Sassy Priscilla's Craft and Life Journal

I'm Pretty Sure You Need a Brain to Blog or Am I Shigetting Something?

Today Aidan asked me if I have a brain. My delayed response was "why?" He said that I keep shigetting (his word - one of my favorites) things and he knows that we need brains to remember things.

Pretty cheeky for a kid whose 6th birthday is in 27 hours. Yes, we are counting in hours now. We have been counting down for 30 days. Aidan says, "15 days until my birthday!" I say "15 more days of sassiness!" Yesterday he suggested that we have fireworks for his birthday. You know, the kind they have at parks for the 4th of July... I kid not when I mention his sassiness. He is now working to earn back his birthday parties that were taken away. Last year my threat was to take away his super powers. That worked and still kills me that he believed it.

May has been a very long month. I was sick for 3 weeks with the Parvo virus. I thought I had the flu and then I figured I had some rare bone disease with only hours to live. Turns out I was suffering Rheumatoid Arthritis-like symptoms that makes me feel very sad for my elders. I'm getting caught up on business and housework and all the other crud I let go of while I wallowed in self-pity and could hardly move.

Yesterday I sewed a couple applique t-shirts to get ready for Aidan's birthday. Today I cut out a Spacebot pattern for a sweet present and tonight I intend to make my annual birthday bunting for him. I just finished making M&M cookies for school treats. Tomorrow I'm making Prince Cupcakes for the resident prince. I'll be bringing them to a friend's house on Saturday who is graciously hosting a small birthday party for him. In fact, I don't have to host any type of birthday party as my mom and dad are hosting his family birthday party!

Aidan is doing great! He just had his cardiologist check-up and walked on the treadmill. He walked 3 minutes longer than he did a year ago. As usual, he charmed everyone. Dr. Frommelt says he is one of her more active patients! He may need to get his fenestration closed but there is now rush. If we see him tire more frequently, then we shall proceed with it.

Aidan loves math, science, art, Legos, Lego video games, books, his daddy, his grandma, Junie B. Jones, swimming lessons, digging in dirt, baseball, talking, pushing his boundaries, every single toy he has ever owned and can't bear to part with, Star Wars, and asking questions. He loves to try new food. He likes to help his daddy. He loves to play fetch with Mucha. He loves to traipse around in flip-flops. He has freckles. He is built like his daddy and has his hair and skin coloring but looks like me. He loves to snuggle and crawls into bed with me in the morning which is fun except for the mornings where he moves NON STOP. He has lost 2 teeth. He is a smart-aleck. He argues very well. He is thoughtful, sweet, silly, smart, sassy, goofy, crafty, loving, precious and just plain fun. See Aidan - I remember some things!

This week also marks Jeff's and my 8th anniversary. I have an awesome husband, a healthy boy, great family and friends, my health, and a wonderful house and home. What more could a gal want besides tickets to Broadway?

Be Still My Heart : Daniel Craig on Broadway

 Good heavens. How can I plan a trip to New York? Who can pay for it? How will I get tickets? What will I wear? Should I change my last name to Broccoli? How do I get backstage? Roses or lilies? Swoon.

Oh yeah, Wolverine, the man who wrongly beat out Daniel Craig as sexiest man alive, will also be there.

The Most Spoiled Moth - American Dagger Moth Revealed

Remember this little critter? Well almost exactly 8 months later, she decided to take her sweet time and reveal her wings. Or should I say wing? She looks a little lopsided. But she is glorious and it is a remarkable feat of nature.

We kept her in a butterfly tent in our protective back porch over the fall and winter and much of spring. Over the last few weeks, I kept checking to see if she was ready - I would have felt terrible if she emerged only to starve. I lifted the leaf she was under and removed half of her cocoon. I was very worried that I killed her but her chrysalis looked shiny and healthy and I felt sure she was still alive.

I finally put her butterfly tent outside with the zipper open so that is she did emerge, she would not be stuck. Yesterday I checked on her and couldn't find her chrysalis. Upon further inspection, I found her at the top of the butterfly tent. I was so happy! Ask Betsy - I squealed with glee.

Today I found her the same position. Worried that she was with us for the long haul, I did a little flick and was able to get her onto the grass. A trip to school to pick up Aidan and she had found her wings.

Yay for mother nature.

Go Go Gokey - Danny Gokey's Milwaukee Visit

I'm an American Idol fan. I am not embarrassed to admit it. I was hyped up when I saw that there was a contestant from Milwaukee that was getting a lot of attention from the auditions on. I told Jeff that if Danny Gokey made it to the top 3, I was headed to the parade that Milwaukee would give him.

So Danny made it into the top 3 and came to town on Friday for Gokey Day. Our local Fox news network freaked out and entire broadcasts were devoted to this event. You would think that the Packers were in town or something. Oh yeah, they were in town and only got an inch of coverage because they were there to support DANNY GOKEY!!!!! You can see a couple of the Pack in the background of this picture, actually.

One of the things Danny was going to do was sing at the Summerfest grounds (Milwaukee has the world's largest music festival every late June/early July) which I dubbed Gokeyfest (at these grounds, Milwaukee also has several ethinic festivals during our brief summer such as Germanfest, Irishfest, Polishfest, etc). I decided I was going to take Aidan down. Then I chickened out and became depressed. Too much traffic. Too big of a crown for Aidan. No one wanted to come with us - not my mom, my sisters, nephews, or Jeff.

So I called Jeff a little sad. 20 minutes later he called me and said he was heading home and we headed downtown. It was crowded and a little warm in the sun. It was a little long for a 5-year-old. But it was totally worth the fun and hype! The Packers were there (where were you Aaron Rodgers?). Rick Springfield was there (in town to give a concert). Marvin Hamlisch was there (new Milwaukee Pops conductor). Tons of screaming girls holding Go Go Gokey signs adorned with glasses were there. Danny Gokey was there and performed great. It was a blast!

Though he may not win (is Adam a shoe-in?), he is a classy, talented guy. He is even assured by the director of Summerfest to have a headlining show next year at Summerfest. All this so I could be one degree separation from Simon Cowell.