Saturday 9

1. There are several religious holidays going on this weekend. Any plans? Tomorrow we have soccer games and a couple of Easter egg hunts. Then Mrs. Awesome plans to dye Easter eggs with our munchkins. I think I will grade papers during that time. Sunday we have church and Easter dinner at my mom's.

2. Do you look forward to holiday events or do they stress you out? I look forward to them for the most part. There are some aspects of holidays that stress me out, but overall I enjoy watching the kids get excited about stuff.

3. Do you have any traditional meals that you will eat? For Easter, we'll have ham and the fixings. On Thanksgiving and Christmas there is usually both turkey and ham and all the fixings.

4. We are changing seasons. What are you looking forward to? More than anything I'm ready for warmer weather and to see leaves on the trees again.

5. Around here it is turning to spring. What signals spring to you? Longer days and everything getting green again.

6. What is your favorite season and why? Summer because I am teacher and don't have to go to work for two months.

7. Do you have a favorite food when dining out? It depends on where we are eating. I have a favorite dish at most places we go to, but that doesn't mean that's what I'll order.

8. What is your favorite beverage when out? All I ever get is sweet tea or Dr. Pepper. I can't afford alcohol *lol*.

9. When is your next big night out? hmm….18 years and 1 day from the Turkey's birth?

A Woman And Her Shoes

This evening my wife got it in her head that the children needed shoes to go with their Easter outfits. More specifically, The Princess needed shoes to match her Easter dress and The Professor and The Joker needed new dress shoes. Being that I am completely whipped after dinner we went to Payless.

Trips to places such as shoe stores show me why I am only blessed with one daughter. The Princess has strong opinions on things like shoes. Her brothers, for the most part, wear whatever their mother tells them too without any argument. Actually, I usually wear whatever Mrs. Awesome tells me to without arguing as well *lol*. Anyway, Mrs. Awesome found the pair of shoes she thought would look perfect with The Princess's dress. The Princess hated the shoes and wanted a pair of Hannah Montana high heels instead.

The issue was the fact these shoes are for Easter, which means things are dressier than usual. In my wife's mind, the Hannah Montana shoes just weren't going to cut it. She was set on The Princess wearing white shoes with her dress because she thinks it will look better. Mrs. Awesome chose a lovely pair of white shoes for her.

The Princess believed these shoes are for babies. This leads to a huge standoff in Payless. Both of the women in my life tend to be stubborn. The Princess starts to flat out refuse to try the shoes on Mrs. Awesome picked out for her. I stepped in and forced her to try them on. The shoes fit perfectly, so these are the ones we wanted to buy. These shoes were also $10 cheaper than the Hannah Montana shoes.

Well, The Princess being our Princess or Drama Queen begins crying when she knows she's not getting the Hannah Montana shoes. She cries about how she never gets anything, which isn't true but in general she's making a scene in the store. She looked pathetic with the broken wrist and all. Some other customers had started looking at us at that point adding to my utter embarrassment.

We ended up compromising with her. She paid for the Hannah Montana shoes with her own money. We paid for the white shoes. On Easter morning, she will be wearing the white shoes Mrs. Awesome chose for her. Tomorrow when we go see the Hannah Montana movie, she can wear her Hannah Montana shoes along with her big Hannah Montana hoop earrings she bought at Wal-Mart last night.

*sigh* I am beginning to wonder if I should start praying nightly that the Turkey is another boy. I'm not sure I need to start over with a girl.