Mia has almost always seen her Great Grandparents with hats on. My mom(Memaw) and dad(Grand dad) work outside a lot, and they always wear some sort of head covering. They have a hat tree right by their entry door. Mia now thinks that Memaw and Grand dad should never be without their hat, even inside the house! The first thing she does when entering the house is reach for the hat tree, and grab a hat, and give Memaw hers and Grand dad his. This whole action/reaction is what prompted mom and dad to give her this University of Texas hat for her first birthday!
Mia and "the UT Hat"
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
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What exactly is bragging? and is it ever OK?
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
In case I have not shouted loud enough, or the roof tops been high enough, I would like to proclaim once and for all that my daughter Catherine Denee' Waldrop has been accepted to and will be attending Brown University in Rhode Island in August 2007! She will be the first person I have personally known (not to mention love) to attend and Ivy League college. Catherine applied under the early decision application, and she found out on Thursday, December 14, 2006 that she was accepted.
This is a link to the email letter she received. I do not know if you can open it or not, or even if anyone would care to....its way cool, no matter what!
http://mail.google.com/mail/?realattid=f_evps9wvc&attid=0.1&disp=attd&view=att&th=10f833943f383165
Catherine is a remarkable daughter. She will graduate (unless something awful happens) as Salutatorian of her class. Catherine is an officer for the National Honor Society. She has been the assistant drum major and head drum major, she plays the oboe, and taught herself to play the saxophone, so she could be in jazz band. She has traveled to China with an orchestra for two weeks, and walked on the Great Wall(for her sake, I will not mention what else happened on the Great Wall, but ask me in private and I will tell you). Catherine also won a national essay contest, and won an $8000.00 grant to fix up the Waller City Park. We had over 200 students and town folk show up and help create a park that kids now love to play on and in. There were several entries that won the grant money, but Catherine's project was judged best over all, and with that came a free concert for the community with Diana DeGarmo from American Idol fame. Catherine is also a member of a Venture Scout Crew, and has traveled with them to Arkansas for rock climbing and spelunking.
Now that is sounds like I have written an application letter, I would once again ask, what exactly is bragging, and is it ever ok?
I admit to being a proud mother. So shoot me!
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Mother and Daughter
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
I do not think of myself as one who keeps a whole lot of "stuff." I think mostly because I do not have the room for it. But, one of the few things I have kept, is a little Martha Minature dress that I bought to have Jennifer's one year photo taken in. I kept it around and had Jessica's one year photo taken, and then Catherine's. Well, the dress still exists, and Jennifer was kind enough to let Mia have her one year photo taken in the little dress also. The flowers are not quite as bright, and there are some bows missing, but the gap in the 27 years between Mom and daughter is woven tighter with these bits of fabric.
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Happy Birthday
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Mia turned one year old on December 6. Jennifer had a little party for her down at mom and dad's. We grilled hot dogs and fresh squash. There was cheetos and chocolate cake. Mia loves being outside, so the idea was to let her have a day outside. We ate on the porch (which was a good idea when it came to clean up!). This is a picture of Mia wearing the remains of cheetos and chocolate cake!
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