2014 Was a Blur

I know most everyone is knee deep in 2015, but I'm still sitting around wondering how 2014 can really be over.

It seems like it was just last week that we were celebrating Alexis' 8th birthday.

 

I know we were just walking through Mellon Park in the snow. It couldn't have been eleven months ago.

It wasn't last March that we stuck a tiny little hat on the cat and declared her Irish. It was last week, right?

And baseball definitely just happened. It wasn't all the way back in April.

According to my archives, Alexis' dance recital was back in May. Which, NO WAY. It was much more recently than that.

All of those things came before that one little thing that changed everything.

I don't care what anybody says - June never happened this year.

July, on the other hand ... July was unforgettable. July was when Anthrocon came to town and Alexis got to meet the furries for the first time.

It was amazing.

July was amazing for a lot of reasons.

In August, everything was even better.

All of the fun of August JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEK, but still, it was fantastic.

September (otherwise known as YESTERDAY) was the turning point For two sisters. They fell for each other right about then and have been best friends since.

October JUST HAPPENED and it was full of Elvis and monsters and all sorts of fun.

But, you know, November was pretty great as well. Even if it was just YESTERDAY.

 

 And then there was December. When I say that it happened last week, I'm almost right.

Here's to hoping 2015 is just as fun, but maybe goes by just a little bit more slowly.

Speaking of Ridiculous Photos

Ouch. My Ears.

A very long time ago, Alexis was often referred to as "The Screamapillar." It was a well-earned nickname that was PERFECT because of her love of screaming.

Imagine walking through Target with a baby who loves to scream. Randomly. At the top of her lungs.

It happened all of the time.

Screaming as if Freddy Krueger had just popped out from behind the laundry detergent with Elmo's bloody head in one hand and a machete in the other brought the kid joy. Pure joy. She would let out a scream that made everyone in this time zone cringe, and then she would giggle. She had discovered her ability to make everyone suffer and she loved it.

Fortunately, she mostly outgrew a love for screaming. She has channeled that love into a love for yelling from the sidelines at football games, but whatever.

Um, you guys, Mila has discovered screaming.

But because Mila and Alexis are opposite human beings, Mila does it out of meanness. She demands things by suddenly blurting out the loudest scream you can imagine.

"DROP EVERYTHING AND FEED ME, WOMAN."

"BRING ME ALL OF THE TOYS."

"THE UNIVERSE IS NOT ARRANGED TO MY LIKING. MOVE PLUTO CLOSER. NOW."

I would just like to publicly apologize to everyone who encounters The Screamer in public. Truly. I'm sorry.

Now somebody please pass me the earplugs.