Nanny's Nest: August 2009

Crazy in AZ

Things have been just a bit crazy here in AZ lately. So much for a relaxing summer. Between visits from Audra and kids, my friend Joy and daughter Destiny moving in with us, Joy traveling back and forth from Florida every two weeks and discovering termites in my dining room wall, garage, entry closet........well you get the picture. Crazy, busy, no matter what life throws our way we have managed to have some fun. So here are the highlights of our summer.

MY CUP RUNNETH OVER!

Discovering Tempe Marketplace

One of our more recent discoveries while searching Arizona for fun was finding Tempe Marketplace. It is an open air mall with couches and chairs, waterfalls, fireplaces, and a splash pad. It is fun to watch the kids cooling off from our 106 weather. You will also see an occasional adult stick a toe or two in the bubbling jumping water sprays.

Kyla Rayne finding the joy of water at Tempe Marketplace

What is your secret for longevity? This question was asked of a 104 year old Japanese woman on her birthday. She was quoted in Masaru Emoto's "The True Power of Water", as saying this. . . "I have ten experiences a day that touch my heart."

This picture also taken at the Marketplace did exactly that for me. Kyla seemed to find such joy in dancing through the water. Even though her face is covered it captured the moment for me and still touches my heart every time I look at it.

So I would ask you: What have you allowed to touch your heart lately? Can you find 10 things in one day that truly touch your heart? If not then maybe you should start looking!

The Three Funky Pigs

Summer is not complete at Ga-Ga Nanny's without our annual summer production. This years performance was The Three Funky Pigs written, produced and directed by Sienna. We had 4 very memorable characters:
Tristan as the Wolf - High Karate
Conlan as the Pig - booger (yes he did pick his nose, but only pretend so his mom would not get mad)
Sienna as Miss Piggy-Fru Fru (very voluptuous thanks to Nanny's bra stuffed with socks)
Destiny as Brainy Pig-who saved the day with her brainy stop the wolf plan.

Grandma's Love Bugs

My dear friend Anita sent me this awesome sweatshirt. It has ladybugs with each of my grandkids names below. What Anita did not know is that granddaughter Sienna's nickname is "Bug", which is short for ladybug.

Sienna pointing to her bug.

Unfortunately friend Joy went a little buggy and . . .

The Mystery of the Scent

Recently while at the mall with my girls we found ourselves in the middle of a huge mystery. Before stopping for lunch we had stopped at Bath and Body Works. Those of you that know me well know that I have to wait 20 minutes at least before a perfume scent truly shows its pleasant scent or unpleasant odor on my skin. With a ton of energy and the enthusiasm of youth, Sienna and Destiny, followed me into the store on a mission. Goal: Find Nanny a new scent. You see every time I find one at the B&B Works they discontinue my fragrance. Well we went in search of just one that would work. I left the shop with every inch of both arms sprayed with scents until none of it made sense. We went to eat lunch and let them soak in. That is where the mystery begins. During lunch I sniffed the middle of my arm. It smelled delicious. "Girls, girls smell this." After a dozen sniffs our noses were so confused we could not figure out which scent was the one that smelled so Ahhh...some!

Inspector Sienna, Anxious to solve the mysterious scent mystery.

Sniffing for the right scent.

Comparing the scent strip to the chosen scent.

Destiny clearing her nose palette with Barbecue sauce. LOL.

Could this be the one?

Nanny - testing - comparing and eventually leaving without a scent.

Mystery Solved!

One week later Nanny realized that the scent that was so delicious had been a gift from Audra and that it was sitting on her bathroom counter. Okay I did finally confess to the girls. I had never sniffed it after it had mixed with the chemistry of my skin.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

What girl doesn't love jewelry, hats, scarves and trinkets? We do! So when Destiny and Sienna took me to Claire's they had a blast putting on a fashion show for me. I snapped pix and a good time was had by all.

My Mad Hatters