Well I thought I was your average Mommie, but I guess I am not!

          If you asked me I would just say "Sure, I am just your average mom" but so many times friends and family have told me, "NO you are NOT your average mom, you are something else!" that I decided maybe they were right? Maybe I am Not Your Average Mommie!

          First let me explain about the "Mommie" part, I know that there are people out there right now saying "UGH, it is MOMMY, not MOMMIE!" well in our house it is Mommie, thank you! My mother went by Mimmie to my kids, rather than Nana, Grammy or Memere (more on that last one later...) and when my son was in Pre-K he decided that if she was Mimmie than I was gonna be Mommie, because we are mother and daughter. Who can fault kid-logic? It stuck and to this day that is how my kids spell it, and at first teachers correct it, and my kids say, nope it is like a NAME not a WORD, and sometimes NAMES are spelled DIFFERENT!

          Now about that Memere part I said I would explain. We live in Northern Maine, at the top of the state, on the boarder to New Brunswick, Canada. Almost everyone here speaks at least some French, a lot of them speak fluent French and English, often mixing the two languages for what we call Franglish! Memere means grandmother, and my kids have both a Memere and a Grand-Memere, oh and hey a Pepere (grandfather) too! Those are my husbands mother and grandparents, they live just a few streets over from us (eh.... small town.... his uncle lives just 2 houses down the street....)

          Now onto the "Not Your Average" part of the program... well for starters I have bright pink hair with hints of purple... YES REALLY!... The bottom 12-14 inches of my hair is pink and then there are hints of purple all thru the next 4-5 inches up, after that it is just normal brown with hints of grey! My mom had breast cancer 6 yrs ago, we have run the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure ever since, doing the 1K event. I told her when she hit 5yrs I would dye my hair pink and run the 5k for her! So I did it, and I liked it so I kept it! My mom never saw the 6yr mark for being a survivor, she died from sudden cardiac arrest on August 20th 2013. I added the purple to my hair at that point because it was her favorite color. So when people say to me "I love your hair, it is so cute!" I tell them just why it is pink and purple. Sometimes people just nod and say sorry for your loss, other times they cry and admit they are a breast cancer survivor too and thank me for supporting a great cause. Often I get a great big hug from complete strangers, which doesn't bother me in the least! I will continue to run the Race for the Cure in my mothers name with my kids at my side!

This is me and my rocking hair!

          I am a pretty crafty mom too, I knit and sew often, and cook and bake too! My daughter is my main target for my clothing sewing as she is a little punk, my son prefers his jeans and tee shirts, thanks anyway Mom! Both kids love crazy hats so I knit them some every year. The most recent 2 styles are the John Deere Dinosaur hat (green and yellow) and the Wild Hair Hats.

Here they are hiking on the trail sporting their John Deere Dinosaur hats

 At the CanAm International Dogsled Race sporting their Wild Hair hats (a Mohawk and Pig Tails)

Now let me introduce you to the cast and crew of this production!

This is me! Jaci (that is pronounced JC not Jackie!) I am a stay at home mom. I did go to college, for Animal Medical Technology, but I like being with my kids more! It does help keep the pets healthy and the vet bills down though!

This is my partner in crime, my husband James. He was born and raised here, and is fluent in French and English. He works at the local grocery store as a manager, but on his days off he is a pretty goofy guy!

This here is Thing One, also known as my son Devin. Been known to answer to D-Man, DJ and Digit! He is currently a 4th grader, loves trains, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, sledding, soccer and has the attention span of a goldfish most days!

This is Thing Two, also known as my daughter Melonie. Been known to answer to Melly, Mel, Melly-Bean and Bean. She is currently in Kindergarten, loves a punk metal band called Icon for Hire, dressing in clothes she helps design and I make, the color pink, and anything her big brother is doing (she loves just being with him)

You will see lots of this cute guy, his name is Waffles the Bear and he was my mom's bear. He came to live with us after she passed away. He goes everywhere and does everything with us. If there is some event that the kids would have wanted my mom to go to, Waffles goes in her place. He has a whole bag of clothes ranging from a snowsuit for sledding to a Cub Scout uniform for going to scouts with Devin. The kids talk to him and treat him as a member of our family and expect everyone else to as well!

This is our cute, but crazy, dog Butterball. She is a purebred yellow lab, but is very tall for her breed, standing on all fours her head comes to my hips, and she weighs close to 100lbs, not fat though, muscular. She is EXTREMELY protective of "her" babies, the kids. She does not like anyone to even walk by our house, she will bark like crazy! If someone approaches the kids, she goes berserk. I am ok with this, I like my guard dog.... most days... but when a stray leaf blowing by on the deck is seen by her as a viable threat... and she barks like mad out the window at it....well those days she is just crazy! We take her on long trips and vacations with us and she does very well, never aggressive when away from home, she puts her body between strangers and the kids at all times though.



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