NUGGETS AND NAILS

Yesterday I showed up at school to have lunch with Pooper and Beauty. I stopped at McDonald's to get Happy Meals...Nuggets for Beauty and Cheeseburger for Pooper, both getting fries and Sprite instead of the usual milk and apple slices.


After hugs and kisses, mixed in with squeals, we ate lunch and took pictures.

And Christine with her BFF since her first year in pre-school.

Showing off with hula hoops

Pooper and his teacher

After lunch Beauty and I headed up the road to get our pedicures at the same salon we used to go to. Sadly all the girls we knew had moved on to other salons....

This is the finished product....even though Beauty really wanted the dark, ultra dark purple. I told her the flowers wouldn't show up..and picked a pretty pink.

Beauty wanted new flip flops, so we stopped at Payless. She tried on everything there. They had to make the "flip flop" noise. They had to slap her heels when she walked. She settled on a cute pair, and we got some for Little One too.

Next stop was IHOP, another favorite blast from the past. Beauty couldn't wait to see Lon. Lon was her favorite waiter. Lon was an older man with white hair, a big smile, and whiskers that hurt a little bit when he hugged Beauty. Lon always made sure the kids had extra whipped cream on their cocoa, he always brought refills, he was way beyond IHOP and would have done well in any upscale restaurant. When we asked about Lon we were told he was in rehab recovering from a stroke. We said a prayer for Lon and his complete healing.

Come evening, the girls showed off their flip flops for everyone.

Then they danced.