a good read,cool mom points & the mystic

i finished whistlin' dixie in a nor'easter & thought it was a sweet read.

i think the sequel is due later this year.

 the main character is a southern belle who moves up to vermont & opens a b&b.

something dan & i have always talked about.

when leelee mentions her favorite song is 'into the mystic' by van morrison 

& then later has an impromptu dance with her man in the snow,

it totally sealed the deal for me. 

in honor of madison's upcoming 16th birthday

i'm reading her absolute favorite book,

Pride and Prejudice 

( embarrassingly for the first time).

have i mentioned she's read it over 4 dozen times?

honestly, i think she's trying to reach the 50th marker before her birthday on wednesday.

she is a hard core fanatic when it come to her favorite literature.

i love to collect different versions of my favorite classics,

especially when they featured deckle edge pages.
here is a few from our pride & prejudice collection.
madison had 2 copies with her at school when i photographed these.

savannah told me about a conversation her buddies had at school.

they were saying , wouldn't it be great if your parents were cool.

savannah, coming in on the tail end of the conversation 

didn't realize they meant cool as in CIA cool or witness protection program cool

( as if)

so she chimes in that she thinks her parents are cool.

she said mom, i told them that you were cool.

that you have a photography blog

& you run long distances.

i didn't ask if her peers were impressed with my status or not

i chose simply to enjoy the fact that my very cool 18 year old

actually thinks i'm cool

& declared it in public.

i'll take it!

so i'm a roll~

i scored a few points by surprising emi.

she didn't think i'd ever heard of eminem.

imagine her surprise when i began singing the lyrics to one or two of his songs.

( not the explicit versions. of course)

only to quickly loose of few of those earned points

by mispronouncing the group named Flo Rida.

which incidentally i've already forgotten the correct pronunciation.
one step forward, two steps back. right?

 

of course i'm well aware that

if any of my older girls read this post

they'll roll their eyes.

however,  i'll take any affirmation i can get

even if it's only a fleeting moment,

while raising a 14 year old, 16 year old & an 18 year old!

remember, little one is only 9

she has a few more years of thinking i'm cool 

before she goes to the dark side

also known as middle school age

:)

 

& for you van morrison fans......

{my two march birthday blue eyed girls}