So Taj graduated his second year of preschool the end of may. I had WAY
cute pics of the program and him with his teachers and all that was
eaten up by my senile computer, so I made him at least stand in our
living room for one picture. Obviously he was a lot more enthused about
graduating the day of!
June 2nd was our 8 year anniversary. Holy crap, that time went by fast! I
got this lovely idea off of Pinterest. I love that place. When I don't
have it in me to be creative, Pinterest does the work for me. The idea
was to buy one balloon for each year you've been married. On the end of
each balloon, you tie a memory you have of the two of you together. Then
you release them in your bedroom and vwala! It looks amazing and it
looks like you spent lots of time on it, but really you didn't AND it's
an awesome way to surprise your significant other. Bran was pretty
impressed. I could tell, so I just stood in the corner and patted myself
on the back while he read each of the memories. A cheaper alternative
is to buy regular balloons. You could buy colors that signify certain
emotions or events for each year. I will probably do that the next time
around because I really don't want to spend $50 bucks on balloons and
I'm sure Brannon would be happy if I didn't either.
Taj and Haivi loved helping me with Brannon's anniversary surprise. I
knew those expensive balloons would double as entertainment, so I got my
money's worth.
The second part of his gift was this: a 52 Things I love About You book
made from a deck of cards. Again, Pinterest is genius! It really didn't
take me long to come up with 52 things, in fact, there are about 100
things in this book. I just typed the little messages in columns on
Microsoft Word and then printed them out and cut them up. ModPodge is
fantastic for not only gluing the messages on the cards, but for helping
to preserve them as well. You can tell by the picture that I did a coat
over the top. I hole punched the cards and then bound them together
with some rings I bought from the office section at Target. It took me
about an hour or so to do it, so it was pretty snappy and it's something
that is super sentimental. He took it to work with him and I imagine
that when he gets bored, he sits there in his office chair perusing it's
contents. Again, I could not help but pat myself on the back with both
hands this time. Thank you Pinterest for making me look good!
Haive loves her Minnie and her kitty. Her cat is not pictured here,
obviously, but she carts those two "babies" of her around everywhere we
go. I have to wash them at least once a week, sometimes more often. Her
favorite thing to do is nuzzle the cat's mouth. You can tell too because
after one week, it is gray, with bits of food stuck in its fur. She is
very generous too and loves to unexpectedly shove the said kitty's dirty
muzzle in your face so you can give it kisses to. Word to the wise?
Make sure you have your mouth closed or you'll pick up a funky virus
that may or may not leave you hugging the porcelain for days.
Taj's dentist is awesome! I was so worried about taking him to get his
teeth cleaned, but they were amazing. Here he is showing off the balloon
sword his hygienist made for him to calm him down. They did the
cleaning and the exam with him sitting in my lap and his head in their
laps. I was super impressed with this office and would recommend to
anyone. After it was all over, he got a token to get a prize out of the
prize machine. How creative is that?!
