Day 357 - Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Day 357 - Wednesday, December 23, 2009 – Tonight we had my parents (and Bailey) over for dinner and to watch one of my Dad's favorite movies, It's a Wonderful Life. It really is.

Day 354 - Sunday, December 20, 2009

Day 354 - Sunday, December 20, 2009 – My baby girl turned 14 today. We celebrated with a shopping trip to the Rochester Village Mall and lunch at Bravo Italian Restaurant. Happy Birthday, Jordyn!

Day 352 - Friday, December 18, 2009

Day 352 - Friday, December 18, 2009 – I picked Jordyn up from school a little early today so that we could go to Liam's holiday sing along. Much to my surprise, this was also the day that the school had Mrs. Robinson's clay mural installed in the office. Jordyn is the student on the far left of the mural. She is now forever immortalized at OMS.

Day 345 - Friday, December 11, 2009

Day 345 - Friday, December 11, 2009 – Tonight was Jordyn's Christmas concert. The eighth graders are in blue and the seventh graders are in yellow. We went to eat at Casa Real before heading to the high school for the performance. They did a wonderful job! (I wish I could say the same for Owen's behavior!! Good thing we were in the sparsely populated balcony.)

Day 340 - Sunday, December 6, 2009

Day 340 - Sunday, December 6, 2009 – Today's special Christmas event was an ornament exchange at our house with some of Jordyn's friends and their moms (who are also MY friends). It was a delightful evening. I LOVE Christmas ornaments and I love it that these girls love Christmas ornaments, too!

back r0w (l to r) - Alicia, Jordyn, Bailey; middle row (l to r) - Chelsea, Shelby, Kayla; front row (l to r) Kristi, Mary

Day 336 - Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Day 336 - Wednesday, December 2, 2009 – Today was the second day of our countdown to Christmas calendar events. Today's event was for Jordyn to select a Christmas movie to watch. She chose The Nativity Story. Such a fabulous movie about the true meaning of Christmas.

Day 331 - Friday, November 27, 2009

Day 331 - Friday, November 27, 2009 – One of my favorite Thanksgiving traditions is going shopping with Jordyn on black Friday. This year, we got up at 2:45 am and we were back home by 7:30 am. We got 80% of the Christmas shopping done in a few hours with huge discounts. Gotta love that!

Day 328 - Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Day 328 - Tuesday, November 24, 2009 – Jordyn after the 7th & 8th grade dance at the Middle School. Also, a rare photo of Jordyn in a skirt (outfit that she purchased specifically for this occasion).

Day 324 - Friday, November 20, 2009

Day 324 - Friday, November 20, 2009 – Jordyn with her birthday cupcake filled cupcake stand. Eighteen cupcakes, fourteen candles. Fourteen. We celebrated her birthday one month early to avoid the holiday conflict/rush. Twelve girls spent the night at our house for her party and it was a lot less crazy than you might expect.

Day 323 - Thursday, November 19, 2009

Day 323 - Thursday, November 19, 2009 – Jordyn with her pre-purchased New Moon ticket to the midnight premier showing at the Oxford 7. She's ready to go, complete with her Jacob Black, New Moon dog tags. The theater was packed with adoring fans, just like last year's midnight premier of Twilight.

Day 319 - Sunday, November 15, 2009

Day 319 - Sunday, November 15, 2009 – Shopping. Not my favorite thing to do. Did I love it when I was Jordyn's age? She and Molly love it. Too bad I'm not an experienced enough shopper to know that the mall closes at 6:00 on Sundays and the girls only got about 45 minutes of shopping in. Really, I didn't know!

Day 314 - Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Day 314 - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 – Tonight was Jordyn's middle school choir's concert in honor of Veteran's day. It was a privilege to witness all the vets saluting the flag, some with hands shaking from old age or crippled from arthritis, but all with honor.

Day 307 - Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Day 307 - Tuesday, November 3, 2009 – I thoroughly embarrassed Jordyn by taking her picture when we picked her up from the school upon her return from Camp Copneconic. She wouldn’t even look at the camera, (but her friend Chelsea didn’t mind)!! She had a great time at camp! MUCH better than spending two days in SCHOOL.

Day 305 - Sunday, November 1, 2009

Day 305 - Sunday, November 1, 2009 – Jordyn packing and straightening her hair in preparation for the two day, one night 8th grade camping trip at Camp Copneconic starting tomorrow.

Day 296 - Friday, October 23, 2009

Day 296 - Friday, October 23, 2009 – Sometime McDonald's take out is on the dinner docket.

Day 290 - Saturday, October 17, 2009

Day 290 - Saturday, October 17, 2009 –

Isn't she the cutest sailor you have ever seen? On her way to a friend's Halloween party.

Day 288 - Thursday, October 15, 2009

Day 288 - Thursday, October 15, 2009 –

Face wash, a 13 year old girl's nighttime ritual.

Day 286 - Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Day 286 - Tuesday, October 13, 2009 –

Teenagers can be, well, teenagers. Imagine my delight when Jordyn chose to accompany the family on this c-c-c-cold evening to watch Owen's soccer game.

Day 280 - Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Day 280 - Wednesday, October 7, 2009 –

Jordyn recently replaced her old cell phone with this one, using her own babysitting money to pay for the early upgrade. Blue phone. Blue nail polish. Blue tank. Blue hoodie. She likes blue.

Day 278 - Monday, October 5, 2009

Day 278 - Monday, October 5, 2009 –

Jordyn's artwork.