Alli's Purple Notebook

Monday, January 12, 2015

To the family that ate at Spring Creek BBQ in Arlington

To the Green family,
I met you this evening at Spring Creek BBQ in Arlington. I was the bread girl who talked to your sweet three year old daughter. After she invited me to your house she went on and on about all of the things that we could do. She told me about how she went to the toy store and got her special Arial doll and how Sabastion and Flounder were in her pockets, when I asked her what her name was she told me Prince Edward, she later told me what her name was but she said it so quickly that I was not able to catch it. She then helped me collect all of the salt and pepper shakers running back and forth as to confirm getting them all. When Y'all were getting ready to leave she insisted that I help her with her coat and then help her to put away her little sister's high chair. As y'all were walking out the door she asked if I could come home with y'all, to which I replied that I had to finish working. If you somehow manage to come across my small blog I want you to know that you have a sweet and helpful little girl and I will be praying for her and your family.

Sincerely,
The bread girl in the blue shirt

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Nail Polish...

On March 23, 2013,

My parents went on a marriage retreat. They left around 11:15am my friends Kathleen and Catherine were over to help with the babysitting for the weekend. We made the kids (all 6 of them) lunch and put them down for naps (only the three youngest the older ones stayed up and read books). We then played cards until 3:30pm (when the babies woke up) and set up bubbles (bins of soapy water with plastic toys) for the kids. Around 5:30pm we made pizza for dinner, after dinner the kids watched movies and Catherine, Kathleen, and I dressed up with the kids and pretended to be a hotel for Kathleen’s mother. We then laid Sophia down to bed around 8:30pm (Ben was already sleeping). After Mrs. B.* arrived we made her tea and showed her to her room. As we were chatting Joshua came in and said that the light in my room was on (the room that Sophia was “sleeping" in). We all quickly got up knowing that something was not right, as we walked into the room we could smell the strong sent of nail polish. I walked around the bed looking for Sophia and found her with a bottle of dark blue nail polish at her feet, the brush in her hand and paint covering her hands (and pjs), the wall, and my finished wood furniture. We walked around looking at the damage done and found that the two year old, Benjamin (who was not only in a different room but also behind a baby gate...), also had blue fingernail polish war paint. Mrs. B. walked in as we were taking in Benjamin. She stayed calm and asked for some nail polish remover and a wet rag. As she cleaned Benjamin off I took Sophia and washed her up. Kathleen looked up was to get nail polish off of things and Catherine cleaned the carpet. When we learned how to get the polish off of the wood Kathleen, Catherine, and I got to work cleaning it off. We worked until around 9:45-10:00pm then laid the babies back down and left the room. Thank goodness for Mrs. B. and friends! When we had finished cleaning everything, with the exception of my wall (witch we are allowed to color on with markers and such) and the kids clothes, was clean! You could not even tell that anyone had colored on everything with nail polish. Ever since then we have always made sure to keep the nail polish out of reach. :)

*Names not used for personal reasons. :)

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Answer to question of the month

That largest paper clip in the world is in.....Kipling Canada.
Measurements were taken on the spot for the Guinness World Record, and Kipling is now home to a red paperclip that is:

15 feet, 2 inches long
39 inches wide
Is constructed of 5 inch diameter solid steel
Weighs just shy of 4000 pounds
And holds paper!

Monday, September 10, 2012

question of the month

What is the location of the worlds largest paperclip?
answer in a comment!