At the bookstore...
Me: "Go ahead and get a book or two."
Kailei (coming back with two hardcover books) "Okay, I found some."
Me: "Um, I prefer they be paperback since they are a little less expensive."
Kailei: "Come on Mom, these are cheaper here than in Canada."
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Me: "How are you doing on your AR goal?"
Kailei; "Pretty good. I just have a few more points and I've reached my goal."
Me: "So soon? That's great."
Kailei: "I know. I rock!"
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Me: "Whenever I see a show I always want to be on stage singing and dancing."
K: "Oh no! We've all seen you sing and and dance. Stick to being a stage hand."
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"A great adventure always comes with a great price."
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"It's time to conjure up some cray cray."
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"Hey Mom, I got up to page 88 in my book. Jazz hands!"
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"I don't speak dog. I just like to bark."
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Kailei: "I have a lot of tangles in my hair."
Me: "That means you need to brush it more often."
Kailei: "I did brush it."
Me: "When?"
Kailei: "Monday."
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Kailei to her stuffed lobster: "I promise I won't eat you, even though it's tempting."
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Kailei to Zeb after he guessed something about her: "Finally someone who gets me, and my freakish ways."
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So, Zeb is having to empty out the dream catcher for Kailei. She had a bad robot dream last night...
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Conversation with Kailei...
Kailei; "'Ya know that boy that I
introduced you to at the choir concert? I have a crush on him. And he
likes me to. But don't worry, we aren't dating. We know we need call
each other's parents to ask if we wanted to which is why we aren't. He
wants to go to the School of Mines. Sounds really cool so I think I want
to go there too.
Zeb: "Not sure they have dance there.
Kailei: "He is into chemistry, whatever that is."
Zeb: "Chemistry is the study of-"
Kailei: "Chemistry is love. Like you and mom.."
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Kailei to me about her friend..
"Me and Grace have a long history together Mom."
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After Kailei's choir concert tonight I told her she did a good job (which is a nice compliment in my book).
"What?!, she commented. A good job? I should get something better than that!"
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Kailei-ism: "When the heat comes on, I'll be KOSI 101.1! That joke never gets old."
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Me: "Why do I love you so much?"
Kailei: "'Cause I'm an angel."
Every year Zeb makes me a Christmas card. This is a picture of
this years. It is one of the things I look forward to the most.
Had a great Christmas morning with the family. The girls let us stay in bed until about 7:30. That was when Kailei could no longer withhold her excitement. It was hard to get pictures of Keara. She's in a "no picture" phase but it looks like both girls had a good time. Kailei was blessed with a chromebook but it appears her favorite gift was a stuffed elephant. She is a stuffed animal fanatic. Keara got a new bedroom set as well as some Harry Potter "the necklaces that she really wanted. Good times.
Started Christmas
eve morning by seeing a movie with the girls. Something we haven't done
before but it was a fun way to kick off the day. Headed out to Kiowa
for church with the entire Archer clan. We then headed over to Tracie's
to enjoy our usual Christmas party fare.
Broke out the cookie cutters for the annual Christmas cookie day. There's so much pressure because everyone depends on us. Lynn is my co-baker and it was nice to have my nephews around. They helped a lot with the sugar cookies. Had a blast and love the tradition that Lynn and I have shared for way too many years. 
It's always special to be able to share one of my nephews birthdays since they are so far away. Kevin comes up for Christmas every other year so usually we get to celebrate Dylan's birthday then as well. Had cake and ice cream and got a chance to spoil him. I think he had a great time.
Kailei had her piano concert tonight. It was made even more special to have her three cousins from Texas attend. They did wonderful array of Christmas music which really got me in the holiday spirit. Enjoy watching Kailei's skills get better and better and so happy she enjoys it so much.
We had the Davison Christmas today. Phyllis drove up and Mitch hosted which left me to just enjoy it. It's been a crazy few weeks and so it was nice to not have to stress about cooking or doing anything special. My time will come next year. Lieu cooked up a mean dinner and everyone had a great time.
As usual we spent Thanksgiving down in Walsh. Went down on Wednesday morning and came back Friday. The weather was beautiful but the company was even better. The girls love to see their cousins and Phyllis always spoils us with her wonderful cooking. A good time was had by all.
So I told my teenager that she needed to come see me face-to-face and say hi. So she sent me this from her phone...
Keara graced me with her presence and joined me in seeing the filmed theatrical production of London's Billy Elliot. We were the only ones in the theater and we had a good time. It was one of the fancy theatres where they serve you food which was a difference experience for Keara. The show kept us out way too late on a school night but I sure love spending time with my teenager.
Saw one of my favorite shows today, Kinky Boots. Zeb went with me and we made a wonderful date out of it. I think he really enjoyed seeing it too. Of course it wasn't as good as Broadway but nothing ever is. Still glad I got to enjoy it.
And another Halloween has come and gone. Spent the morning at Kailei's school for her Halloween parade and party which is always lots of fun. She absolutely loves that I go and it is about the only thing I do manage to attend that's during the school day. Had a nice lunch with my husband which was very special and then Mom, Dad, Mark, Tracie and gang all came over for dinner and trick-o-treating. Keara stayed home and handed out candy and I stayed home as well since I'm fair weathered and it was a little windy. Had a great time. Girls got lots of candy. I miss the days when Keara and Nicholas joined in the fun but we will enjoy celebrating with Sydney and Kailei while we can. 
Feeling appreciated by my awesome staff. Love the ladies I work with and could not do the job with them. 
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free.
