Monday, December 31, 2012

Favorite Moments of 2012



1.       Bar party

2.       The ending to Breaking Dawn 2

3.       Finishing another 5K

4.       Mike ad Matt playing Chicken Fight on Easter

5.       Leaving the Girl Scout Big Bash

6.       Mike’s new toys

7.       $15 Benadryl worked like a miracle

8.       Getting second place at the St. Louis Science Fair

9.       Mike’s new glasses

10.   Samantha’s allergies are so much better!

11.   Karina at the airport

12.   Hanging out with Karina in my backyard

13.   Getting my job at SSD

14.   Finding Dr. Simon.

15.   Seeing Samantha cross the finish line at Cross Country

16.   Dave and Busters for New Years Eve

17.   Watching “Never Ever Getting Back Together” with the girls

18.   Samantha falling in love with Hunger Games

19.   Michaela falling in love with the Percy Jackson series.

20.   Scoring big while trick or treating

21.   Mike dancing on Beale Street

22.   Blackthorn Pizza

23.   Board games with my girls

24.   Mike’s promotion

25.   Seeing Joe.

26.   Watching Rise of the Guardians with my mom.

27.   Paracord bracelets

28.   Homemade holsters

29.   Blue man group

30.   Michaela being so sweet at her First Communion

31.   Getting the most awesome Christmas card from a student

32.   Watching Michaela’s piano recital.

33.   Girl Scout parade downtown

34.   Sitting in the second pew at the Ebenezer Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr. sat

35.   Samantha’s new haircut

36.   The Mommy party

37.   Fireworks at Bush Stadium – free tickets!

38.   Relaxing Thanksgiving

39.   Samantha presenting her group’s idea for computer game design experience

40.   Getting slimed at the Fear Factor party

41.   Best Santa picture ever.

42.   Sam swimming with  Dakota, the other cast girl

43.   Michaela posing like the little dancer at SLAM

44.   Four player Pacman

45.   Hanging out in the hammock

46.   The girls posing like superman in Metropolis

47.   Getting in early at Atlanta’s Aquarium and having the place to ourselves for an hour.

48.   Riding the Ferris wheel at the top of the City Museum

49.   Powell Hall with Michaela’s class for her field trip.

50.   Samantha winning the trivia contest at the Hunger Games DVD release party.

51.   Michaela loving soccer

52.   Samantha loving swimming

53.   Happy Feet wild ride at the zoo

54.   Making it out of the corn maze.

55.   Happy  4th grade Girl Scout meetings.

56.   Seeing the deer at Jefferson Barracks

57.   Singing Karaoke with Mike on Halloween

58.   Froyo on Delmar

59.   Hiking with Samantha

60.   Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago

61.   Samantha got to present a debate

62.   Samantha held 5 snakes at one time.

63.   Michaela got to swim with Hailey

64.   Xavier’s birthday party.  Can’t believe he’s 5.

65.   Great family photo in front of the elephant at the zoo.

66.   Michaela’s Christmas class party

67.   My tiny salt and pepper shakers!

68.   Dom Perignon and White Castles

69.   Getting to hold tiny Mia

70.   Seeing Mary Poppins with the girls

71.   Seeing the Harry Potter owl on our street

72.   Michaela reading On the Wings of Angels.

73.   Singing Fish heads with my girls

74.   Maniacal laughter contest

75.   Eating one more Twinkie

76.   Watching IT with Mike

77.   Mr. Rogers Autotune

78.   Singing Soft Kitty with my girls

79.   Getting to share The Little House series with Samantha

80.   The election finally being over.

81.   Exercising on that awesome treadmill.

82.   Chivalrous gentleman  opening the door, both ways for us at Little Caesars

83.   Michaela giving me a smell-o-gram using a sweaty note from her shoe.

84.   Free Noodles birthday dinner

85.   Seeing class announcements and texting them to my girls and friends.

86.   A letter of recommendation that borders on gushing.

87.   Michaela looking at me and declaring  “Momma, you look like you’ve lost weight”

88.   Passing my Praxis.

89.   Mockingbird.

90.   Cousin’s lunches

91.   Sharing Evita with my girls.

92.   Discovering that Cheez Whiz really is the ingredient to James Coney Island cheese fries.

93.   Feeling like having some answers really does make a difference

94.   Bob Ross’s happy little clouds

95.   Lights out (finally) at the second grade girl scout overnight at the Magic House

96.   Samantha getting a phone.

97.   Conference dinner success and all the help that goes with it.

98.   Green smoothies

99.   Studying for the Spelling Bee

100.                        Reading with Michaela until she falls asleep

 

 

 

 

 

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