then he will.....

...DIE!


Hooray, you saved me from that boorish Fire Knight and his pathetic excuses for weapons! I don't want to marry anyway, I have big plans to rule this kingdom when my father dies. Romance would ruin my career goals.

*curtsy*

THE END

Assistant TO The Regional Manager

My favorite line from last week's episode of "The Office":

Backstory: the secretary is inviting everyone in the office to her boyfriend's house for a Glee watching party. Angela walks over to Dwight Schrute and asks, "Are you going to the Glee party?". He replies with disgust:

Ugh, of all the feelings to base a show around.(snidely)...Glee.......

...Thirst...now that's a show I'd watch.

*smile*

What Might Have Been

Here's a fun little post: I came across the pictures from the day Brooke first tried on wedding dresses. Of course, when you throw Me, Mom, Brooke, Bethany, Bonnie and Brianne together in a David's Bridal, you get nothing less than pure comedy (I recall Bonnie making me wet my pants at lunch that day, making fun of the soup). But we did get some work done that day, as you'll see in the following photos:

This one killed me dead. An amazing combination of vintage and red carpet. But probably more me than Brookeedee.

I mean really, with a figure like that, it's a miracle Brooke escaped the pregnancy bug before the big day...just sayin'...

I loved her in this one. A Grecian goddess, Athena with Snow White curls...

This one started a string of quinceanera dresses that had Bethany and I singing and dancing the Mexican Hat dance through the rows of rainbow colored bridesmaids dresses

The va-va-voom Marilyn Monroe dress

Ava was not a fan of monkeying around in David's Bridal

Of course, Brooke ended up with the perfect dress, and looked like heavenly perfection on her big day.

Found this email Andrew sent after having dinner at my house a few years ago. I laughed so hard; my Dad always says "Outstanding, Daughter!"

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Monday Mornings With Zachary

Zach's allergy shot from Suzanne Mosley on Vimeo.

Zach's video is late today because he wanted to videotape himself getting his allergy shot this morning. He explains how the process works.

Ava's Fashions

Another one of my favorite Ava coats. I think I found this one at Marshalls. Perfect for a beginning of school fire prevention day.