Happy Early Birthday Rue!

As a child I always felt bad for the kids whose birthdays were in the summer.  Their moms never brought cupcakes to school and they rarely seemed to have birthday parties where the whole class came to celebrate.  This was probably because in the middle of the summer there is not usually a class for them to invite.  When we welcomed our little Rue into the family on July 19, 2008 I made her a promise that this would never be the case for her.
This past school year was her first year of preschool.  It ended on Thursday, June 14th.  I kept my promise to her and invited her whole class to an early birthday party for her (little did I know when I booked the party that it was graduation and Father's Day weekend.  Oops!).
We had so much fun planning together.  I researched different party options, we browsed themes online but ultimately left the decisions up to her.  The results????  Princesses?  Fairies? A large warehouse venue with numerous bounce houses?  Nooooooooo!!!  Not for my little lady.  Miss. Rue decided on a Hello Kitty themed party at our favorite local martial arts school where her big sister Magoo is currently an orange belt. 

All of the kids seemed to have had a blast.  Most importantly Rue had the birthday "exactly like she wanted".  Unfortunately I did not take many pictures and the ones I did take were not all that great.  Luckily Master Greg did an awesome job capturing the day and made us this keepsake video.  Thanks Master Greg and happy early 4th birthday little Rue!!  Not to worry, much more celebrating to come next month!

Now What?

A few years ago, nearly four to be exact.  I started blogging on What's on Mommy's Mind.  At the time I was teaching part time, mothering my sweet little 3 year old daughter full time and pregnant with my younger daughter.  For me blogging was a hobby, a way of making connections with other moms when so many of my friends hadn't yet entered the Land of Mommyhood and a way of journaling so many random pieces of information that were flowing through my head.

Slowly I felt like my blog became a chore. I was having trouble coming up with anything interesting to blog about and before I knew it I was just posting pictures of my daughters just to say I posted for the day.  Before I knew it I started going a week without blogging, then a month and now looking back it has been nearly six months since my last post. 

During that time I left teaching, my babies grew into two amazing little girls and I went back to school to become an RN.  School is now over, I'm preparing for my boards and looking for my next adventure in life.  This brought me back around to blogging again.  I've missed the friends that I made, I missed sharing the craziness that is life with 2 young children and a HUGE 160 lb. dog (did I forget to mention him?) so here I am again. 

So why Rue Magoo (yes there is a reason for this bizarre name) instead of What's on Mommy's Mind?  For me it is like when I was a child and got a new box of crayons.  Sure the old ones still colored but a new box with all the wrappers still on and points perfect were so much better.  Sure I could have started posting again on the old sight but I wanted something shiny, something new.  A blog that although will probably be mostly about being a Mommy will include more than just what's on the mind of a mom.