She collected green glasses, fun rubber rings, a green hair extension, and more.
Lunch was much fun. I had a clue out on my swing and had a CD waiting on me that I have been wanting.
He had candles lit with Shamrock sandwiches, Shamrock cookies, green punch, and chips for the 3 of us. (me, L'il C, and himself) He really went all out.
The next and what I thought was the last clue consisted of me finding the place where we first held hands. This happened to be in his future brother-in-law's truck. I have located him and will be meeting at his truck in 20 minutes to find another surprise. (This turned out to be another of 3 cd's that I had been wanting.)
The UPDATE:
At 4:00 we took L'il C to my mom's so we could head on out to the local Irish pub for dinner. The parking lot was already full and the festivities had begun. We found a table outside. The weather was nice. We were under the awning and could watch the men play the bagpipes from where we were sitting. We enjoyed cornbeef and cabbage with new potatoes and some amazing carrots. Dinner was good.
When we got to the house, Mr. C held the door open for me. The lights were off and in the middle of the living room floor were little shamrocks with tealight candles in a circle and a ring box in the middle. (My sister had snuck into my house to light the candles....he called her without me knowing.)
I hugged his neck and said, "YES!!"
After we hugged and laughed for a bit I let him know that if he had anymore planned for the scavenger hunt it was too bad because that was the ultimate ending and I needed to go tell my family and show off my ring! ;)
We went to my sister's and showed her and her husband. He was mad because he spent more time at my house waiting to light the candles then we did to show him the ring. LOL.
Next we went to my parents to show my mom (dad wasn't home) and L'il C. I told L'il C that Mr. C had asked me to marry him. She said, "Did you say yes?"
"Well yeah!"
"Good." and she hugged me, then whispered in my ear, "Can I still stay the night with Grandma?"
"Sure." I started laughing.
She let me go and immediately ran into the other room to call her dad to tell him the news! LOL! hmmmm Luckily, he likes Mr. C and his response when she told him was "Awesome." ha ha
Next we went to Mr. C's brother's house and told him and his wife. He wanted to see the ring and then told me I needed to "lower my standards in jewelry and raise my standards in men!" LOL. (Whatever, he knows his brother is an awesome guy!)
It was the best day! It was such a lovely day. He put so much work, time, and thought into the day.
He says he pulled off the greatest con ever with suckering me into marrying him, but we all know that he is one of the greatest guys in the whole wide world and I would be insane not to accept his hand in marriage!
I love you, Brad!! (a.k.a Mr. C) You are amazing! It will be an honor to marry you!
Last night when we get home for soccer practice I let her know that she is gonna get in the bathtub and eat dinner. She asks if she can read her Bible again for a few minutes before she gets in to the bathtub. I know this is a stall tactic to keep her out of the bathtub a minute longer but I tell her that is fine (because who says no you can't read your Bible). I tell her that I am going outside for a few minutes to finish trimming up a small tree in the front before it starts raining.
When I come back in I am a little surprised to see that she is not reading her Bible but rather in her sports bra and pajama bottoms dancing to the new Miley Cyrus CD. ??? Uhm.......okay?
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Every night she and I say our prayers before bed. Last night was her turn to say a prayer since we alternate. Her prayer was very tender and sweet and in the middle when she was praying for her 3 yr. old brother (Mr. K's son) she said, "...and Lord protect 'brother' and let him make a cool craft at school tomorrow." :)
....because we all know that her 3 yr. old brother is thinking, "Man! I sure hope I make a cool craft tomorrow!"
An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding inConnecticut .
The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car.
He says, "Sir, have you been drinking?"
"Just water," says the priest.
The trooper says, "Then why do I smell wine?"
The priest looks at the bottle and says, "Good Lord! He's done it again!"
The Ransom?: Puppy Dog Eyes and Sweet Pleases!
Well, I did put the Barbies up secretly yesterday morning because I knew L'il C was going to have company this week. I am watching 2 girls from her school for a few hours in the evenings.
The first thing out of her friend's mouth was, "I wanna play Barbies!"
Awww man! ...Quick... if I distract them with something else I won't have to get them out! ......Well, that lasted all of 4 1/2 minutes!They were back in the living room looking all sad with puppy dog eyes, "Please Mommy! Please can we play with the Barbies??"
Out came the Barbies to my dismay. I even FORCED myself to let them lay in the floor just as they are since the girls will be back tonight! It took everything in me. I just had to turn the playroom light out and walk away!! Ugh! :)
I have issues.
I trust L'il C with the toys that she owns and I know that
she will take care of them. She owns 20-25 Barbies but never plays with them
because understandably who likes to play Barbies by themselves?? Since I only
like to dress them and brush their hair I am no fun.However, when she has friends over, I hide the Barbies. One, I don't want all of the shoes lost and Barbie things tossed all over the floor. Two, I don't want their hair messed up. ?!?!?
What the heck!? Poor girl won't ever get to play Barbies. What kind of mom
holds their kids toys hostage? LOL! I need therapy oh so bad!
