What a Mess! Welcome, Summer!

Our pencils are nubs without erasers, the white-out is dried up, the kitchen drawer that houses paper, crayons, glue, stencils, graphing paper and other school supplies is loaded to the gills with everything but school supplies … overflowing … I just stuffed it all in there, cram it as best I can, and wedge it shut … ignoring it like the crazy attic its become. My home is a shambles — especially the playroom where every single good intention of mine to keep tiny toy pieces in separate bins has gone to pot.  My home is a blender on high speed!  Everything is mixed together now that it’s the end of the school year and I am giddily racing toward the last day of school for relief from the end-of-the-year push! Then I’ll have all summer long to get re-organized, re-sorted, re-structured and re-supplied for another school year.  Come August we’ll be all tidied up and spic and span again but for now, I am dreaming of a blue summer … blue like the water of a swimming pool … just like the one I used to know!

Cover Kids ALL!

There were so many, many adorable kids who came out yesterday for the first segment of Cover Kids 2009 that it seemed impossible to land on 2 from each group. But with three judges (myself, Chad Young and Cassie Chapman from The Dan Agency) it was amazing how many times — without looking at each other’s scorecards — we landed on the same kids. Time after time we’d match up on the top score a child can get — a 5. But the truth is, ALL of the kids could be cover kids … You can take any child and get a great photo of him … So my heart would get heavy at times … and my eyes can just suddenly fill up with tears. I know that sounds dorky, but it’s just true. It does a heart good to see so many loving parents with their children in this capacity. I LOVE COVER KIDS!