John took Josh and Ryan to football practice, so that left
Colton, Kylie and I for most of the evening.
It was my niece’s birthday, so I knew the first thing we needed to do
was take over her birthday presents.
That is one area of my life that I’m horrible at – getting people their
birthday presents on time! I think this
time was the worst because on top of taking Reese’s present over, I was also
taking her brother’s – and his birthday was in June! So I’ve already decided that this is my New
Year’s resolution – birthday presents to people on time!
Anyway, I dropped those off and then we headed back to the
Halloween store because Kylie has finally decided what she wants to be for
Halloween – a creepy spider/snake lady.
Don’t ask me, I have no idea! But
she has put the outfit together and we are getting all the pieces. She got a long-haired red-head wig (which we
are going to fill with spiders and little snakes) and then we are going to get
a big snake to hang around her neck, and then we got some tattoos that look
like bite marks and scratches that we are going to put on her face. Again, she came up with this whole thing and
is excited about it, which is all I asked of her!
After we got home, we heated up leftovers for dinner just as
the boys were getting home. Everyone ate
and started showers/baths and I started packing the kids up for our OU Homecoming
trip to Athens this weekend. That’s when
I remembered that we couldn’t find Kylie’s good Ohio Cheer shirt the last time
we looked for it. So at 9:00 PM last
night, I started scouring the rooms for it.
½ later, John started helping. It’s
such a thin shirt I knew it was possible that it got stuck with some other
piece of clothing and could easily be with any of the boys’ clothes. We even quietly searched Colton’s room while
he was sleeping – I was desperate! John
went out and checked the car because the last time she wore it, Kylie said she
took it off in the car (but swore she brought it inside with her). No luck.
Finally, John came upstairs holding the beloved shirt. I asked he where he found it and he said he
tried to think like Kylie. He went down
to the playroom and went through her bags.
There he found a pair of pants, and the noise-maker things we got from
the last game. And then there, at the
bottom of the bag, was the shirt. She
had taken it off in the car, but instead of putting it in the laundry like she
swore she did, she put it in her bag and forgot to take any of the stuff out.
I told John that not having the shirt was not the thing
bothering me. Yes, the shirt is a very
nice shirt (Under Armour that looks like the football jerseys and then we had “cheer
Ohio” put on the back), I mean she does have a few OU shirts, but I hate the
feeling of not being able to find something.
It eats at me and eats at me until I find it, and that was what was
happening with this shirt. It was nice
being able to go to bed in peace having found it!
So now it’s Friday, and we are set for a beautiful weekend
down at Ohio University full of festivities!
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