Sunday, March 27, 2011

Our Little Miss Sunshine.....

If ever we felt our life was like the movies it was this weekend......I am not sure if you have ever seen "Little Miss Sunshine" (if not I highly recommend!) Brooke had her first Hip Hop dance competition this weekend and it was so cute and funny all at the same time. Chris and I felt like we were Toni Collete and Greg Kinnear cheering on our little Olive. The only thing missing was the dead body in the trunk as we of course were running late and speeding to get there, we had listened to her song in the car 431 times by now and I was praying I would never hear it again, and Brooke was showing nerves as a SOLO performance she signed up for loomed ahead.......if anything the event was going to bring some good laughs.......
So here is the event, notice the 50 tumblers and dancers salivating over the trophy table.....

Brooke trying to act cool and calm and Dad watching just as nervous as she was..... She felt some sense of relief as other girls from her class and her teacher showed up to gain some sort of organization to this free for all......Brooke registered for 4 events......the first one being group dance, they split her class into groups of three.......Here you go I had to upload it to YouTube since it was too long for this bloggy.





Best Leap event.....



Best turn event.....


So the group performance and turns and leap were no big whoop.......but the nail biting and shirt chewing began immediately after as she was set to do her group performance that she has been "throwing" together in the basement with not one routine being like any other one she did before that, basically winging it.....we thought it would be better that way she wouldn't stress about remembering the moves and she certainly didn't have trouble making up moves for hours on end in the comfort of our own home.....but the nerves were still there....making it worse we found out she was one of two people doing the "solo" event and the other people were a "group" of four.....don't ask me how that is considered a solo, but it was......Bless her heart...... Here is our little Olive, Kudos for her getting out there in front of a hundred people or so in the gym and at least giving it a shot, unfortunately she "froze" literally. As hundreds of eyes loomed on her she just froze, poor baby even worse her Toni Collete and Greg Kinnear didn't jump up on stage with her we just watched and waited......wah wah wah. The teacher gave her a shot to try again but she declined. She had a good attitude about it and laughed saying she couldn't remember what to do, and we told her stuff like that will come easier as she has more practice and she said, "yeah I know...." and that was it......





Here she is accepting her medals she placed first in turn, 2nd in group, and third in leap.....and wait for it ........wait for it......2nd in solo (remember when I said there were only two people signed up)



One happy girl with a lot of hardware to take home. Good job Brookie!



For those of you who haven't seen Little Miss Sunshine I thought I would include this....It is so great! http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXtLsFsB70c

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Earning her keep......

Brooke's daisy troop has been working a lot on responsibility lately, and I struggle with how to handle chores. Not with the fact that they should do them, that is a no brainer. I struggle with the fact that she thinks that she should get money for doing them. This is my struggle. I say NO. I say chores are part of learning responsibility not earning money. I say chores are things you do to make the family function and work on an every day basis not a way to get things. So my little whippersnapper comes back to me with this one tonight....."Well mom don't you get money for doing your job".......son of a gun.......but I am standing my ground, I am not handing out cash for clearing the table and cleaning her room (Mom and dad you can wipe your smirks off of your faces.....) I still say those are things that make this family run and it's just part of the job of being a Munson.......so she will have to watch as her friends have big bank rolls and make wish lists of all the things they can afford while our little orphan Annie is paying her way this way........It's a hard knock life for Brooke........









Now I am not opposed to reconsidering my train of thought when she can operate a lawn mower or drive to the grocery store .........haha!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hannigan.


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Not Old....Just Older.

Dear old Hubbie finally caught up to me and father time today. He always has those two months that he stays a different number than me and reminds me of it often. Well time is up, we both are 38 (he will argue that I am 38 and two months......) I will let him have his two months, I think he got a complex today as his sweet dear daughter presented him with these too winners un-prompted my me......

The card reads "I love you even though you are the oldest man on the planet, go Cuckoo..... P.S. you are so so so old ha ha ha ha on you and you are so stinky." Can you feel the love?

So happy birthday to my "younger" man, I know today wasn't filled with bells and whistles, hopefully we can make up our lunch date when this stomach flu passes :)

So as you blow out the candles for another year passed.....Just remember your not Old....Just Older.

Sunday, March 06, 2011

Duck Tape Fixes Everything....

It's been known as the fix it all cure and now I am starting to believe it.....it has even cured the winter boredom that is setting in.....See below.....


Brother bound and silent and sister is all smiles......
two pretend broken legs coming up........

Brady as always treating Uncle Greg with love and respect.....
22 more days until vacation.....can we make it??