So, the monkey’s school did a wonderful thing. They had a father’s day party for all the daddies and presented them with this little number:

It says “My Daughter _____ Walks All Over Me,” and has little monkey footprints all over it! They actually painted the monkey’s feet and had her walk across it! How sweet is that?

The back of the shirt looks like this:

OF COURSE, I made him wear the shirt all day today.

I even made him wear it to his……FACIAL! Because, YES, I got MY husband who, by the way, washes his face with Head and Shoulders (”TWO-IN-ONE” does NOT mean FACE and HAIR) a massage and FACIAL at my favourite spa for Father’s Day. Of course, he LOVED it and his face looks fabulous, Dahling!

EVERYWHERE we went, people were laughing at the shirt and making comments, like, “Can I buy that from you and give it to MY dad?” A few of the comments, like that one, got a little old after a while. But, how good is it to put smiles on people’s faces like that? Really feels good…. Really brightens up the day….

I actually really needed the laughs because I was feeling like CARB CARP this weekend. See, I always know when it’s going to rain because I get a brutal headache (and totally LOOPY!). And, with Josh-O on the massage table and two little monkeys sitting in my double stroller expecting FABULOUS things, as usual, brutal headache advanced to SPLITTING. But, we managed. A sweet little headache-relieving yoga practice, torrential rains, and a laugh-promoting T-shirt did the trick. I felt better….

But, now I feel like carp again because I SUCKED ARSE on my diet today. I got CARB HAPPY. Chai tea(s), crackers, pasta, FATHER’S DAY CAAAAAAAAAAAKE! You name it? I ate it! And, now I’m totally down on myself. The only thing unhunching my sorry shoulders right now is the PLAN to stick CLOSELY to my diet for the next 30 days in sort-of DETOX mode: no sugar, no chai, no chai, no chai, NO CHAI, more whole grains, vegetables, lots of water, lots of yoga. Yeah. We’re going HARD CORE, now, Gorgeouses…. Detox mode starting……..NOW: as the monkey says…, “SET READY GO!”

Happy Father’s Day to all the Cheaty dads out there! Thank you for reading…!

In case you didn’t know, there’s a big-o contest-o over at Cheaty Goodies! Makeup and skin care from Pure + Simple up for grabs! And, eek! I just bought some Jurlique sunscreen for $100,000,000,000,000 there today (while Josh-O was having his facial)! Be sure to enter the contest before the June 21st deadline! LOVE! xo Haley-O

Happy Mother’s Day to all the GORJ MOMMIES out there!

We had an interesting one over here. Things are, well, always interesting when you have a cheaty monkey around. I mean, cheaty monkeys’ll take the most mundane thing and turn it into something fabulous and fascinating: "Look, Mama! Der’s anudder farm! And aNUDDER farm! LOOOK, MAMA! Look a diss tractor! Is it raining? Is it nighttime? Look at da HORSE, MAMAAA! Is Rascal sleeping? I wake him up. EEEEEEEE….."

Yes, it rained. It was all of grey and chilly and sorry and gloomy. But, we still took our road trip out to one of Josh and my favourite spots, Stratford, Ontario ….

We like Stratford because of all its cute little shops, the literary culture and plays that it’s famous for, the Avon river with the swans and the ducks and paddle boats….

But, the Stratford we went to today was nothing like the one we love. No, it was grey and dull and NOT HAPPENING…

…And, it was windy…

…And, all the cute little cafés and shops were…

…Except, it seemed, for this one…

…Eeeeeeek!

But, we definitely made the best of it, of course. Josh and I laughed that we ACTUALLY took the trip on this most muggy, off-season of SUNDAYS. What were we THINKING?!?

We managed to find a sweet little café where I had a DELISH vegetarian sandwich with local goat cheese, pesto, lettuce, and roasted peppers….

…And, we were ecstatic to find our FAVE toy store actually OPEN! (I spy with my little eye, THE MONKEY — can you find her in this pic, Gorgeouses??)

Awesome store. They have EVERYTHING there, Gorgeouses, EVERYTHING!

Monkey is obsessed with LOVES her new magic wand….

…While she attempted to turn me into a frog with her new wand…, we struggled to make the cranky little rascal happy (in a TOWN WITH NO CHANGE TABLES) with a magic ball thingy of his own. It worked….

Then, we found, to my UTTER JOY, that a bookstore was open! a bookstore was open!

The bookstores at Stratford are amazing. They’re SMALL, sweetly disorganized, and full of character…. I bought another diet book a nutrition book for $2.99!….

Yes, Stratford is a land where you won’t find a Chapters or Indigo or Borders, or Barnes and Noble…. It’s a town of the small bookstore. I LOVE the small bookstore. Could live in the small bookstore. Which reminds me, Stratford is also a land free of Starbucks….

Instead of a chai, then, I had green tea, which is supposed to be FULL of health benefits (says new $2.99 book). And, right here and now, Gorgeouses, I pledge to drink a green tea INSTEAD of my daily chai tomorrow. And, I will KICK BUTT and take names in kickboxing and start losing weight again. Am in SERIOUS, SERIOUS rut. Diet is DOWN THE DRAIN. Must suck it back up…. MUST SUCK IT BACK UP DRAIN! Ugh.

But, I’ll not focus on that as Mother’s Day draws to a close…. No. I’ll focus on Monkey’s Fairy-Princess magic wand….

It’sgrandma: I crown you…PRINCESS MONKEY!
Monkey: NO! YOUUUU CAN’T! MAMA’S DA KING!

…And, I’ll focus on THESE….

These feet. They KILL me! CLOSEUP:

BIG-TOE CLOSEUP:

I can’t handle that AT ALL.

Happy Mother’s Day! LOVE! xo Haley-O