Wonders, Mishaps, Blunders and Joy.. commentary on my life as a mom in the form of letters to my son
Letters For You will resume next week.
Until then, from my home to yours, have a warm, wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday!
Look at what Lucas made for me at school ~ swoon ~
The best part?
As soon as he gave me this card, he said he needed to make another one and when I asked if that was because he had more things to be thankful for, he replied “Yes, Daddy!”.
I am so thankful for my family, but especially my little Lucas.
Linking up with Alicia’s Wordful Wednesdays.
Letters For Lucas is two years old today!
I can’t believe I’ve been at this for two years.
There have been two redesigns, 682 posts, 12 guest posts, two blog conferences, many communities joined, countless photos shared, lots of self promoting tweets, tons of supportive retweets and some of the greatest friends made.
Over the past two years, I’m proud of how my voice has shone through in my writing and my writing has helped me explore my emotions regarding being a mother, sister, parentless parent and softie at heart.
I love my little space on the Internet. I love my readers and all the connections I have made through blogging, but the real reason I do this, aside from maintaining my sanity, is this precious little boy:
Lucas is the inspiration for every single post I write and I hope someday he enjoys reading Letters For Lucas as much as I enjoy writing it. I hope my words give him greater insight to all of his mother’s complexities and offer us hours of conversation.Here’s to another two years and beyond!
A very special thank you to Morgan for these lovely photos of Lucas. She captured him to a tee; all of his sweet, mischievous, wonderful, curious, M&M and dirt loving magic. Thank you!
Thanks to my friend, Lisa, whom I had the pleasure of lunching with last week, I have been introduced to one of the most delicious (non alcoholic) drinks I have ever tasted.
And I’m not just being dramatic.
Since the juice cleanse my husband and I did in February (you can read all about it here), I have grown to love tea. I despise coffee, so I’m not one to frequent Starbucks, Coffee Bean, Peet’s or any other coffee chain, but I’ve been six times since last Tuesday. At $3.75 a pop, this could get expensive.
If you haven’t tasted it, run, don’t walk to your favorite local barista and get yourself an Iced Chai Tea Latte (with Vanilla) on the double! You can thank me later.
This post is for Wordful Wednesdays and if you want to link up and see some really beautiful photographs, please visit Project Alicia.
It wasn’t the sunniest of summer days on Saturday when we spent a few hours as a family at the beach.
Lucas, as aforementioned, LOVES the water, so his dad and I were shocked and amazed when he sat still and played with the sand and watched the waves go back and forth for almost an hour.
I captured this photo and didn’t even notice that the seagull was in the shot, but I love it.
The seagull and those two boys.
Sunny or not, it was the perfect day.
This post is for Wordful Wednesdays and if you want to link up and see some really beautiful photographs, please visit Project Alicia.
We had a super spectacular weekend celebrating Lucas’ second birthday. From a Newport Beach Harbor Duffy boat ride with his grandparents on Friday night to a fun Thomas the train party on Saturday, and then Disneyland on Monday with Mommy and Daddy, it was a birthday bonanza!
I’ll spare you all the details and instead share some favorite photos:
I think a highlight for Lucas, apart from the “yummy yummy cupcakes” was meeting his two idols, Tow Mater and Lightning McQueen at California Adventure! Next to Thomas, they are his favorite characters.
There was a moment during Lucas’ birthday party, when he looked around and listed everyone and everything present, including the bounce house and all the Thomas balloons and the chocolate cupcake in his hands and had a happy grin from ear to ear. As our friend, Andrew pointed out, he was clearly having a moment of gratitude.
I agree.
Our special weekend wasn’t lost on any of us.
Happy Birthday, precious boy.
This post is for Wordful Wednesdays and if you want to link up and see some really beautiful photographs, please visit Project Alicia.
My fabulous friend, Colleen turned 40 on Saturday and threw herself an 80’s-style prom party. It was an absolute blast!!
Everyone dressed up! There was lots of neon, lace, big bows, arms full of bracelets, skinny ties, flipped up collars, leg warmers and pearls. Even the 80’s cover band, that provided enough dance music to last a lifetime, Orange County’s own, Tijuana Dogs got into the spirit.
All of my girlfriends and I have been fretting about our “prom” attire for months and it turned out for many, Ebay was the way to go. Who knew?
I, on the other hand, being the pack rat that I am still have my ACTUAL Jessica McClintock prom dress! With a little alteration to the bust line, I wore it! Crazy, huh?! I couldn’t believe it still fit either. Or that I even kept it!
I tried to mimic my 80’s hair style: big and curly and make-up: blue eyeliner and mascara. Although naturally curly, my hair doesn’t quite take a curl like it used to. Even with half a canister of mousse.
The cast of characters may have changed, hopefully we are all a little wiser. There were way more beer bellies, wedding rings and crow’s feet this time around, but the music is still the same, my friends make the world a better place and I found myself wishing the party would last All Night Long, just like I did at my high school Senior prom.
THEN
My prom date was my boyfriend at the time. He had just given me the watch I’m wearing as a graduation present. Lovely gift, but looks so out of place now.
NOW
Colleen and I and our rad dates.
The birthday girl and Matt, the Tijuana Dogs lead singer.
Does this pose look familiar?
Feels just like 1988!
I must admit, I had WAY more fun at this prom than at my own back in ’91. Maybe it was the alcohol or the music, the company or the pure nostalgia of it all, but everyone had a permanent grin on their face the entire night and my legs still hurt from dancing!
One of the best parts of the whole evening was being dropped off by Todd’s mother, who was in town visiting us for the weekend.
She waited up for us too!
This post was originally for Wordful Wednesdays and if you want to link up or see some really beautiful photographs, please visit Alicia at A Beautiful Mess and see how she effortlessly turns ordinary photos into a works of art.
This post was reposted for Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop, Prompt 4.) My prom dress.
