Here comes the bride….

My sweet sister, Jenna, is officially tying the knot next July.  Her groom is in the Marines and is scheduled to be home next year.  Fortunately, Jenna has been able to put forth tons of energy and keep busy with planning their big day.  The girls got together for the most important detail……THE DRESS!!!   An appointment made at Suzanne’s Bridal Boutique with plenty of seating for the bride’s entourage.  Champagne, score cards to rate the dresses, tiaras, girl talk and laughter completed our afternoon. 

1st task of my Matron of Honor duties, pour the bride her champagne. Jenna, the bride, Brittany, the groom’s sister, her daughter Emma, and Jeri Barmore, bride’s grandmother.

Waiting anxiously for the bridal gown fashion show!!

My mom and I

Aspiring Thespian

Do we have a budding actor/performer on our hands?  We are always shocked and awestruck with the levels of Landon’s imagination with play and pranks(this week he “booby trapped” the laundry room for when I walked in from work with the dog leash strung and tied to where I couldn't walk through).  Landon has many roles he loves to play: fire man, pirate, “army guy”, doctor, dentist, the list goes on and on.  We joke about his dramatic descriptions of occurrences and overly enjoys being center of attention with everyone looking at him.  He has more facial expressions than Jim Carrey, and most recently doing voices pretending to me mom with a high pitch voice, and dad with his low pitch.  To add to all that, Landon has taught himself to talk with his mouth closed…toddler ventriloquist perhaps.

Ready for my close up!

These pics are just too adorable too not to show off!

Friday, Landon had his assessment and observation day at the private school we have had our eye on.  What does this entail?  The assessment and observation occurs in the classroom where he joins into the day’s curriculum.  He is paired with an outgoing child to assist in his transition.  During the class one of his two teachers will sit down with him to perform an assessment of his “skills”.  The day prior to going to the school, his teacher, Miss Downing, called to give me my mommy pep talk and reassurance that Landon is going to have a wonderful day and they will take amazing care of him.  Landon was thrilled to be heading off to school, as soon as he woke up he was eager to go.  With his lunch box (he picked it out, “red like a fire truck”) filled with the best assorted snack and lunch items (Scot and I are determined he be the kid with the best lunch) and a fire truck for show-and-tell, I had to snap a photo of his adorable-ness.  Lan lined up his school items and posed himself, then would come to view it on the camera screen, and pose himself again for another snapshot!   He was ecstatic when we arrived, a quick hug and kiss for mom and he was off playing with his new friends.  Anxious to pick him up and see how his day went, I arrived a little early, peeking my head in the window, I could see the kids sitting in a circle and singing the Rainbow song.  Both teachers looked over at me with a big smile and a thumbs up, mouthing “he did great”.  The finale of class, the parents got to come in and join into Animal Day, a working dog, tortoise, crab, and lizard, where brought in for the kids to see, pet, and learn about.  To sum it up, Landon had an amazing day, his teachers were impressive, and Landon was officially accepted into preschool!  Harvard here we come!